Our Story...

As of May 27, 2005, we'd been dating for 6 years 1 month and 18 days :) Mandy had just graduated from the University of Evansville a week or two earlier, and we were celebrating her graduation with a party at one of the chalets (a really nice cabin) at Burdette Park.

I would estimate that 15 - 20 people were in attendance, and as the night wore on we all retired from the picnic table and patio into the living room area of the Chalet.

I built a fire in the fireplace, and under the guise of just sitting there to warm up, I asked Mandy to sit with me... fortunately a few of the guests who hadn't been at Mandy's commencement brought gifts, which provided me with the perfect opportunity to give her a present of my own...

... we are high school sweethearts.