When Christian Met Sarah...

Sarah and Christian met while sharing a ride through a snow storm on Christmas Eve, 2000. Their mutual friend, Karla Faulconbridge (Sarah's maid of honour!), had rented a car to go home for the holidays. She invited Christian and Sarah to share the ride with her to Ottawa, passing through Perth along the way.

That Christmas Eve, a major snow storm hit Eastern Ontario and the normally 4.5 hour drive, turned into a 7 hour ordeal under treacherous driving conditions. The long drive, however, afforded Christian the opportunity to get to know Karla's best friend, Sarah.

Sarah patiently put up with Christian's desperate attempts to impress her with his knowledge of genealogy and beer, while trying her best to finish her Harry Potter book.

Three weeks later, they had their first date.

Almost exactly four years to the day of their meeting, Christian proposed to Sarah and became the happiest man alive when she said yes.