The conversation of getting married came up one day shortly after Katlyn and I had moved in together in our new apartment in Sacramento. Things were falling into place just how I had hoped they would for many years. Katlyn had graduated with her Bachelors degree from Cal State San Marcos and had a great job. I myself had received a promotion and was able to support myself and Katlyn comfortably and was close to getting my Electrical Engineering degree. We felt like we were both ready but Katlyn didn't want to know any more details besides that!

For our five year anniversary we went back to the place where we first fell in love, Boise. We shared a wonderful week of hiking, biking and visiting our favorite spots. Now Katlyn was a little suspicious that something might happen on this trip, probably because of the fact that myself, one of her friends, and her mom all happened to mentioned it would be a great time to get her nails done for no apparent reason, subtle right? Regardless, on October 17, 2022 we headed to the pumpkin patch where we had one of our first dates five years prior. It was a special place to both of us but especially to me because its the place where I started to fall in love with Katlyn. Little did she know as we approached the pumpkin patch that I had a surprise waiting for her. A personalized picnic set up just for the two of us so that we could enjoy this special day. We sat down and Katlyn immediately knew something was up from my beat red cheeks. They had accidently set up the picnic in probably the most populated area of the pumpkin patch and between being looked at by everyone and knowing Katlyn wanted a private proposal I was a little nervous to say the least. But with some quick thinking I pulled us into the privacy of the corn maze nearby and dropped down on one knee to ask her to be by my side for the rest of our lives. Despite the last minute change of location she said yes and here we are!