I have been pretty busy lately... pretty busy getting engaged!! Yep, that's right! Tony proposed to me on March 13 and here is our story...
Over that weekend I took a trip out to California for his birthday. It was a normal trip - just being together and with is family. I flew out there late Friday night and on Saturday he took me into Palm Springs. He wanted to take me up the San Jacinto mountains in a tram to see the view down into the Coachella Valley where he is from. It was a beautiful day to take a tourist trip up the mountains so I was really excited! When we got to the top it was about 40 degrees and sunny! The sky was so blue too! Up at the top of the mountain you can get out of the tram and eat at two different restaurants, go sledding, hiking and just generally enjoy the view. We took a path into the forest walking on the snow that was still covering the ground at the peak of the mountain. At this time I had no idea what he had planned. I just thought it was something neat for us to do together and absorb. We found a rock and sat down and just watched the kids playing in the snow and adults acting like kids playing in the snow. It was so lovely there! I have never been to a place like that before and it was just breathtaking! Well, as we sat and talked he started talking about our relationship and where it was going and if I was happy. (I still had no clue at this point what he was getting at!) Well, one question lead to another and he finally asked me if I would marry him. Of course I said yes, but I still thought we were just talking hypothetically. He then asked me a second time. I said yes again. He then asked if he could put a ring on my finger and pulled a little black jewelry box out of his pocket. It wasn't until that moment that I figured out he was asking me then and there! I held out my shaking hand and he put the ring on me. Perfect. I was shaking and smiling. I smiled so much that day that my cheeks hurt! He soon told me that his entire family knew what he had planned! And that about three weeks earlier he had called my parents and asked for their permission and blessing! I had no clue whatsoever! To top it all off, Tony (who is fluent in Spanish) had a conversation with my little sister in Spanish (who is also fluent) right in front of me in January about the possibility of an engagement! So many people knew and I was just as dumb as could be to what was going on!
Tony is just fabulous. Really. I am elated to have met him and I feel so blessed. We are two peas in a pod and things just feel so normal with him - like I have known him for years. We have started talking about wedding plans. It will be held out in California where he is from. I have already had my family wedding and it only seems fair to have it out there so all of his family can attend. We are thinking March 2011 and Kylie and I are making a trip out there in May to look at reception sites. Tony and I have already started saving and I just got a part-time job with Payless Shoes to help add more to the wedding pot. I think we will have a gorgeous wedding with family and friends! I am so excited!!
I am a lucky, lucky girl...
