We met on Garrett's first day at Leggett Valley Elementary School. Garrett was starting 4th grade and I was starting 5th. I attempted to be his friend for weeks and he refused to speak to me. After we started dating he told me the reason he wouldn't talk to me was not just because he was shy, which he was, but because of something I don't even remember. According to him, he accidentally called me by another girl's name on his first day of school and he was too embarrassed to talk to me after that. We eventually became friends in Jr. High and started dating in May 2009.

During our trip to Ireland we took a ferry out to the smallest of the Aran Islands, Inis Oírr (Inisheer). When we got to O'Brien's Castle we found that most people were just walking by, as they thought the gate was closed. Turns out it was open and we ended up getting to walk in and around the castle all by ourselves. When we went inside the castle, part of it was very dark. I asked Garrett to get my flashlight out of his backpack and went exploring. I was waving a flashlight around, babbling about castles, and wondering why Garrett had yet to come check out this cool stuff with me. When I turned around he was on one knee in the doorway. He asked, I said yes, we took some terrible photos, and then he got to explore the room I'd been in. (The picture below is the castle)