We met at Institute years ago and became friends. He had just came home from his mission in Salt Lake City and moved to Utah shortly after to be with family and friends. Life went on and years later we become acquainted. He called me to ask if I wanted to come over for dinner and to meet his little boy Zander. We clicked that day and became best friends ever since. I fell for him very shortly after that!

We made plans to go on a vacation to California to meet his family. I was overjoyed to go and spend a week there. The morning of September 21th he wanted to take me to the beach to spend time together. He choose Corona Del Mar State beach. We spent the day swimming in the ocean, taking pictures, and relaxing underneath the sun. He said 'Lets take a walk together!' I was not interested because I didn't have the right shoes to climb up big rocks in the ocean. After him asking twice. I decided to take a walk. He took me over to this big rock and made me stand there while he positioned his phone to take picture of us. I was looking at the ocean and taking it all in. He asked me to turn around and he was on his knee. He said " Will you marry me?" I didn't even say YES. I just looked at him and in shock I grabbed the ring and put it on my finger. I said "YES"