I had just moved to Charlotte with the help of my parents and sister. I didn't know many people in the city so Chelsea decided to introduce me to her friend from college Tyler. She said we had a lot in common (both went to William and Mary and love being social) so we all met at Nova's Bakery so she could introduce us. Turns out he lived just down the street from me! Over the next six months he showed me around to a lot of fun breweries and restaurants in Charlotte, we went to the PGA tour, I joined his kickball team, we attended alumni events together and in January 2018 he asked me to be his girlfriend!

I was actually ditching Tyler for Valentine's Day this year to do a Disney trip with my two best friends from High School Megan and Kelli. They drove down from DC picked me up and we arrived in Orlando around 4pm on the 14th. We checked into the hotel, freshened up and got ready for a girls night out at the Grand Floridian. There is a new Beauty and the Beast themed cocktail lounge called The Enchanted Rose that I wanted to check out. When we arrived to the Grand Floridian I headed straight to the Enchanted Rose but there wasn't much of a wait and Megan convinced me we should go take pictures outside while it was still light. We walked around the beautiful grounds and being girls decided to go check out the wedding chapel. I had never seen it up close before! I thought it would be funny to send Tyler a picture of the front doors with the welcome mat that said "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings" and as I'm composing the text and hitting send I hear his voice saying "Welcome to Florida!" I looked up and there he was in a suit looking so dapper and handsome. I was shocked! He led me down the path around the side of the chapel that had a trellis at the end and got down on one knee to ask me to be his wife. Complete with Cinderella's castle in the background!!