Our Story

When a couple announces their engagement, everyone wants to hear "the story". It's a short story. Todd and I were introduced to each other through "Match.com". We met at the Panera Bread in the Reston Town Center for our first date, and as I recall, I paid for his grilled chicken salad (he was a cheap date). I don't like clichés, but it is true what people say, "you just know he or she is the one for you". We clicked instantly. Six months later, he took me back to the Reston Town Center, telling me we were meeting some friends for dinner. I was a little worried about him because he was looking a bit ill on the car trip to the restaurant. He kept reassuring me that he wasn't going to vomit all the way to the Town Center fountain where we had our very first rendezvous. I asked him where his friends were, and he said, "they aren't coming." In all honesty, I was in a little bit of a daze from the point Todd got down on one knee to the end of the evening. Todd tells me there was a small audience watching him propose to me, and there was some applause after I said "yes". At the restaurant, Todd asked me if he could place the ring on my finger. I looked at him quizzically, and asked, "again?". He told me that he never got the chance. I was so excited, I said, "YES" and snatched the ring from the box and placed it on my own finger. And so ends our first chapter.

~Story narrated by Jenn, proofread by Todd

We are thrilled to be getting married next summer, and can't wait to have all of our family and friends under one roof to celebrate this joyous occasion!