We met while painting Robert's brother, Andrew, and his wife, Megan's, new house. We listened to 80s hair music and balanced on ladders as we helped them prepare to start a new chapter of their lives. Truthfully, neither of us thought much of our first meeting, as we did not begin to develop a friendship until about a year later. We began visiting each other on weekends or whenever we had free time. We quickly learned that we had something special.

Well, Robert had a plan to propose to Taylor on her birthday but quickly realized he couldn't wait that long; five days is a very long time. We had just gotten home from dinner at one of our favorite restaurants where we planned to watch a movie and relax. While discussing the goals that we had for our life together Robert pulled out "the box," said "how about we start right now" and proposed.