Shortly after moving back home to Pa from two years away in Kansas and Texas, I started working for a veterinarian at Penn National Race Track in Grantville, Pa. During this time, I briefly met after my boss told me about this really nice guy who would be perfect... except he had three kids from a prior marriage, so she wasn't sure how things would be. In time, we became friends, but we went our separate ways until late 2011 when we started hanging out more and more with mutual friends. The relationship blossomed and we have been in separable ever since!

On Wednesday February 6th, since we were going to have the kids on Valentines Day, I asked Robbie if he wanted to go out to eat at Visaggio's (my favorite restaurant) the next evening. It must have been fate because Robbie ironically had gotten a call that same day that the engagement ring he had custom made for me was finished. I came home from work and began to get ready for dinner - never noticed or thought a thing. It was just another date night for us. Right before we were ready to leave the house - with only the oven range light on and with my hands full, Robbie asked me to close my eyes because he had a surprise for me. I quickly complained at him because we had already agreed on no gifts for the holiday. Still had no idea what was about to happen. I annoyingly obliged and closed my eyes - when I opened them, he was on one knee right there in the middle of our kitchen. The words we simple and it was perfectly fitting for us. Robbie is still shocked that I did not cry, but I think I was just so dang taken by surprise and then caught up in the moment that I totally forgot!!! : )