After #SwipingRight on a dating app and discovering our mutual love for futebol, family and doggos, we decided to meet IRL (in real life) and immediately hit it off. 3 weeks and 5 dates later, I moved to Washington, D.C. for my job and we began a long distance relationship characterized by daily Snapchat selfies and nightly FaceTime calls. Fed up with only seeing me once a month, Ricardo followed me to the D.C. area a few months later and the rest is history!

While we were visiting family in Greenville, Ricardo asked me on a surprise wine tasting date. He took me to an adorable Bed & Breakfast in the South Carolina hills where we enjoyed a private wine tasting and charcuterie board on the terrace. Little did I know he and my family had plotted and schemed with the B&B owner; my mum had custom-made the charcuterie board (as the B&B does not even serve food) and my sister Jen was hiding in the bushes with her camera! When the B&B owner came to check on us, Ricardo asked him to take a photo of us and I knew something was up because Rico HATES taking pictures. As we were smiling for the photo, he got down on one knee and popped the question, dropping the ring in the process! Laughing and crying at the same time, I said yes to marrying the love of my life <3