In November of 2015, Matt made the decision to pop the question. Knowing that after 11 years, Stacy deserved a truly unique proposal, he worked hard to come up with something epic, yet personal. He spent weeks planning behind her back. He even tricked her into sharing her thoughts on engagement rings so that he could design the perfect ring for her. After weeks of planning (and telling many, many lies!), on December 20th, the day finally came. 

Matt had told Stacy that he wanted to start a new Christmas tradition that would be just theirs. Every year, on the Sunday before Christmas, they would go to Roger's Gardens in Newport Beach to walk around and take pictures. Then, they'd head home where Matt would cook a meal and they would open their Christmas presents together. Stacy loved the idea and (somehow) didn't even think it was weird when Matt was videoing the whole thing on his phone as they went. Little did she know, they'd never make it back for that dinner. (Which sounds a lot more ominous than it was meant to.)

The video below captures what happened that night.