On Christmas, I proposed to my girlfriend of nearly three years and she accepted!
I had been planning on this for about a month, had the ring since the first week of December and only my parents and her parents knew about it until it was actually happening. Here is the story of how it all went down.
I asked permission from her parents when I went out to breakfast with them last Wednesday. When I had received their blessing, I told them my plan to send Kelsie on a scavenger hunt at the end of the Christmas present unwrapping. They were very good in helping me set that up.
Sunday morning, I was all a jitter. It wasn't that I was in doubt as to how she would answer: this was a question I wasn't going to ask unless I already knew the answer. But the family had voted to give gifts after church, in the afternoon, so I had a lot of anticipation to get through. And in Kelsie's family each person unwraps one gift while everyone else watches... one... gift... at a time. With 13 people, I was controlling a minor heart attack after 2 hours of cordial gift-giving.
Finally, Kelsie's dad presented her with a gift wrapped note card that I had prepared to send her on a scavenger hunt. (At this point it must be noted that I was a good little Boy Scout and actually had two scavenger hunts prepared in case of rain). I had accidentally given then "rain-check" version to Kelsie and I had to quickly switch it out.
With that done, I ran off while Kelsie read through the clues: each rhyming quatrains that led her through her house and some memories we have there, finally ending at a neighborhood park that has a dock extending out into a large lake. At the end of that dock, I was waiting under a gazebo.
Kelsie approached and I walked to her, giving her a hug and getting down on one knee. She of course said yes and we hugged and cried a bit and her family soon arrived in the park and took all sorts of pictures (some of which you can see below!)
Kelsie and I at the end of the dock
The ring! The center diamond was my mother's engagement ring.
Us, excited at the park; the dock and gazebo in the background.
We are not sure about the date or location of the ceremony yet, but we will figure that out soon.
I had been planning on this for about a month, had the ring since the first week of December and only my parents and her parents knew about it until it was actually happening. Here is the story of how it all went down.
I asked permission from her parents when I went out to breakfast with them last Wednesday. When I had received their blessing, I told them my plan to send Kelsie on a scavenger hunt at the end of the Christmas present unwrapping. They were very good in helping me set that up.
Sunday morning, I was all a jitter. It wasn't that I was in doubt as to how she would answer: this was a question I wasn't going to ask unless I already knew the answer. But the family had voted to give gifts after church, in the afternoon, so I had a lot of anticipation to get through. And in Kelsie's family each person unwraps one gift while everyone else watches... one... gift... at a time. With 13 people, I was controlling a minor heart attack after 2 hours of cordial gift-giving.
Finally, Kelsie's dad presented her with a gift wrapped note card that I had prepared to send her on a scavenger hunt. (At this point it must be noted that I was a good little Boy Scout and actually had two scavenger hunts prepared in case of rain). I had accidentally given then "rain-check" version to Kelsie and I had to quickly switch it out.
With that done, I ran off while Kelsie read through the clues: each rhyming quatrains that led her through her house and some memories we have there, finally ending at a neighborhood park that has a dock extending out into a large lake. At the end of that dock, I was waiting under a gazebo.
Kelsie approached and I walked to her, giving her a hug and getting down on one knee. She of course said yes and we hugged and cried a bit and her family soon arrived in the park and took all sorts of pictures (some of which you can see below!)
We are not sure about the date or location of the ceremony yet, but we will figure that out soon.
