Jeana's Version-

Somewhere around 2015, I decided to get a membership at Planet Fitness. A brand new gym was built in a town close to where I was living with my parents at the time. Throughout the first couple years of my membership, I would join my friend Deanna for some fitness classes here and there when I was bored with my own workouts. She spoke so highly of the trainer named Colin that ran the classes. I liked to use these classes as a much needed venting session with Deanna. When I met Colin, I thought he was a super fun, optimistic, social butterfly in the gym. He had so many positive relationships with gym members. I thought that was admirable, but we didn't speak much during this time. I took around 3 classes and tapered off after that. Fast forward two years later to 2017. I started going to the gym more, and Colin would consistently ask me to take more of his classes. I can still hear him saying "Hey babe, JOIN ME!" every time I would walk into the gym.. (If you know Colin...he calls everyone "babe"). I started taking more of his classes, especially when he was training his friend Kevin to be a trainer at another gym. Spending time and talking with Colin in his classes felt like a breath of fresh air that I really needed at the time. Our relationship developed into the most beautiful friendship and I was lucky enough to gain Kevin as a friend, as well. As our friendship grew, I craved being around him more and more because of his positivity and infectious, lively personality. I felt like more of my happier self when surrounding myself with Colin. I would even wake up at 5:00 AM on Friday mornings to workout before work just to see him for a couple minutes. If you know me, you know I am NOT a morning person. That's when I knew there was no going back. This spoke a lot to my feelings for him. We met up a couple times at bars with friends, and the rest is history. I knew I was in love pretty early on. I remember going home to my mom and saying, " I cannot understand why I like this guy so much". The start of our relationship was dramatic and amazing, filled with so much love. 6 years later, we own our own home after gutting and remodeling in 2020. We have two PERFECT dogs, Bronson and Clyde, who we adore. On February 25, 2023, Colin brought the dogs and I to Mill Creek park, where we had our first date. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. It was the happiest day of my life and I still cry every time I think about it. I'm so thankful God blessed me with this life we share together.

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