Keith and I met on an awkward blind date set up by my sister-in-law Shelly. I will never forget September 9, 2016, I changed clothes 5 times and settled on a simple white shirt. I learned later that he loved that shirt on me. We had a simple dinner of hors d’oeuvres at my favorite restaurant Jeremiahs. We both felt an instant attraction and that started us on our journey towards love. We both had so much in common like our love for the outdoors, traveling, fishing, campfires, 4 wheeling, boating, hunting, boots, and camo. Each fun experience together was one step closer to falling in love. We started to mark each new step with a picture of our feet together. No, it wasn’t a perfectly smooth path and sometimes we took one step forward and three steps back. On one date we decided to bury a time capsule filled with our favorite things and also secret notes with our hopes for our future, to be opened again in 2023. Yep, that’s where his favorite white shirt from our first date is right now.

On April 1st Keith and I took a trip to San Antonio, Texas. I was so looking forward to seeing the sights and even had a padlock specially made to put on the love lock bridge. This bridge is where you attach a lock to the bridge and throw the key in the water so the lock is there forever. We found the bridge, attached our lock and threw the key to mark we had been there together for that special moment in time. The next day Keith wanted to go back and see if we could find it among the thousands of other locks on the bridge. I found it right away and when I turned around he was down on one knee with a ring. I was so shocked and all I could say was are you serious? I never could tell when he was joking. We laughed and cried and yes we took a picture of our feet at the love lock bridge April 2,2019. We have taken so many first steps this far and now we have a lifetime to take many more amazing steps together.