We're making it official!

We first met when Katie spotted Monty in a nightclub in Berlin and thought he was cute and liked his tattoos. Katie came up to give Monty a compliment, but he then quickly ran off after saying thank you. Later on, Monty came back to find Katie and strike up a conversation. The reason being: Katie caught Monty off guard by speaking in English to him and he needed to compose himself before coming to chat it up with her! We had to physically get each other's numbers as the club doesn't allow for cellphones and we continued to see one another. The rest is history!

Monty planned the most spectacular proposal any girl could ever wish for. Monty knew that Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria was a really special place for me. It was the first place I ever saw outside of the US back when I was 14 years old. I went on a massive vacation with my parents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. The trip held a special place in my heart and Monty had heard many a story about it. Monty planned a surprise trip to take me back to this mystical location full of fairytale castles and unbelievable vistas. On the first day, he took me on a hike through an icy blue glacier-fed gorge. The following day we went paddleboarding on the Eibsee. We paddled out to a tiny island on the lake and Monty set up the GoPro, assuring me that we would get much better photos if he put it on video and took screengrabs from that. Then he surprised me and changed my life forever by getting down on one knee and asking me to marry him. The answer was of course a resounding yes!