JACOB AND I FIRST MET IN SPANISH CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE QUICKLY BECAME FRIENDS BUT EVENTUALLY PARTED WAYS WHEN HE GRADUATED. TWO YEARS LATER WE RECONNECTED AND WE HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE EVER SINCE. SIX YEARS OF DATING, TWO APARTMENTS, A HOUSE, 3 CATS AND A DOG LATER.... WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL!
HALLOWEEN OF 2020 WAS THE DAY JAKE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM. WE WENT TO A LOCAL PUMPKIN PATCH WE HAD BEEN TO BEFORE FOR FAMILY PICTURES TO PICK OUT PUMPKINS TO CARVE. WHEN WE GOT THERE, WE WALKED AROUND LOOKING AT THE ANIMALS AND OTHER CUTE GAMES AND SPACES THEY HAVE. I WAS LOOKING AT THE PIGS WHEN JAKE CALLED ME OVER TO HIM WHERE HE WAS STANDING UNDER A BEAUTIFUL TREE. AS I WAS WALKING UP, HE STEPPED BACK AND KNOCKED OVER A PART OF A DISPLAY THAT HAD A TON OF GOURDS AND SMALL PUMPKINS AROUND IT. I BENT DOWN TO FIX WHAT HE KNOCKED OVER WHEN HE SAID "WHAT ABOUT THIS WHITE PUMPKIN?" I LOOKED UP AND ON THE PUMPKIN IT SAID BAYLEE WILL YOU MARRY ME? I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THE PUMPKIN WHEN WALKING OVER SO I WAS SHOCKED WHEN JAKE GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM. WHAT I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER WAS THERE CAPTURING THE WHOLE THING. A BIG THANK YOU TO PETE'S PUMPKINS AND GWEN'S GOURDS FOR MAKING IT SUCH A SPECIAL DAY FOR ME!