We met through mutual friends in choir at our high school. We were totally "just friends" for the whole first year of knowing each other. We would spend way too much time with each other, like waaaay too much. It was then time for Nathan to graduate and leave me behind in school but we took a leap of faith and decided to date officially! There was nothing that could come between our puppy love.
We went to a park one evening to accompany Nathan's sister and mom for a photo shoot, Nathan's mama is a photographer. This was going to be his sister's senior photo shoot... or so I thought. Thankfully, my best friend, Maria convinced me to do my hair and make up for this particular day or else I could have looked like a zombie. We were enjoying the weather and I was also enjoying trying to make Natalee laugh in her pictures. We walked down to the pond and Nathan's mom asked us to pose for her near the water. She snapped a few pictures then asked me to face towards the water. After a few seconds I didn't hear her say anything else. That's when I turned around and saw Nathan on one knee. I admit my first words were "what are you doing?!" I honestly had NO idea he was proposing until he spoke! I don't remember saying yes only laughing, smiling, nodding, and just utter happiness.