Our love story was meant to be.  We conversed on-line for a week before talking on the phone.  Then Paul asked Dawn on a date.  

Our first date was at Donato's.  Paul was sitting on the bench outside the restaurant waiting for Dawn.  Dawn walked down the aisle of the parking lot to see Paul sitting there.  He gave her a bouquet of blue and silver carnations since blue is Dawn's favorite color.  We had a wonderful first date and made plans for a couple of future dates.  

We had an impromptu date the next week when Paul was unexpectedly off work.  We discussed how Dawn's schedule with Mikey had changed last minute, so a future date had to be canceled/rescheduled.  We had our fourth date on Christmas Eve. We went to Gaylord Palms for Grinchmas Ice Show.  The rest was history.

Paul met Mikey at the beginning of January, and they got along well.  Dawn waited until March to meet Ashley, and they got along well.  In June, Paul took Dawn back to the bench outside Donato's to propose.

From that point forward it was talking about our future together, which has led us to planning our wedding celebration on January 6th.