We both went to "Rocktober Fest" in downtown Stuart. Michael had just arrived in town to mate on a sportfishing boat three days prior. He met a mutual friend of Shelby's at swing dancing earlier that week who then invited him out. Shelby had just spent two months on nightshifts and was excited to spend the evening with friends. We ended up chatting at the bar and have been together ever since!

Let's just say Michael's proposal didn't quite go as he planned. He was hoping to place the ring onto Shelby's kiteboarding lines and then launch her kite so it would slide down to her hand....the only catch is Shelby normally launches her own kite after she launches Michael. Shelby wondered why Michael was acting strange and refused to let him launch her kite. Michael aborted the mission. He waited two more months hoping for another windy day. Instead, he got hit in the head with the garter at a friend's wedding and shortly after proposed on the beach in the Outer Banks after an evening of surfing!