I first met Dalton when I went to a going away party with my ex, I remember seeing him and thinking "He's really good looking but I have a boyfriend". I was only a shy little sophomore in highschool so I didn't try too hard to become noticed. He still says he doesn't remember seeing me there! Well fast forward about 3 years and I was going through a really nasty breakup. His best friend just so happened to know my ex through family and heard about what happened and told Dalton. Next thing I know Dalton and I are friends and he was just trying to help me get through a rough time. Wellll things just sort of escalated from there and needless to say we became best friends and fell in love in just a matter of time. I can honestly say that is one of the reasons I believe things happen for a reason.

We had planned this simple day to go out and have my mom take some really good photos of us since we had never really had pictures taken of us. Our first location was the zoo and I remember as we started making our way down the trail behind the train tack, he had mentioned that he had a stick in his boot. I told him to get it out but he insisted he would be okay. We eventually get to this really pretty spot where you can lookout on the pond and sat down to take a picture. We got up and he said he needed to get the stick out of his boot so I turned for a moment to look at my mom and next thing I knew he was knelt on one knee with a box in his hand. Before he said anything I blurted out "Are you serious right now?" and he then asked and of course I said yes and the waterworks began...from both me AND my mother of course!