When I finished college, I moved to Queensland for two years. I eventually became home sick and moved back to Canberra. I was out partying one night with girlfriends at a bar and Mark asked a mutual friend to introduce us. We danced for a while and he asked me out to dinner the following Saturday night - I knew he was the one from that first dance. We bought a house together two years later and lived there for three years - Mark told me that he had won a prize on a local radio station for us to go skydiving. I had never done anything like it before and was very nervous, but he kept telling me that it would be ok and that I would love it. We went up in a tiny plane and when we reached 10,000 feet, it was time to jump - just before Mark jumped out, he looked at me and asked me to marry him! Of course I said yes and jumped out after him. When we landed friends and family were waiting for us with champagne and of course, the ring. It was very romantic and a huge surprise.

Our reception was held at the Novotel Brisbane. I wanted it to be different, one to be remembered!! We had the bridal table raised above the guests that worked out fabulously so everyone could see us and we could see them. No guest was sitting with their back to us, we wanted to see their happy faces enjoying themselves on our special day. The centrepieces consisted of a hurricane lamp and candle surround by a wreath of flowers. Behind the bridal table was a fairy light wall, which only added to the romantic atmosphere. After floating on a cloud during our bridal waltz "All I want is you" by U2, everyone was up dancing for the rest of the evening, to end the day in style.

The last part of our reception was dancing in the barn. We had hay bales with blankets for people to sit on, and everyone had a ball. I have never seen so many people constantly on the dance floor! Tony and I had choreographed a quick dance for the beginning of our bridal waltz and it really set the mood for the rest of the night. Two of our special friends finished off our night by playing a song just for us to dance to when everyone else had left the barn. It is a memory we will cherish forever.

I kept going to the Mac Shop everyday and then about 2 to 3 months later we started dating and Kelly got headhunted for a Mac Job in Brisbane. We were packing him up and getting him ready to move to Brisbane when we took a break around 11:50 pm and drove to the top of Castle Hill, which over looks the whole town of Townsville. Kelly got down on one knee and said that he couldn't live without me in his life and that he couldn't move to Brisbane without me and he asked if I would be his wife. And I said yes without hesitation.

Our home towns are worlds apart, mine being Gracac, Croatia and Neil's in Dallas, USA, but we met in Perth where we were both living, through an Internet chat program called ICQ. We quickly discovered that we had many things in common, so I then decided to ask him out for a date. We began dating regularly and the rest is like a fairytale. I've never been closer to anyone, he truly is my best friend and my best boyfriend. One night (4th of August, 2003) Neil picked me up from work and we went to Kings Park, to the place where we had met for the very first time. He knelt down and proposed to me in the most beautiful way.

Leo and I met in March 1999 one night when I was out with friends, and not really looking to meet anyone. Little did I know I would find my Mr Right! We chatted a few times, I thought he was really cute, smart, funny and rather charming. We started dating and the more we got to know each other, the more we fell in love and the rest, as they say, is history! Leo proposed on the 1st September 2001, I will always remember the date being the first day of Spring. We were at a hotel in Canberra - it was perfect!

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