The real magic was when we first met, not including the times Laura groupie stalked Tim (at a young ripe age of 21). One night at the Red Devil in San Francisco, Laura was sporting a pretty elegant hot pink onesie with a black fanny pack. Tim was in a blue sparkle suit. From the crowd, Laura spotted Tim (not knowing if he even noticed her). She was crushing hard on this one. Once the show ended, she was hoping he would come out, to her surprise he did. It didn't take much to make him fall for her. By the end of the night, she gave him her number (he will argue he asked for hers first- he didn't). The next day they went on a date to a real classy place called Peet's Coffee. They walked around downtown Palo Alto (twice) discussing their whole lives- and the rest folks, is history.

I actually didn't think we would get engaged for another year or 2, so when my sister in law, Kendra, asked for us to come down to San Diego for her baby shower I didn't think much of it. He said he couldn't come because he had a gig (which was not out of the ordinary). So, I went with my sisters and we had a blast! After the baby shower was over, my sisters and I were trying to race to the Catamaran- one of my all time favorite places in San Diego. I was excited to just sit at the fire pit and get a large glass of wine. Once we arrived, my sister, Lisa, insisted we take a photo on the beach- I asked why (she never wants to do those types of things) and she said: "because we all looked good". I didn't argue, we did look really good. So out we trecked on to the sand in tall wedges- which was not easy to do. Once out there in the corner of my eye, I see a creepy guy sitting with an umbrella, jacket and hat. Still not thinking much of it, my sisters and I start taking photos. When all of the sudden I hear a voice behind me yelling "Babe!"... and keeps yelling "BABE!". At this point I was thinking to myself, "that sounds like Tim... boy that's annoying... someone better answer this dude". Then I hear "Laura!". I turn, and it's Tim. Now at this point, I still didn't expect anything. Now I'm just shocked he's here and that maybe he came down to spend the rest of the weekend with us. Then he grabs my hand and starts saying how much he loves me. Now, at this point, I knew it's about to go down, and I'm now trying to process what is happening. He gets down on one knee and asked, and I obviously said YES! The most special part of all of this is that both my sisters were there and my brother was snapping photos from the hotel balcony (something I secretly always wanted him to do). Needless to say, it was the best surprise proposal of all time.