There are a few stories to the start of the proposal. If you know Laura Reeder, you know she knows exactly what she likes. That being said, there were three proposal attempts before the fourth one landed perfectly.

I wanted the proposal to be unique to our experience, I wanted it to tell our story in some way. I wanted Laura to somehow remember all the special places that meant everything to us. So, I decided on a scavenger hunt around town to all the key places that helped shape and grow our relationship.

But it wouldn’t be good enough if Laura wasn’t thrown completely by surprise. I decided to do it on our one-year anniversary, so the excuse to dress up wouldn’t feel random. I also wanted all her close friends and family to be a part of it. So individually I contacted all of them and let them in on the details of the special day. All of them were to act ignorant of any thought of a proposal and encourage that it wouldn’t happen the day of our one-year anniversary.

Everyone did a beautiful job because at this point most everyone knew Laura was starting to get impatient for the proposal. I needed help though; I couldn’t do this alone. I called for the aid of one of her closest friends, Molly Gordon. I specifically needed Molly because she knows me best out of all her friends, and she knows my exact needs when it came to the details of the proposal. With Mollys help I was able to completely stupefy Laura the day of the proposal.

Molly’s job was to assist Laura in the scavenger hunt.

There would be nine letters placed all around town at every location that shared our story. Each letter told the tale of why this location was so important, on the back of every letter as a riddle describing the location of the next letter in a way that only Laura would understand. After running around town to all our special places she would end the hunt blindfolded at the location where we had our first kiss. Here I read her the last letter, I unblindfolded her facing all her friends and family holding letters spelling, "Will you Marry Me?” then I bent the knee with her grandmothers’ ring in hand.

The reactions were as expected, and she said yes. I look forward to all the adventures we will have together and our continual growth as individuals. I love this woman with everything I have! Stay tuned to our next adventure!

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