A regular trip to Colorado turned out to be an extraordinary one. On September 13th, 2022, we started our day hiking and sightseeing on Mount Evans. We then went for a gold mine tour where we even got to mine for our own gold! Afterwards, we went back to our airbnb which was in the heart of Central City to get ready for a comedy show (or so I thought). We opened a bottle of wine, enjoyed the breathtaking views from our front porch, talked about what we had completed so far on this trip and spoke with excitement about the things yet to come. Later that evening, we left our airbnb and headed to our final destination of the day, a comedy show in Ward, CO. On our way there, Jay realized that we had some time to kill and asked if I wanted to walk around a beautiful lake called “Brainard Lake”. Upon arrival, I was awestruck by the views and sounds of wind passing through the pines. Jay opened my door, grabbed my hand and we started walking. We meandered down a dirt path and at some point Jay started to veer off the dirt path and into the grass. We stopped. Jay started reminiscing about how we met, and how far we have come since then. Before I could question him about why we were stopped, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Stunned from the moment, I of course began to cry and shook my head yes as I couldn’t get any words out. Jay had hired a photographer to hide in the bushes to get photos of the proposal AND hid a bottle of champagne and two glasses for us… So not only did we get to have champagne to celebrate our special moment together, but we also got to have our engagement photo shoot following the proposal right at our proposal site. There was no comedy show in Ward, CO, but I couldn’t have had a more blissful night if I tried.