Let's rewind to our Greece/Turkey trip in August 2022... Brian had found out Joe (groomsman) was going to come back to the U.S., earlier than planned, from his job in Costa Rica. We had plans to visit him and his wife, Kattie that upcoming February and Brian was extremely bummed out. I tried to calm him down saying, "It's not their fault" and was confused as to why he was making it such a big deal. He then blurted out, "We had this whole thing planned out that I was going to propose to you in Costa Rica!" Thanks Joe! ;) Anyway, I happily knew a proposal was coming but didn't exactly know when. Fast forward, 9 months later, to a random Wednesday after work. I had come home and the whole apartment was pristine. Brian was a little fidgety and wasn't talking much, which is very unlike him but still didn't think much of it. I had sat on the couch and he told me to sit somewhere else to check my phone. When it opened, I had a screenshot of a text dating back to our first date in October 2019 between Brian, Bays (officiant), and JC (groomsman) that had Brian stating, "I'm being completely premature, but I found the one. Unless there's something crazy I don't know or she's not interested this may be it." Luckily, Brian did not find anything crazy, I was completely interested, and now here we are! A couple days later, Brian had set up an engagement party at Sleeping Village and we were able to celebrate with some of our family and friends. It was a nice little preview for our wedding to come!