September 4th marks the anniversary of our first date. Nine years to the day, we went for a walk in the Duke Gardens, a place we came to a lot while I was studying at Duke. We sat on a bench and Nicholas gave me an anniversary card that told about our story together over the past nine years. At the end of the card there was a line that said our story continues, there is something I would like to ask... and he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. We are very excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with our family and friends!