We met at Metroflex gym, I was currently prepping for my first show and he had just come back from West Virginia. We both were meeting Joe there and that is when we met each other for the first time. After that we were both telling Joe that we wanted to be with the other person. A couple days later I received a text from Jake asking to go on a date and the rest is history.

Our yearly trip to Cancun thinking it was mostly celebrating me graduating college since my mom and the family were all coming along this time. Little did I know something else was planned. We get to the resort and as soon as we do Jake leaves to go book an excursion or that is what I though at the time. Jake also told me on the first day lets not drink too much. I'm thinking no, we are in Mexico & I just graduated. Well 4 hours later he still isn't back and I'm confused why and now I am drunk...oops. He gets back and we end up going to the room because he thought I needed a nap before our beach pictures. I pass out for like 2 hours and then I am texting my mom how I don't know if I can do pictures tonight that I can't do my make up. Anyways, I pull myself together. Oh, also, the AC at our hotel happened to go out that day. So I am rushing to get ready because I didn't want to sweat my makeup off and Jake is wearing a white shirt and is sweating. I'm like Jake why are you sweating so bad already it isn't that hot yet, calm down. We get down to the lobby thank god I am still half drunk because I have no idea what's going on. We start walking to the place where we take pictures and there are roses and candles on the stairway and then a huge heart made out of roses. I'm like oh my gosh Jake someone is getting married tonight how cute. He doesn't really reply and we start walking down the steps and he wants me to go into the sand with wedges on. I am like uh no way. You try walking in the sand in wedges. He is like just for a couple picture and I am like uh fine. Then he wants me to go in the middle of this huge heart and I say Jake this is someone else's we can't just go in the middle. Anyways he pulls me in and we are standing there and then he said started talking (I have no idea what he said lol) and then got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Our family was there hiding and watched it all.

I started planning the whole process about a year out. The first step was consolidating the 300 plus pictures of rings Erin sent me over the years and customize one. From there I started planning how to ask her parents, and my family. After that, I worked with my Mom, Dad, and Brother to plan a trip to Cancun where I would propose. Once we arrived in Cancun I left with my dad and our neighbor Randy to buy tons of flowers. While Erin and I were dressing for "family photos on the beach", our entire party in Cancun set up a beautiful heart of roses on the beach. Once we ventured to the heart, I was very excited like walking up before a football game. We approached the heart and I had to trick Erin into going into it for a photo. Once in, I had a little speech to say but stumbled a bit when i saw her crying. So, I got on one knee and asked her to marry me. She nodded yes, but I was so excited, I forgot which finger to put the ring on! After that is was celebration time!!!!