We met at a party/bonfire at a mutual friends house. Ryan asked me to be his beerpong partner, and we were pretty much inseparable for the rest of the night. Our first date was at Wentzell's Oyster House in Huntsville, and I wanted raw oysters so bad - they're my favorite - but was scared I would gross Ryan out and run him off so I didn't get them. When we went on an Alaskan cruise in June of 2016 with Ryan's entire family, everything just clicked and we both knew it was the real deal.

I was totally clueless. We went to Miramar Beach with our friend Kelsey to celebrate all 3 of our May birthdays, and the first night there we went down for a walk on the beach to watch the sunset. Ryan asked Kelsey to take our picture, which he NEVER does, and I was convinced he was about to propose.. but then he didn't. He acted kind of weird the whole walk though, and once we got almost back to the stairs up to our condo - he dropped down on one knee and popped the question. I cried, we hugged, and I said YES! Kelsey snapped some pictures, and I stared at the gorgeous ring he had picked for me for the entire rest of the trip.