HOW THEY MET:
“We first met 12 years ago when we worked together in part-time jobs we had through high school,” Kristen recalls.
She and Tim then went separate ways for about six years before meeting up again in a Geelong bar.
“Then Tim asked me to go on a date a few weeks later.”
WHERE THEY LIVED, AND NOW:
“I was living in Melbourne, where I was studying when we first got together, and Tim lived in Geelong. We moved in together a few months before our engagement once I started work in Geelong.”
The cohabitation obviously worked out well.
“We’re still in the same house in Herne Hill, which we’re gradually renovating,” Kristen says.
THE PROPOSAL:
“Tim proposed on Breamlea’s beach on the second of February 2013 when we were walking our new puppy one Saturday afternoon. He got down on one knee and then a big wave came in and soaked us,” Kristen laughs.
They shared the rest of the afternoon drinking champagne with family before an intimate dinner for two at Gladioli.
THE ENGAGEMENT:
Tim and Kristen’s friends organised a celebration.
“We decided not to have an engagement party,” Kristen says, “but were delighted when our friends organised a surprise dinner with our closest of friends.”
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