Thank you for celebrating this day with us!

Jeffrey & Susan Kern and John & Michele Collins

We met officially at Old Gallettes (RIP) the summer before our last year of college. I actually recognized Jake from a very brief interaction earlier that school year -- which made for an interesting interaction at the bar when Jake introduced himself, and I said "I know who you are." At least it made a lasting impression!

Celebrating three years together, we planned a relaxing weekend at Downtown Houston's Marriott Marquis. As we walked to dinner across Discovery Green (a beautiful, popular park in the city), Jake handed me my anniversary gift. During the first year we were together, he gave me a viewfinder - one of those picture wheels where you click the button and the photos rotate. On important dates since, he's gifted new photos for this viewfinder, never failing to make me cry with how sweet the photos and messages are. Flipping through, the photos had "three years of questions" - from going to Europe to getting a dog. On the final slide was a picture of the park we were at, from the view I was facing towards, with the final question: "Will you marry me?" When I put down the viewfinder, there Jake was on one knee. And there I was - surprised, excited, and unimaginably happy - and also trying not to sweat with Jake's anniversary gift, Snoop Dog's new cookbook "Crook to Cook", wrapped behind me. He said we were doing small gifts this anniversary, but big things can come in small packages!