28.11.2020

A year of planning and a ‘spontaneous’ trip to Thailand with friends framed the setting of Matthews proposal. On arrival to Phi Phi Island, an ominous storm was brewing as he checked the group in. His plans to board a banana boat to Maya Bay were quickly dissipating as the clouds started rolling in...

The rain started to pour, but as quickly as it arrived, it was gone. The group found a spot on the beach and Alexia excitedly hopped onto a swing suspended from a nearby tree. Tristan[BM] and Sharnya [MOH] casually took some pictures while Matthew pushed Alexia on the swing. After a while, Tristan and Sharnya suggested they all move down the beach and prompted Alexia to get off the swing. At this stage Matthew had already bent the knee - Alexia hadn’t noticed a thing! Again they said, 'let’s move, come on Lexy get off the swing!' as she jumped down and turned, to her absolute surprise there Matthew was, down on one knee, ring in hand and his face, beaming with happiness…