Brendan and Alma met on a dating site and spent the first week and half talking before going on their first date. (Alma had to make sure Brendan wasn’t a serial killer before meeting him). Brendan and Alma were both nervous meeting each other. (Alma almost canceled on Brendan due to the fact that she thought the connection between them was too good to be true , and did not want to be disappointed).

They had their first date at zuki, which ended up being 4 hours conversing after dinner. They would have stayed longer, but the restaurant was closing and began turning off the lights. Alma claims she was weak in the knees when she first saw Brendan. (After the first date, Alma told this to her mom and her mom told her that she had the same reaction when she met her father).

They went on a second date a week later racing go karts. Brendan went on to dominate that activity. ( According to Alma, Brendan clearly had more of an advantage since he has 7 more years of driving experience than her ^.^). Brendan and Alma continued the following weekend to a sip and paint. Brendan having less artistic talents than a toddler, knew he met someone special, that he was trying things out of his normal comfort zone. Weekend dates quickly compiled with weekday dates. Brendan, quickly realizing how happy Alma makes him, asked Alma to be exclusive after just a month.

Brendan had told his best friend Brendan McGraw after the first few dates, that this was it and he was going to marry Alma. Very similarly, Alma had shared the same thoughts with her best friends. She knew things were moving fast, but her feelings for Brendan were strong and something she hadn’t felt before.

Brendan and Alma would spend all their free time together. Winston, Brendan’s dog , was very grateful for this, because Alma would spoil Winston with treats and toys. Brendan and Alma would spend the next several months planning out their lives and future together and what their time line would be for said events. God probably got a good laugh at their timeline.

On October 2024, Alma and Brendan were elated to find out that Alma is pregnant and expecting in June of 2025.

Fast forward to December 2024, on New Years Eve, Alma noticed that Brendan was VERY nervous this day (sweaty back and all) but she did not think too much into it. Well, turns out that there was a big reason why Brendan was nervous that day.

Brendan would propose on New Years Eve in front of Alma’s family while she had a mouthful of grapes. (Brendan knew in advance that Alma took the NYE grape tradition very serious). Brendan strategically figured she couldn’t say no this way.

Spoiler alert, Alma said YES!

A&B