Krystal & Matt

On September 17th, 2011 Krystal turned 24 years old. Little did she suspect, that this would also be her engagement day.

After arriving in Florida the weekend before, starting their new jobs in a new state the Monday after, they were exhausted. All week Matt had asked what she wanted to do on her Saturday birthday. Since their new place in Florida was still filled with moving boxes her resounding answer was "unpack and move in, I just want all these boxes out of here."

After a long day of unpacking Krystal was worn out. And although Matt had dinner reservations for the night, she did not want to go. She just had accepted the fact that this was just going to be one of those 'bad' birthdays. But Matt was very persistent, and Krystal finally gave in.

On their way to dinner, to Krystal's surprise, Matt drove them to the beach where he had a bottle of champagne and a birthday card. They sat on gorgeous Juno Beach, watched the sunset, and sipped champagne.

Krystal was starting to think that her birthday was beginning to look up. Matt pulled out her birthday card for her to read. At the very bottom of the card it said "PS I have one more surprise for you." Before she could look up, Matt was down on one knee. Krystal cried and just shook her head yes! Of course, she had absolutely no idea. She ended up with the best birthday of all.