Hannah

It all began in 2005 ... Hannah and Richard first met, through what can only be described as fate. We both signed up to the same dating website, mostly just to make new friends, but after 3 (yes 3!) messages from Richard, Hannah finally replied. It was an instant connection with us finally meeting up about a month after first chatting online. A bit of a whirlwind followed with us moving in together after a few short months, and buying a house together under a year later. After 2 and a half years together, the biggest test of all followed ... travel. A tough 3 months working at a summer camp and hardly seeing each other, followed by an amazing journey across the USA, brought us closer together when we settled in Vancouver, BC in September 2008. A year and a bit of living, traveling and have amazing experiences together showed us that we truly are meant to be together. On Christmas Day 2009, after calling home to both Hannah's Mum and Dad a few weeks earlier, Richard proposed. He got down on one knee in front of our friends after an amazing Christmas lunch, and asked her to spend the rest of her life with him. After a lot of tears, she heard jokes from her friends that she hadn't actually said yes yet, so she quickly nodded, cried some more, and became a very happy lady. Our journey will continue as we slowly make our way back to New Zealand, with more traveling as an engaged couple until we marry in their home country on February 25, 2012. We hope to see you all there.