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Will and Julie met at work and bonded over midnight chats while working the night shift. One of the most memorable early interactions between them was a night Julie was having a rough shift. She transferred a patient to the ICU and saw Will while she was down there, who told her "I have something that will make your night better." A while later Will showed up on 2W with a smile on his face and a bag of gummy bears to share with her while they talked everything kayak related. So, it didn't seem all that odd when their first date a couple weeks later took place at the lake, the same spot at which he proposed less than a year later.

Will knew Julie was a little nervous to get together outside the hospital so he tried to come up with some place he knew she’d be comfotable. Where would be better than her self-proclaimed happy place, the lake?! Even so, when Will suggested camping for their first date Julie wasn’t quite sure. She figured it would either go great or leave her with a good story to tell. Well, it ended up doing both! It was probably the best first date they could have had! They never ran out of things to talk about and as Will says, it was all very comfortable from the first hug. By the end of the date they both knew it was just the first of many camping trips they would enjoy together.

Will, Julie, & Jaxon were enjoying an afternoon at the lake, fishing when Will asked Jaxon to go get Julie a different lure (i.e. the ring) out of his backpack. Jaxon, it seemed, forgot the plan and was insistent that Julie already had a fishing lure and she didn’t need another one! Will reminded him it was a “special lure” for her and he eventually remembered the plan. It was the next part that Will and Jaxon apparently didn’t rehearse. In Jaxon’s mind, no one had their fishing poles, so all the poles had to be set aside. Once they were safely leaning against a tree and all hands were free, he could proceed to go get that special lure. And so Will proposed at his and Julie’s spot at the lake while Jaxon looked on with an adorable grin. And of course, she said yes!

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