She had me from that first picture of a carrot hanging out of her mouth in the park. I thought it was a cheeto and I got very excited about her potential love for orange snacks as it matched mine perfectly. It took quite a long time for that first conversation to lead to an in person date, but it was well worth the wait. When I met her in front of her office, she had told me a different building so that she could sneak up on me and see if I was a creeper or not before saying "hi". That first date was incredible. We went all over the city and after we left Chow from dinner I pulled her aside and said, "Can I just get this over with and kiss you?" She was a little stunned, but agreed. Boom. In some ways after that first date, I never really left. We moved in together within 6 months and now have moved cities, jobs, lives, and everything to start our own in Sacramento. We can't wait to share our first day of togetherness with you on August 27^th!

One Saturday morning we get up early, "We are going to Volcano to see the Daffodils" he says. "I think they closed 2 weeks ago?" - me. "Well we can still go try to get in, climb a fence or something" - Matt. "Yeah, why not!" - me. Knowing that there is no way we would be able to get it, but going along with it because I kinda know something is up. We take a beautiful drive out HWY 16 to Daffodil Hill and sure enough - its closed. And we can not under any circumstance get in. So we drive to the little town of Volcano to get sandwiches because its lunch time and we are hungry. We find a state park with lush grass, tall trees and the best name - "Grinding Rock State Park". We find a little bench in a field and sit to have our lunch. Matt SCARFS his sandwich down in 3 bites and before I'm done with the first half of mine, he takes my hand, says all these sweet things, (I was trying so hard to remember but totally forgot now) pulls out this gorgeous ring and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.

I started to tear up and look around at everything so I could remember it forever.

I also had a sandwich in my other hand.

It was a great moment.

And boom! now we are having a wedding!