After exchanging messages for a couple of weeks, we decided to meet at Edwin Warner Park, a favorite stomping ground for Josie and Edy, Rachel's two main squeezes at the time (all the corgi lovers say "yeah!"). The unseasonably warm weather led one February hour into two, then three, then eight, and the rest is history.

Every year we have a Labor Day party at our house, so it was nothing out of the ordinary to invite our favorite people over. Jason used this to disguise the real surprise, and on our deck with family and friends he got "Hell yeah I'll marry you!" as his answer.