Linsey & Dustin's Sneak Peek

How They Met

New Years Eve 2008: Dustin celebrates New Year’s Eve at a co-workers house party in Elk Grove, CA.

New Years Eve 2008: Linsey celebrates New Year’s Eve at a friend’s house party in Elk Grove, CA.

It was the same party! They met only for a brief moment of time and then went their own ways celebrating the New Year.

Just a couple months later, the same mutual friend threw a birthday party and invited both Linsey and Dustin. They talked for a few minutes before Linsey left the party to go home. Later in the night another friend was leaving, and on her way out she jokingly slapped Dustin in the face and said “She’s Single!”

Dustin almost immediately knew who she was talking about- it was Linsey.

Over the next couple of weeks, mutual friends helped put together Linsey and Dustin’s first date at Tres Hermanas Mexican Restaurant in Sacramento.

They met for dinner, and immediately hit it off. They talked so much that before they knew it the restaurant was closing and they were the last ones still seated. They spent the next few hours walking around midtown and set up another date for the following weekend. They have been together ever since!

The Proposal

Dustin set the birthday bar high when he decided to propose to Linsey on her 29^th birthday!

Here is Linsey’s version of the proposal story:

“Dustin and I had been talking about getting married, and so I knew a proposal was imminent- I just was not sure exactly when he would pop the question.

So, my birthday arrives and Dustin takes me out to our favorite breakfast place- Pancake Circus. Good start to a birthday- and a great thing to do on the day you plan to propose! So far, I was thinking an official proposal was hours away and I was getting excited!

After breakfast, Dustin surprised me with presents.
Not very romantic presents – but presents I really wanted. (really nice speakers for my laptop and a Slap Chop)

This wasn't a good sign of a imminent proposal- why would Dustin buy me very practical & unromantic presents when he was about to propose? I was confused!

Then Dustin said he wanted to take me to our favorite ice cream place for birthday ice cream cones. Now I was really wondering what was going on. I was having a fabulous birthday, but all signs were pointing to no birthday proposal.

Dustin had planned for us to go out to a birthday dinner and wanted to surprise me with the location. Since I knew he would not be proposing to be at a restaurant (I would be so embarrassed with a public proposal!) I decided I should just relax as a birthday proposal was not happening.

Being the sweet guy that he is, Dustin surprised me by taking me out to dinner at the place we had our first date. It’s a really cute Mexican restaurant with amazing food. We had a great dinner and both ate way too much. I mean, who can resist the chips and salsa?? We left dinner very happy (and bloated).

Then we went back to Dustin's place, and he said he had one more present for me. He had filled his apartment with vases full of fresh flowers and dozens of candles.

Dustin got down on one knee and said some sweet things and asked me to marry him, giving me my grandmother’s wedding ring to wear as my engagement ring.

Of course I said yes!

My favorite moment of the proposal: Dustin was so full from dinner that he groaned getting up off his knee and said "I know this is supposed to be a really romantic moment, but I am so full!". It was so funny and cute and I laugh every time I think about it. "

(Dustin has made it clear that future birthdays will most likely not include diamonds).