We're so excited to celebrate with you!

We met on a dating website. We talked briefly online and set up a date for a movie. Instead of flowers he brought me tequila, the true way to a girls heart. After our first date he asked me not to tell his friends how we really met. I agreed of course, but being the honest person that I am whenever asked I would reply with "We met at a bar, he makes me say that we actually met online!"

BELIEVE IT OR NOT ERICA AND I BOTH MET EACH OTHER ON A DATING WEBSITE 5 YEARS AGO. AFTER READING HER PROFILE I DECIDED TO REACH OUT TO HER WITH A REALLY QUICK, "HEY." HOOK, LINE AND SINKER. SHORTLY AFTER SHE RESPONDED TO MY LAME APPROACH AND OUR LIVES WERE CHANGED FOREVER.

IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR. ST. GEORGE, DECEMBER 31ST 2018. I HAD BEEN PLANNING ALL DAY FOR OUR SPECIAL, UGH HMM, FOR HER SPECIAL MOMENT. I HAD AVOIDED HER MOST OF THE DAY AND EVEN SHOWED OFF HER ENGAGEMENT RING TO EVERYONE BUT HER, AND MADE THEM PROMISE NOT TO SAY A SINGLE WORD ABOUT IT. THE HOUSE WAS FULL OF SO MUCH EXCITEMENT AND NOISY ASS KIDS. **SIGH AND A BIG EYE ROLL...** LATER THAT DAY WAS A NICE NIGHT OUT AND A DINNER FOR TWO AT THE PAINTED PONY. THE EVENING WAS CALM AND QUIET, WITH DIM LIGHTS AND GLASSES FILLED WITH WINE, WELL ALMOST. I KNOCKED IT OVER ONTO THE FLOOR AS MY BIG MOMENT DREW CLOSER TO AN END AND USING EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY TO HOLD BACK FROM GETTING ONTO ONE KNEE RIGHT THEN AND THERE. MY GOD SHE LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT I KNEW I HAD TO GET IT TOGETHER. ONCE WE FINISHED WE HEADED BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR SOME LOUD MUSIC AND MORE WINE AND THOSE DAMN NOISY KIDS AGAIN. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED FOR THE COUNT DOWN WHICH WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING. SO, BEING THE ROMANTIC THAT I AM I DECIDED TO ASK HER TO DANCE WITH ME ON THE MAKE SHIFT DANCE FLOOR. ONCE THE DANCE WAS OVER THE COUNT DOWN WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN AND HER RING GREW HOTTER IN MY POCKET. WE ALL GATHERED AROUND TO COUNT DOWN FROM 10. AND MY HEART POUNDED HARDER AND HARDER WITH EVERY SECOND. THEN EVERYONE BEGAN TO SHOUT. 10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! AND AT THAT MOMENT I CRUMBLED TO ONE KNEE, REACHED INTO MY POCKET AND PULLED OUT HER RING. 2! 1! I LOOKED INTO HER EYES AND AS THE CLOCK STRUCK MIDNIGHT, AND EVERYONE SCREAMED HAPPY NEW YEAR!! AND I ASKED HER, "WILL YOU MARRY ME?"