We met at a church sponsored lock in through a mutual friend. We immediately ditched our friends and were attached at the hip for the remainder of the evening; between the Laser Tag Fiasco, a DDR dance-off (we were both terrible), and talking about Stephen Hawking and quantum theory (and ALMOST holding hands), we knew something was different from the very beginning.

After travelling for 15 hours and FINALLY touching down in Hawaii, we went on a moonlit walk on a private beach on base. We walked out onto a bit of exposed reef and were looking at the stars and the ocean, and when I turned around James was already on one knee. The first thing out of my mouth was “oh my God, not now!” because I was so unprepared! It was private and romantic and absolutely perfect, it couldn’t have happened more perfectly.