We met in college at UAFS! I became really good friends with a few guys in the Fraternity Tyler was in. As I hung out with these guys more, I obviously saw Tyler more often. I thought he was really funny and seemed like fun. Like I said, I always thought he was cute, but at that point I was recently single and he was dating someone. As time went on, we both ended up single and started to chat on Snapchat. That grew to texting and then finally hanging out. It was June 7th and I somehow was not too nervous, just so excited! We hung out and just talked and ended up driving all around. I didn’t leave that night until 2 a.m. probably. I was smiling all the way home. We kept hanging out until I had to go to camp for half of the summer! We hung out until the wee hours of the morning every time. We ate dinner, hiked, drove around, went to the movies, and did all the fun things! We just kept hanging out and FINALLY on September 4th he asked me to be his girlfriend!

We went to New York City on vacation in March 2019 with my sister, her boyfriend, and my parents. Fast forward to the second day we were there. It was March 17th, St. Patrick's Day and we went to Central Park. I remember holding hands walking into the park and Tyler saying, "is that Bow Bridge?” He was looking at a different bridge that had tons of runners on it from the marathon. We made our way over to Bethesda Terrace, better known as the fountain from Gossip Girl. We walked around and took some pictures. After, we walked over to Bow Bridge. As we were just about to get on the bridge, Tyler grabs my hand, which I just think 'awe he's so sweet'. We take about 5 steps on to the bridge and he stops and faces me. I KNOW exactly what is about to happen now. This is the moment I have been waiting for my entire life and it is here. And what do I do? BAWL MY EYES OUT, that's what! He stops and turns to me and he gives his adorable speech about how much he loves me *insert crying too hard to say anything but nod my head and fall into his chest crying*. He then laughs and says, "I haven't even said anything to you yet.” He then precedes with, “You know I love you with all my heart, right? You're my best friend and I've been wanting to do this for a long time." He unzips his jacket, grabs the box, and gets down on one knee. *AGH, screaming still.* He says, “Will you marry me?” I cry and freak out and say “yes”, obviously. He stands up, puts the ring on my finger and pulls me up to give him a hug. I’m just repeating “Oh my gosh, I’m dying, what? Oh my gosh, it’s so pretty” and just start jumping. We take all the pictures and then head back to the Bethesda Terrace (google it, it's beautiful). We stopped and decided to dance to the music that the musician was playing and it could not have been a more perfect day.