We came across each other online, but we first met in a local bar for our first date. We both wanted something casual and we couldn't have picked a better spot! We were there talking and getting to know each other until about one in the morning. It quickly became the last first date! “Cupid’s arrow struck me through when I first laid my eye upon you”
We were celebrating our one year anniversary with a weekend away in a quaint little town called Galena, IL. We decided that night we wanted to take a trolley tour of the historic town. We had about an hour until the next trolley departure, so we decided to take a lovely stroll along the Galena River in Grant Park. A little while later we decided to sit on a park bench to overlook what was possibly the best part of Grant Park. I turned around and he was on one knee........