"...During a late weekend in September, Alex and I were supposed to go camping with my parents in Cape Charles, Virginia. However, the day before our trip, Alex and I sold our  renovated retro 1997 Terry Travel Trailer. We canceled the trip and my parents were going to visit us in Edgewater, Maryland for the weekend instead.

To make up for the canceled camping trip, Alex suggested we go grab lunch in downtown Annapolis since my parents weren't coming until late afternoon. He also wanted us to dress nice since we didn't know where we would end up downtown. We walked around Annapolis and ended up getting cream of crab soup and calamari at McGarvey's - it was delicious! 

On our way home, Alex mentioned that we needed to stop at our marina down the street from our house to fill up the cooler with ice, so my parents had a place to put all their Natural Light beer. We got to the marina and Alex said he wanted to take a walk down to the dock. I really was not in the mood to go on a walk, since my right foot was getting a blister from my fall booties, but I went anyway, despite my sore foot.

We approached the dock and waited for this couple to get off. Alex wanted to wait till the couple left the dock and maintain social distance (which is totally understandable during these odd times). The couple left and Alex and I walked towards the end of the dock. While walking towards the end of the dock, Alex held my hand and told me he had something important to ask me.

At the moment, I realized he was proposing. He then got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and I said yes. I was so surprised and in shock at this moment - I couldn't believe he proposed.

My sister and her boyfriend hid in the bushes to capture the moment on camera.

No sooner after our photo session, a surprise engagement party was held at our home with our family and friends - it was perfect!"