We're so excited to celebrate with you!

We went to grade school together, but really became friends in 8th grade. It all started with a text at a band concert. Our first "date" was at the purple park; Our first kiss (nervous peck) was at the Pioneer park; And John proposed at the park down the street from his parents house on Christmas day. From silly little kids and growing up to be goofy adults, the parks in Bolingbrook hold a special place in our hearts.

It was 60 degrees on Christmas day, so naturally, John, Sam, Hallie (John's sister), and Kelvin (Hallie's boyfriend) had to go play at the new and improved park down the street. After playing for awhile, John suggested we go take jumping pictures by the lake because the sun was starting to set and we could get cool silhouette pictures. This was nothing out of the ordinary since we take jumping pictures on all our vacations. So on the third attempt at a jumping picture, John got down on one knee and pulled out the most beautiful ring. The first thing Sam said was "why didn't you jump stupid?!", before even realizing what was going on. Hallie started screaming out of excitement and Kelvin (thank God for him) started snapping pictures. It was the sweetest proposal and it couldn't be more of an "us" moment.