we're getting married ...AGAIN!

He came flying into my life by way of a dating app called Bumble. We coincidentally had both downloaded the app the same day and matched. He asked me out for ice cream and I actually almost cancelled on him due to some crazy things going on in my life, but a friend talked me into going. He showed up in a dad shirt (I would later find out that dad jokes came hand in hand with that shirt), smiled at me, gave me a hug, and open the door for me. Little did I know that it was the door to the rest of our lives. We talked and laughed for hours, closing down the ice cream shop. A week later we both deleted our accounts and haven't looked back.

There's a moment when you first know that you love each other, ours happened at a wooden table located at a campground in Laguna Mtn. We were watching the sunset and I knew in my heart this was the man I could spend the rest of my life with. Over a year later he took me back to that campground on a random day and made me dinner. Later we went on a hike, after a little while he excused himself to go use the restroom, so I sat on a log to wait for him. A little later he called me over and little did I know that he had setup me up. He gave me that smile and took my hand, got down on one knee and proposed; I knew the answer in my heart was yes, yes to the man of my dreams and my best friend. To top it all off we were treated with one of the most gorgeous sunsets we've ever seen, it was perfect.

On Monday April 2nd I re-downloaded Bumble and saw her. She seemed like a nice girl that liked being outdoors and hiking, but the main reason I swiped right was because of her red hair. I heard back from her later that evening and we hit it off right away. Two days went by without her messaging me and I was getting worried that she wasn't interested. But then as my hail mary I sent her a picture of my dog because I had feeling she loved aussies and BOOM she responded. I wasn't going to let her get away so I asked her out on a date. Then Monday rolls around and I'm excited for our ice cream date as I drive down from Temecula. When I walked up I saw her standing there in a red flannel and I thought to myself that she was a cute girl. We sat down for ice cream and we talked about various subjects and it felt like we had already knew each other for quite some time because we were able to talk about everything. We stayed until they kicked us out of the ice cream shop, and on my way home I was certain that she was the one.

We had been dating for over a year and talking about marriage but not in the near future. That changed when I got hired by CalFire, this new job got me thinking about the future and I realized that I wanted to start my life with her. I had bought the ring there was a near scare because I accidentally left the ring bag out when she was over, luckily she didn't see it and everything stayed on track. As I was thinking about different places to propose, Laguna Mtn came to mind; that place will always be special because that's when I knew that I loved her. I drove her up there after school for a dinner picnic date at the campground. Then after dinner we went for a little hike, during our hike I pretended to need to use the restroom; but in reality I was scouting a place to ask her to be my wife. After I was all set up I called her over. After she had walked up the hill; I took her in my arms kissed her and got down on one knee and asked her to be my wife. I felt like the luckiest guy in the world.