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July 22nd.

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July 22nd, 2007.  We were in Door County for the weekend.  Patrick, Shawn and Todd were in their 1st triathlon together on Sunday morning.  We were there with my parents, Aunt Jude and Uncle Bill, Uncle Tim and Aunt Millie, MC and Larry, Christine and Payton and a few friends.  We enjoyed a nice weekend together.  Then we were all at the finish line.  Todd came through.  Then Shawn...quite a while later, it was Patrick.  He was holding a sign and running down the final stretch.  The crowd errupted with cheers.  I had no idea what was going on.  I saw him cross the finish line.  The announcer started talking.  Then I knew.  I was in the middle of a proposal!  I couldn't believe after almost 5 years that we were finally going to be engaged.  I was so excited to marry the love of my life.  That night we went to a bed and breakfast in Door County.  I'd been asking him for years to take me there.  He always said, "And what, look at antiques and trees?"  I teased him that