We're Finally Getting Married!

We were both working at Target at the time and shared a mutual friend. After hanging out a couple of times in a group and nothing but small talk and eye glances happening between us, Christina decided to make the first move. Deciding to throw a party at her apartment, she finally had an excuse to ask for Gil's number which he was happy to give her when she asked. The whole week leading up to the party she was texting him but wasn't getting any replies. All the while Gil gave Christina her number and he hadn't received one message. When the day of the party was finally here and Christina still had not received a response from Gil, she decided to call him to see why he had been ignoring her. As she dialed the number, an automated voice exclaimed that the number was invalid; Christina had written down Gil's number wrong! After quickly fixing her mistake and getting Gil's CORRECT number, she gave him a call & explained why he hadn't heard from her. From that point on, we texted non-stop and set up our first date to go see "The Campaign" to enjoy our mutual love for Will Farrell. And the rest is history.

Almost 3 years after we started dating, Gil decided to propose at the very place that brought them together in the first place. So one day, after Christina finished her shift, Gil showed up with his family, Christina's family, and all of their friends, went over to the Starbucks in the Target store, got down on one knee & asked Christina to marry him. And we all know she said "YES!"

After 6 years of being together and 4 years of being engaged, Gil decided it was time to "upgrade" Christina's engagement ring. Just like he did four years prior, Gil surprised Christina for her birthday. He added the romantic & adorable touch of having their niece Bella hand deliver the box with the new ring in it. When Christina realized what it was and looked at him confused, Gil explained, "So I bought the original one when I was dead broke, but I felt it was time to get you an upgrade." And to make it all the sweeter, Gil & Christina have decided to make the original ring into a necklace so she can wear both on their wedding day!