[title type=”h1″ class=””]Our Story… or “How we fell in love”[/title]
Depending on who you ask, this is a story of workplace romance, “cyberstalking” or kismet.
In a nutshell:
Our first date was on Cinco de Mayo (2011), but we were both so excited for it that neither of us could figure out why people at the French restaurant were dressed up in fake Mexican garb.
Our first kiss took place by the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Our first trip abroad took place when Brent went to visit Chelsy in Argentina (where she was working at the time). He (luckily) had to extend his trip by a whole week because a volcano eruption in Chile grounded all flights in and out of Buenos Aires (he called it the “Giant Smoke Monster”).
Our first Halloween we dressed up as a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich.
On Labor Day weekend 2012 Brent secretly flew to FL and surprised Lourdes and Joaquin Castro to ask for Chelsy’s hand in marriage. It was truly meant to be, as they encountered Brent in the driveway just as they were leaving to run an errand. After figuring out that the unexpected guy knocking on their door was Brent and not a salesman, they happily said “si.”
On November 4, 2012, Brent tricked Chelsy into taking pictures on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and surprised her when, while standing in the same exact spot where they shared their first kiss, he asked her to marry him. (Lourdes and Joaquin were waiting in secret at a nearby restaurant and were thrilled that they no longer had to keep the BIG SECRET a secret.)
Ask Brent about the GIANT squirrel. 🙂
View a few pictures from our early “lovebirds” years: