I was new at my job and a vendor called Joe to ask who I was because a purchase order was incorrect. All of a sudden, this bald to the skin guy is walking at me asking “are you Amanda Siefert” and I was completely terrified.

We were in the Twin Cities for the weekend of her birthday. We had planned to do some school shopping and check out Minnehaha Falls. By this point, she already had an inkling that I was going to pop the question. After walking around the falls for an hour and stalling until my secret photographer caught up with us, a couple “It’s hot. Let’s go.” and a “Is this where you kill me?” I knew I was running out of time. I asked Mandy to take a selfie, which brought a “Why? If you want to, we can,” then I dropped to my knee. She responded with “are you f***ing serious?” Then said “YES” and quickly pulled me back up to not draw attention to us.