Liz & I have discussed it before, so I had been looking for a good day to do it. After a couple of weekends didn't work out for various reasons, I decided last Friday (6/25) was the day! I started things in motion by calling her family on Tuesday night (6/22). I admit that was a little nerve wracking. There was no reason for it to be since I get along with all her family great and they love me....but still it is a pretty big question lol. So I talked with her Dad for about 20 minutes. After the first minute or so, the nerves were pretty much gone and it was all good. Great chat.
Then I called my folks. They were surprised, but in a good way. Then that was it. I told one friend the next day, but otherwise I kept it on the down low.
Flash forward to Friday. My plan during the week was to go over her place like normal, eat dinner out, and then propose after that. I was going to do it after dinner for two reasons: to be romantic and (most importantly) so it wouldn't be so hot lol. However when I noticed the temperature was only going to be in the low 80s that evening, I decided to do it before we ate dinner. I left work early, chilled at my folks' for a few until she was done babysitting, and then headed that way. Earlier in the day, I texted her and asked her if we could walk around down by the lake. I said we could walk for a few minutes before heading out. I said it was because I was tired and I needed to wake up. This was true, but obviously not the real reason hehe. So when I got there, I asked her if we could go on down there. She first thought that I meant The Harbor in Rockwall. I said nope and she was still good with it. Phew! So we started walking down to the lake.
Side note: I picked the lake to propose because when we were walking down there after one of our first dates, she said it was one of her favorite places. From that moment, I always knew it would be the place.
So back to the walk down to the lake. As we were walking and talking, I kept looking over at her to see if she was catching on to what I was doing. It appeared I was getting away with my surprise! We walked through a grass field and then to the walkway down by the marina. After a few minutes, we got to near the end of the walkway and a little part of the land that goes out into the lake (i.e. her favorite place). We talked for a second and then she mentioned us coming out here on one of our first dates. After that, I spun her around (Liz had to remind me of this, I don't even remember I did that lol) and then I said "Speaking of that, close your eyes". She did, I got down on one knee with the ring in a little glass slipper, said my thing and she said yes! I knew from the look in her eyes she was totally surprised, so this made me double happy : )
From there, we walked back and then went off to Chili's to celebrate. We picked there because that is where we had our first date.
So there you go! I can't wait to see what the future holds for us. I am super excited. I love you Liz!!!!
P.S. The pic below is our 1st pic after I proposed. Liz's next door neighbor took it with my cell phone.
