How We Met 

I love to tell people that I picked up Kevin up on the street a la Pretty Woman. In reality, that's actually pretty close to what happened. On a hot Summer day in Houston, after returning from a music festival, Kevin found that he was locked out of his apartment. I was walking my dog, Tex, and upon seeing his cello, started talking to the cute musician who I didn't know lived on the same block. We discovered they were both musicians in Houston and lived three houses away from each other. After a series of run-ins through mutual friends, we finally began dating, and have been inseparable ever since.

In August of 2016, we went to Lake Tahoe to visit Meghan's family during a break from school. My parents were flying in to meet us later that day so that both families could enjoy some vacation time together. The morning of, we walked down to Meghan's favorite breakfast spot, The Firesign Cafe, which is right on the lake. We picked up breakfast and walked out onto the pier at the beach where Meghan grew up to take in the beautiful view. That was the moment -  I dropped to one knee, pulled out the ring, and asked her to marry me! Somehow I was able to keep the whole plan a surprise, and the proposal was made extra special with both of our families there to celebrate with us all week.