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M
atthew & I met through mutual friends
at a coffee shop, after a church event in
the spring of 2014. I wouldn’t see him again until
the following Fall, as I went away for the summer,
however we both admitted to being interested
in each other at that first interaction.
At our first date, we spent hours talking about
our families and our interests. After that date (and
many others), we decided to make it official shortly
after to holidays. We love dining out together and
sharing in our mutual love of food.
The night before he proposed he said he was
going to pick me up at 5:00AM the next day. He
told me to make sure I had a jacket and my ID.
When he arrived in the morning, we made our
way to the airport and I was shocked and unsure
where we were headed. Since I had class the next
day, I knew we wouldn’t be going far. I started to
get a sneaking suspicion of what the day might
hold, as I could tell he was nervous. We landed in
Ottawa and he had a day of adventuring planned.
We were across the canal from parliament, on a
beautiful fall walk when he decided to pull me
aside and snap a few photos. He dropped down
on one knee and popped the question. To which I
overwhelmingly exclaimed “of course”. It was cold
fall day and Matt kept telling me to put my gloves
on, but I didn’t want to cover up the ring I couldn’t
stop staring at. We went out for a beautiful dinner
and called our families to share in the excitement.
When it came to deciding on where to get
married, my parents live in Thornbury, and we love
the area! There is beautiful scenery, from the trees
and hills to the waters of Georgian Bay. We also knew
there was lots of accommodation and activities for
our travelling guests (which was about 90% of the
guest list). Alpine Ski Club stood out because it was
close to my parents’ house, and they just opened
their beautiful new building.