It started with a photo on my friend's computer. Let's just say....It wasn’t Matt’s best photo. Somehow I still saw something and knew he was someone I needed to meet. I arranged for our mutual friend to introduce us, and that was history! We spent that whole 1st weekend we met together and then made it official only 1 week later. We have been lucky enough to go through so much together in these past 11 years. Countless date nights, Matt joining the Navy, being in a long distance relationship, trips to Chicago/Florida/Hawaii to visit each other, moving into our 1st condo, adopting 2 kitties, to purchasing our 1st home and now about to be Mr and Mrs!

Matt and I had recently closed on our very 1st home together! We ended up getting the keys a day early, so I thought I would take the day off to clean the house so that we could start moving in right away. Mind you, I was in full blown cleaning attire. Yoga pants, tank top, ball cap, no makeup, and needing a manicure badly. Needless to say I had NO idea I was being proposed to that day. Matt met me at the house after he got off work to help me finish up and move a few small things in. Well, much to my surprise he had different plans. Matt wanted our 1st memory in our new home to be special. I was in the living room cleaning the floors and I hear "Babe!" from the hallway. I turned around and there he was, on one knee, with a little blue box, and a perfect ring. I can't remember his words exactly because I was clearly in shock. I think I may have even said "Stop this isn't funny!" in disbelief haha. It wasn't fireworks and a fancy dinner, but it was the PERFECT surprise I always dreamed of.