It all started six years ago on the night of New Year’s Eve. We were at a mutual friend’s house who was hosting a party, but we had never actually met before. I noticed Dan as soon as he walked into the room and turned to my sister and said, “that is who I want to share my New Year’s kiss with”. Apparently, Dan saw me too and wanted to meet me just as bad because he mentioned me to our mutual friend who dragged Dan over to me to introduce himself. We sealed the night with a New Year’s Eve kiss and have been together ever since.

I had always told Dan that I wanted to be surprised with the proposal; that I wanted my family there and the moment to be captured with pictures. On December 9th, 2017 I was going away for a girl’s night with my mom, sister, and brother’s girlfriend. We went up to Kennebunkport, ME and planned on shopping and bar hopping the day away. In the center of Kennebunkport is an enormous decorated Christmas tree. I knew I wanted to get a picture taken in front of it and had no idea that Dan was planning on proposing in front of the tree later that day. We went to The Boathouse for drinks and appetizers and Dan, my brother, my dad, Dan’s brother, and his brother’s fiancée all waited by the tree for us to come out. In front of the tree was a Kennebunkport firefighter that was taking donations to take people’s photos for them. My sister had gone up to him earlier in the day to tell him that I would be getting proposed to in a few hours and to be ready to capture the moment. As we neared the tree to take a photo, my sister asked if we wanted to take a twin picture first, and I, of course, said yes! As we walked in front of the tree, Dan came from around the back. Once I noticed him, I shockingly asked him, “what are you doing here?” He responded by saying “you forgot something at home” and then got down on one knee and asked me to spend forever with him. I jumped into his arms and screamed YES! Immediately after, I saw my dad, brother, Dan’s brother and his brother’s fiancée all there to celebrate this special moment with us!