Welcome to our Forever

It's true what they say. It happens when you least expect it. And, Colleen sure wasn't expecting to find the love of her life when she first met Geoff, but it was meant to be! On their first date, they met in Towson where they had dinner at P.F. Changs and then went to see The Nun at the Towson Town Center Cinemark theatre (both horror movie buffs!). Though, Colleen had already seen the movie previously with her parents, she wanted to see it again with Geoff and even try to make him jump from fear if she could (she was semi-successful, jumping herself). After the movie, they went their separate ways, but were sure to stay in touch as Geoff took off for Germany shortly after on a visit with family for two weeks. They kept in touch while he was away and Geoff promised not to fall for any cute German girls as he "had already fallen for her." Over time the couple grew closer and their relationship blossomed into love.

"I was literally looking for something wrapped up," said Colleen. She searched the tree for quite awhile, her family all watching on as she struggled. They had to give her hints to try to lead her in the right direction. "It's on an ornament." "You're getting warmer!" "Cold! You're freezing cold!" She had no idea what was in store for her. Finally, Geoff had to give her the clue of "upper back" and another family member said about what ornaments does she have the most of. Colleen has many ballerina ornaments from her childhood when she was a ballerina. So, she began to look at ballerina ornaments and towards the upper back area of the Christmas tree when she saw something sparkly catch her eye. "You should see her face!" Her dad laughed when he saw her find the ring hanging on the arm of her favorite ballerina ornament. Colleen picked it off with a big smile on her face, pulled it out from behind the tree and said: "What finger does it go on?" Geoff laughs and shoots back, "what finger do you think it goes on?" When Colleen places it on the special left hand ring finger she said, "Really?" Then Geoff confirmed with a big yes and went down on his knee in front of her family and asked her to marry him!