One word: Facebook. Pretty cool, huh? Welcome to the 21st century! :) Sawyer sent Anagabriela a friend request thinking she was pretty (I know!). After she accepted, he messaged her that very day. No they didn't know each other nor had they ever met, but she did respond since they had mutual friends (proving of course, that he wasn't some sort of serial killer or a 60 year-old stalker). Besides, he was pretty cute too. ;) A week of messaging turned into meeting at a fair, which three months later turned into him asking her dad if he could court her. And as they say, the rest is history!
Sawyer and Anagabriela love escape rooms! Somehow the thrill of being trapped in a room with the pressure of finding the hidden treasure before the daunting timer on the wall runs out has always been something they enjoy. So what better place to propose than at the one and only Try'n Escape? Though we all know the real reason was that Anagabriela wasn't leaving unless she said yes. Hehe, kidding!...Kind of. ;) He and her mom, as well as the escape room owner had begun planning it two weeks before. All to the point of even where to stand so that the cameras inside the room could capture the moment...that's right, the proposal was filmed! Such a special gift that Sawyer and Anagabriela get to keep forever. :) He gave a romantic little speech, she of course cried, he freaked out a bit since it took 4 seconds for her to muster a 'yes' and that amount of time is just too long, they hugged, and out came a big "Congratulations!" from where her parents and the owners had been watching the footage. It was a wonderfully beautiful day.