Our story begins in July of 2013. I was invited by a friend to go to The Saddle Rack. The plan was to go on the upcoming Friday. The day before the trip I was with two friends who couldn’t go to The Rack on Friday but wanted to go on Saturday, they eventually convinced me to go with them instead. This ended up being one of the best decisions I ever made. Saturday night arrives, we are on the dance floor (cutting rug) when I met Courtney. She saw me dancing "like a goober" and wanted to join in. She was there celebrating her 23rd birthday. As I was saying goodbye to her that night, she added her number in my phone with the diamond ring emoji next to her name. It’s almost as if she knew. I saw her again the next morning when she walked by me in the lobby with her friend and awkwardly said five incredible words to me that I will never forget: “My pants are on backwards.” And THAT was the moment that I knew. I stayed strong and waited an appropriate amount of time to text her, a solid 5 hours. We got to know each other over the next couple of weeks before planning to go on a date. I was living in Redwood City and Courtney was living in Pleasanton, which if you know Bay Area traffic, is not close. I picked her up for our first date, which was spent mini golfing and capped off with a classy meal at Chili’s. In my eyes, the date went amazing. Courtney was funny, interesting, and even more beautiful than I remembered but she was not as impressed with me. I think it had something to do with showing up with a rugburn on my face (from wrestling with my friends, I blame fireball) but who knows. Luckily, I was at least charming enough for her to give me a second chance. Fast forward and after nearly six years of dating we finally moved in together in March 2019, and in June 2019 I made the second-best decision and asked her to marry me. Our relationship has been an adventure, one for the books, and we are so looking forward to starting and sharing this new chapter with you.