We met at Kathleen's sister-in-laws Passover dinner party. I dressed up in my tie-died shirt and black ortho ankle brace and Kathleen must have thought to herself, "Now that's a hottie!" She came over and sat next to Grace and ended up pouring her grape juice all night. Kathleens sister-in-law dropped the hint that She might be interested....and I asked, “in who?” Who would have thought we would have our first date one week later. From that day forward, we knew we had found something special. #foundourfuturetogether

We decided to have professional photos taken of us at Casa Romantica. I planned with the photographers that this was going to be a surprise proposal and they were excited to participate and share in this special day. I slipped him some rocks I had painted for Kathleen, since she loves to paint rocks, and he was going to find the perfect spot to hide them. We were having fun and enjoying the photo shoot when Kathleen saw the painted rocks at the beach overlook and ran down the stairs in total joy, with myself, Grace, and the photographers in hot pursuit. She discovered that the rocks proposed, "Will you marry me?" She looked around and asked, "I wonder who these belong to?" I dropped to one knee and proposed. The smile has not left our faces to this day.