We were both working at Target at the time, and I remember one of my co-workers would always tell me to go and talk to him. We were both really shy and awkward and we only ever said hi to each other. One day Neil finally built up the courage and came to ask me out. I politely declined at first, and we had exchanged numbers and I ended up texting him that same night. We started to talk more, and eventually started to hang out, outside of work together. Whether it was for a lunch date or a Rockies game he was always up for an adventure at 12pm or 3am. We made it official as October 16, 2016. We've hit some rough patches but always made it through them together. Eventually after months of being together we decided that we would like to move out and be able to create a home for ourselves. For months we had saved and searched for homes that we thought would be perfect to start the next chapter in our lives, and none of them met our expectations until the last house we had seen. We put our contract in, with the help of his parents and had successfully purchased our first home! We worked so hard to ensure that we would make this was our perfect home! A few months of living together we realized we needed some additional members to add to our family. We gladly adopted one of his family's pups Maple. We realized that Maple was lonely and decided that she needed a companion, and decided together that we would adopt another puppy and we named her Mia. Life was going great. Until on Christmas day, while we were opening presents, he surprised me with the most perfect gift of all. An engagement ring! Of course I said yes, and now we are planning our wedding together!