Back in 2009, Mary and a friend went to a house warming party. While hanging out in the back yard, Mary's friend stepped in dog poop, and had to borrow shoes from the hostess. While her friend finds clean shoes, Mary meets Jeremey, and they talk for a while before she and her friend leave the party. But they have to turn back - her friend left her shoes! When they got back to the party, Jeremey stopped Mary and asked for her phone number. They met up for a date a couple days later. The rest is history!
For New Years Eve weekend, Jeremey took Mary on a vacation to Myrtle Beach. They planned to stroll the empty beach, relax in the beachfront hotel, and drink champagne while watching fireworks. What they did not expect was the cold front moving through the area that dropped the temperature in the teens! But they braved the cold, and went for a walk down the beach to find a bar for drinks before ringing in the New Year. They found the bar, but it was closed for the off season, so they started back to their hotel. It was then, on the cold and windy, but beautiful, moonlight beach, that Jeremey proposed to Mary. The rest of the night they celebrated by drinking champagne, watching fireworks, and pretending it was all for them!