Jennifer

On 18 Oct 2009 Matthew traveled to Fort Sill Army Installation (Lawton, OK) for a course he was attending.  He arrived late that Sunday night and made his way to Comfort Suites...his home for the next two weeks.  As Matthew walked through the doors to the hotel he looked up to see the most beautiful girl, with an amazing smile, looking back at him.  After checking in, Matthew knew he had to find a way to talk to Jennifer again.  Later in the week, when Matthew finished his class and walked into the hotel...there she was!  Matthew just happened to find a few reasons to go down to the front desk and talk to Jennifer.  During one of their conversations she told him she was going out of town and wouldn't be back until the following week.  Matthew waited, found more reasons to go downstairs every evening...but Jennifer never reappeared.  The last day of his trip arrived and he still had not seen Jennifer.  All of the guys on Matthew's trip met for breakfast downstairs, before going to class, and Matthew had all but given up on seeing this unbelievable girl one last time.  Just before grabbing their bags and heading out the door...she walked in!!  Matthew, nervous and not exactly sure what to say, walked up to the front desk and asked her if she would like to keep in touch.  On his way home that evening she connected with him through an internet site, and they emailed back and forth for a few weeks.  Once the phone calls started...they never stopped.  When Matthew got orders to Fort Bliss, TX, he moved in early January 2010 and went 500 miles out of his way to see Jennifer again.  They had their first date in OK City, Matthew visited Jenn and the boys in Lawton, they all camped for the boys spring break in New Mexico, and Jenn and the boys visited El Paso for a week.  When they all went camping in the North Carolina mountains over July 4th, Matthew proposed to Jennifer at Mingo Falls in Cherokee, NC.