Seven months after I moved to Colorado, a week after Halloween, I found myself at a piano bar with new friends. As luck would have it, Mike was celebrating a friend's birthday at the very same piano bar. He quickly noticed me wearing a green flannel shirt and approached with a timely line, "Hey, isn't that the exact same shirt Garth wore in Wayne's World? You should be him for Halloween next year. You would be a sexy Garth". Bursting out in laughter, I couldn't resist a reference to one of my favorite movies and the "metal band guy" quickly captured my interest. (We definitely dressed up like Wayne and Garth that following Halloween)

The last Christmas gift Mike gave to me that year was a framed, nine picture photo collage filled with photos of us at different points of our relationship. Each one had a note written on the back that I read out loud. The middle photo - one from our 3rd or 4th date at Sancho's Broken Arrow - was saved for last and kicked off the proposal. By that point Mike was on one knee and I was wiping back happy tears as we became engaged! We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you. See you in Boulder!