I was on my missions trip to Mexico and asked Ted if we could have a date night cooking together when I got home. Cooking together is one of our favorite things to do. He quickly responded yes and recommended that we also take a walk at West Branch State Park when I returned.

The plan was set for our first Wednesday Night Date Night when I returned from Mexico. That morning, I had wondered if he was going to propose that day but by the end of the workday, I had talked myself out of the idea. To be honest, I didn’t think he had a ring at that point. I came over to Ted’s house after work and I looked him over real quick before we hopped in the car. I didn’t see any signs of a ring box so we headed out for our walk.

We walked all of the way down the damn and even walked around the old spillway. During our conversations I gave him a hard time about not proposing yet and was very certain that it wasn’t going to happen that day.

Before we headed back, we sat at the little picnic table at the turn around. It was a beautiful night out and we just soaked in the fresh air and beauty all around us. At a certain point I looked over at Ted and the beautiful golden sunlight hitting his face was just too perfect not to snag a picture of. So I whipped out my phone and tried to sneak a photo. I was caught! Ted turned to me and said “well since you took a photo of me, I get to take a photo of you” (my absolute worst nightmare). He took the photo of me and we sat there a little longer. He then turned to me and said, “you know what’s crazy? I just took the last photo of you single.” My brain froze! He proceeded to get off the bench, pull a ring box out of his pocket, and get down on one knee in front of me.

H&T

Wedding Day

Reception