While we had worked together for several years, we finally "met" when I walked into Tracey's office to see how he was when I saw that he was in that day - it was a Tuesday. We talked for quite a while about children, Tae Kwon Do and dancing. As I was getting ready to leave his office, Tracey commented that if I ever wanted to get together to talk or maybe go out for a drink after work, just let him know. I headed back to my office and turned around...Tracey was right behind me, phone in hand telling me that he was making certain he had my correct contract information....my heart flipped at that moment...that was the 12th of November, 2013.
We were in Tennessee with friends for Thanksgiving. We were mostly through the Thanksgiving meal, when Tracey said that we should go around the room telling what we were most thankful for. He said that he would go first, but he sent me to the kitchen to get some water for him first. On my return, he was standing, began talking and then went down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Through tears, I was able to finally say "yes".
Some of the things that we are doing for the last time include Betty's last TaeKwonDo tournament....as a Schobey was on Saturday, May 19. She will compete on Saturday, July 28 as a Tiethoff for the first time. We are on our last vacation as single adults; next year we will be husband and wife! On June 23 at 5:59 PM, we will have our last moments as single adults :) and at 6:00 PM we will become partners for life!