We met in college after attending orientation night in the dorms. We lived next door to one another so hanging out or "accidentally" bumping into each other was fairly easy. Within the first few weeks, Chelsea told her roommate that she was going to marry him; we were not yet dating (lol), but here we are 13 years later!

While planning our 10 year anniversary in Hawaii, we decided to celebrate by doing a photoshoot on the beach during sunset (the story tells itself, no?!). The day comes and it's rainy and cloudy but Ivan is cool as a cucumber. For those of you who know him, know that isn't out of the norm. He'a a calm dude. We arrive at the beach and still not a bead of sweat, not a nervous look. In fact, he looks happy, relaxed and ready to go. About 10-15 minutes into our photos, the sun comes out and Ivan gets down on one knee, on the most beautiful beach during sunset, and asks me to marry him. And of course I said "YES!" When we talked about everything later that night I asked him if he was at all nervous and he said "I wasn't nervous because you're the love of my life."