Rachel and Paul met at Foxboro High School in 2011. Rachel was a sophomore and Paul was a junior when their friends set them up at a homecoming dance. At the after party, Paul asked for Rachel's number and about a month later they started dating. They dated all throughout high school and after graduation went off to different colleges and continued to date long distance for 4 years. Rachel and Paul made many weekend trips to and from Umass Amherst and Bryant so they could spend as much time together as possible. When Paul studied abroad in Spain for a semester, they made sure they talked on the phone every single day, and Rachel even did Paul's Spanish homework from another country! Fast forward to 2019, Rachel and Paul moved to Mansfield together and a year later, Paul proposed on a Christmas tree farm. Rachel has always loved anything and everything Christmas, and Paul could not have chosen a more special place to ask Rachel to spend the rest of her life with him!

The day after Thanksgiving 2020, both our families had made plans to go to Geer Tree Farm in CT and cut down our own Christmas trees. After a few hours of searching for the perfect tree, Paul brought Rachel to the "overlook" which is a spot that overlooks the many acres of the Christmas tree farm. Paul asked Rachel to "come take a picture" and before she knew it he was down on one knee.