Written by Derek

I began planning the big day a few months in advance, but didn't exactly know how it was going to go down. So I told Keagan that the first weekend of August was going to be a big surprise date weekend. Fast forward to Friday, July 31st and I had it all planned out. When she came home from work I had some flowers and a note waiting for her. For every thing we did during the weekend I wrote a note with different picture of us so we'd have something physical to hold on to...aside from the ring. I also made sure to take videos during everything we did so Keagan could make a TikTok after I asked her to marry me.

For the first stop on our date weekend, we recreated our first date with dinner at Nico's Taco and Tequila Bar and a walk around Lake of the Isles. At this point, I was pretty sure she didn't know what this whole weekend was about, but in the back of my mind I was was a little concerned that she was on to me. Then when we got home I had a couple of pints of our favorite Halo Top ice cream waiting for us in the freezer. The next morning, I made breakfast for her like we would do whenever we would travel to go visit each other, followed by a trip to the Hopkins farmer's market. That's when the nerves really started to kick in...we got back from the farmer's market and I had a note with a picture of us at Bryant Lake Regional park. I made up the excuse that we were going to lunch after a little walk so we should probably dress up a little nicer. As we got to a quiet spot in the back of the park I asked her to marry me!

She said yes, and after the tears and photos I told her that her parents were waiting for us at their house. I figured she'd be texting and calling her friends, but fortunately she was in too much shock to do anything. When we pulled up to her parent's house we were greeted by our friends and family some of which flew out from across the country as part of the surprise. Keagan had no idea any of this was happening and once again broke down into tears. It was a great day!!

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