Katie Bug

Jason and I met at a fraternity party (I know, so romantic, right?!).  I started hanging out with his fraternity (TKE) my freshman year at Clemson and met him during my first semester.  We were friends for a while before we dated.  The summer after my freshman year (and the summer after he graduated), we were two of the only people in our group of friends who were still in town, because most people go home for the summer.  So we hung out a lot... One mid-summer night we hung out and played poker with my roommate and had our first kiss.  It was like at the snap of a finger we saw eachother a totally different way.  It did not take long at all for our relationship to grow into something romantic and intimate.  Literally after about a week, we confessed our love for one another and that's all she wrote! We dated for two wonderful years before we got engaged...there are way too many memorable moments to describe on here, but among my favorites were our first and second dates, when he met my family, our first holiday together (Thanksgiving), our first trip together, my 21st birthday, deciding to move in together, moving in, and getting to spend a few months with my dog before she passed away.   When Jason proposed, I literally could not believe how perfectly he did it!  The timing, location, surprise, and everything was just awesome and the way I'd always imagined it and more!  For our first date, we went to Pretty Place, which is a mountain-top chapel on the border of North and South Carolina.  I went to Pretty Place for the first time when I was 16 and I absolutely fell in love...since then I said that I was going to get married there. Jason and I had gone to visit Pretty Place on our first year anniversary, and planned to do the same on our second year anniversary.  Apparently, he had much bigger plans in store :)  We were supposed to go on Friday after we got off of work...the weather was PERFECT all day and then we got off of work and literally what seemed like a monsoon hit town!  Jason insisted that we still go and I was thoroughly confused...I literally said, "Honey, it won't be so pretty anymore!  It will just be Place."  But he insisted and I didn't argue.  We got in the car and drove about 5 miles down the road until I literally thought we were going to die because we couldn't see a thing and had already hydroplaned a few times.  He pulled over, was furious, and turned the car around.  I had no idea why he was so upset, but assured him that we would go as soon as the weather cooporated. Well, it took until the following Tuesday until that occured.  So...on the second try, we started driving up to Pretty Place.  I had to stop to go to the bathroom like I always do, and he was freaking out saying that we wouldn't be there by sunset.  I told him to relax and not worry and it wasn't a big deal if we missed sunset.  He was still panicked and acting crazy.  When we finally got up to the top of the mountain, it was just as the sun was setting and it was perfect :D So I got the proposal of my dreams: at Pretty Place, on top of a mountain, overlooking the most beautiful valley I've ever seen, at sunset, where we went on our first date, to the guy of my dreams!  [and with a gorgeous ring]