Laura - We met online through the dating app Plenty of Fish and our first date was to Old Chicago. Now O.C. is our anniversary date night spot every year. One thing I remember so well is when we first met, he came to pick me up and met for the first time he didn't try to go in for a hug he went with a handshake. We had great dates, and I had decided he could meet Kyler after about a month. After about 3 months I was in love with this man. He was (is) so great with Kyler and so kind and patient with us. After our first year together, I know I wanted to marry him but as you can tell you are reading this and that was about 8ish years ago. So finally, right!! You will have to read the proposal story for that one! Nick - After a short introduction in Laura's driveway I promised I would take her home after the date since I was driving. I believe my intention was to assure her she wouldn't be kidnaped, mission accomplished! My first impression was that Laura was very pretty. She seemed naturally real and unfiltered, nothing felt rehearsed or planned out. The date was extremely comfortable, it was like being out with an old childhood friend despite her basically being a stranger. We had spent about 1 hour together out of our 30 years on this earth, yet I felt as if I could relate more to her than acquaintances I've known for a decade. There was nothing formal about this date, just a casual night out for dinner and drinks. This was September 9th, 2015. From what I recall we both had calzones, yum. I most likely had an iced tea, and Laura had a Guinness. All and all this was a simple yet very enjoyable Wednesday evening. Listening to her and learning about her life experiences was a vacation from my mundane life of work, work, and work. Things seemed to go well enough that I had invited her to a local event called Pork & Hops which was to take place on September 11th & 12th 2015, she said YES! Second date planed before the first had concluded, boom!! Kyler- After a month, mom was ready to show me this strange man she had met online for the first time. My only term was that he had to like Legos. Nearly ten years later he is my favorite person and DAD.
So, let's start where I left off I had known for a LONG time I was going to marry this man, I was just waiting for him to ask. Let me say there was talks about marriage, and Alot of hints and flat out asking "are you going to ask me one day"? His reply would be yeah, I think so. Well after 8 years of dating and being patient for long enough. I decided since it is a leap year and I was going to ask him. I had to find a way that was not like at a restaurant or around a lot of people just small and simple. So, I made a plan and got crafty. I made Kyler and Nick both a huge Ring Pop for Valientes day (pictures in album) Kyler opened his first filled with candy, and then Nick opened his. The top part had will you marry me and the bottom part the ring box. the amount of nervousness I had the whole day was crazy and like 10x more when he finally opened it. He said yes of course
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