We're getting married!

We met on our first day of work at Whiteriver Indian Hospital. We each had decided to move across the country from the East Coast to Arizona and as fate would have it, we started our new jobs on the same day. I pulled up to the HR building and I saw him sitting outside at a picnic table. He got up from the table, thinking I worked at HR and was about to let him inside the building. We talked while we waited for the actual HR person and we've been inseparable ever since.

I had (not so) slyly asked for her phone number under the pretext of having a "skiing buddy" when winter arrived. We had made plans to go on a really fun hike to the "ice cavern" which was famous in our town. Word of mouth and the internet made it seem like something from a dream. We took off, and spent the better part of three hours trying to find it! Well... we did. and it was a cool, fenced-off hole in the ground. Literally. But we sat at the entrance and had a good laugh, and honestly, just that was so much fun. Plus the natural AC was nice.

We had a long weekend and took a trip to Las Vegas. We got all dressed up and had some professional pictures taken at the Bellagio Fountains. The photographer posed me facing the fountain and when I turned around, there was Ben, down on one knee with the most beautiful ring in his hand. It was the easiest "yes" of my life.