we're getting married!

Our first official meeting was when Kali (Bridesmaid), Brett and I picked Joe up from his hotel in Cape Girardeau, MO where he was interviewing for a position with Purina. We took him to Buffalo Wild Wings and he would later get the job. He then moved to Missouri the following June and the rest is history!

Joe proposed at our home in New Boston. He was working second shift that week and I wasn't expecting him to be home when I got home from the barn that evening. I went looking for him around our house confused and found him upstairs waiting with two of our fur children Benny and Quincy. Benny ran up to me and had the ring tied around his neck, I picked him up and Joe got down on one knee and proposed to both of us :) The proposal was a total surprise for me. While we had talked about it I was expecting him to wait until my birthday (August 13th) so that he didn't have to get me another birthday present. He also only had the ring in his possession for a total of 2 days before he proposed because he couldn't keeping it a secret!