We're Getting Married!

Derek and I always say we met the "modern way", online. After seeing this hunks dating profile I knew I had to send him a message and the rest was history. After I picked the day Derek organized our first date to Dave and Busters. We bonded over chicken tenders and the band Boys Like Girls, how romantic! I don't know if it was the racing games or the bowling but something made my heart skip a bet. This guy has kept me laughing and smiling ever since!

One of my favorite places is Freeman Lake in Elizabethtown, KY. I had taken Derek there a couple of times and told him what it meant to me. Whether I am happy, upset or anxious, Freeman Lake seems to be my happy place. If I am being totally honest I have always gotten butterflies thinking of this place being my proposal spot. Then, on October 22, 2020 Derek told me to get ready for a picnic. We had done this before so I had thought nothing of it. I got dressed and got the picnic basket ready for when Derek got off work. Once he was finished with work he came home to get me and we took off for my happy place. Little did I know how happy this place was actually going to make me. We stopped by Chick-Fil-A to pick up dinner, placed it in the basket, then headed for "our spot." After we ate Derek took me down to the water. I turned around to see the love of my life on one knee with the biggest question yet! I stood there bouncing back and forth as I screamed out "YES!" and just like that I didn't have a boyfriend anymore but a FIANCE!