We're Getting Married!

Our first date was at Billy's on Grand Ave in St. Paul. It took Matt forever to ask Nicole out so she suggested that they go play pool... When they got there they never got around to playing pool and ended up talking for hours.

If you know us, you've probably heard the story. The Proposal didn't quite go as planned. We were on vacation in Fort Myers, FL bringing in the new year. My aunt Gwen was vacationing in Fort Myers as the same time we were going be down there. My goal was for her to set up some candles and flowers on the beach during a nice sunset while I was with Nikki. Well come January 1st the weather was not going my way so the beach thing wasn't going to work. We decided to go on a sunset cruise (on a pontoon, with no sunset) instead...with a bunch of strangers. The captain of the pontoon knew about the proposal so he thought it was a good idea to do it near the end of the cruise while everyone took pictures (of the awesome sunset). I didn't realize my Aunt Gwen had the candles with her, while Nikki went to the bathroom Gwen handed out the candles to everyone on the pontoon and told them to hide them. Nikki and I went last for photos and while standing at the front the captain said "Hey look, shark!" , Nikki turned around and thought there was a shark. When she turned back around to me, I was down on one knee and I asked her to marry me while all the strangers on the pontoon turned on their candles. It wasn't what I had pictured but it makes a great story and it fits us.