We met online (Damien's friends actually set up his profile as a joke) and really hit it off. We talked for several months on the phone before we went on our first date. I was peeking through the window while he pulled in the driveway to pick me up to see if he was who he said he was and I was blown away by how handsome he was! We got lost on our way to dinner because we were so engrossed in conversation. We had a wonderful Italian meal and walking out of the restaurant I had a feeling this was something special. As we were driving home we decided to share our testimonies with each other, and got lost yet again but it was well worth the detour!

We were on a family vacation to Naples, FL which we have made a tradition of over the past several years. We were taking family photos on the beach as a Christmas present to my parents. Damien had prearranged with the photographer (a family friend-Maria) and my mom about the proposal plan. Maria wanted to change the background of the pictures to a beautiful fountain at the Ritz Carlton on Venderbilt Beach. Damien and I were taking a few individual couples photos when I turned my head and he was down on one knee. It was perfect and beautiful! It was so special to me that my family was there to share in that moment with us and captured it on video for us.