The weekend of April 28, 2016, Jon and his best friend, Chance, were suppose to run a half marathon in Nashville, TN, and of course Abby was driving them and tagging along. However, the logistics of the trip couldn't be worked out. We already had the days off of work so we still wanted to take advantage of it, so we decided to take a mini vacation to Savannah, Georgia where neither of us had been in many years.

Jon planned all of the details of where we were staying eating etc throughout the weekend. If you know Abby, you know this made her very anxious as she doesn't go-with-the-flow very easily. Thankfully, the garden home we stayed in couldn't have been more perfect!

Friday morning, Jon told Abby they had brunch reservations at a very nice restaurant. In fact, it was so nice, Jon wanted to wear his suit! Of course Abby was running behind, so Jon "called" the restaurant to push back our reservation. Little did Abby know, he faked the call. Once the Uber arrived, Jon asked the driver to drop us off at Forsyth Park so we could walk through it to get to the restaurant. This park is a tourist attraction and where Forrest Gump was filmed. As we walked through the entrance of the park, we took a selfie with the fountain in the background. Little did Abby know, a photographer was taking pictures of the selfie. When we got to the fountain, Jon suggested we throw in some coins and make a wish. As we threw in the coins, Jon dropped to one knee and proposed to Abby!!! She obviously said "YES!" and was in total disbelief.

There hadn't been a brunch planned, but the photographer that Jon hired brought the most important part of brunch- champagne and OJ. Jon knew if he had promised Abby brunch, she better get mimosas!

We spent the rest of the morning calling family and friends to share the amazing news!!

Abby couldn't believe Jon went up to Tennessee to ask her parents the Tuesday before the engagement without her knowing! It spoke volumes for the type of man Jon is :)

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