We met during graduate school at the University of Oregon. While we didn't actually take any of the same classes, we had a mutual love for watching The Office and spent a lot of time together. The rest is history...

Matthew smuggled the ring in his backpack all the way to Ireland on our Europe trip last summer. He was strangely over-protective of his bag for almost a week. This was finally explained when he got down on one knee and proposed on the edge of the Cliffs of Moher. It was literally my dream proposal, so of course I said yes!