One night, my fiancee' and I were at a wedding reception and outside, there was a horse drawn carriage. I told him that was somethiing that I'd always wanted to do. That was back in the fall of 2006.

My story and his story are a little different...here's mine first:

On 7/7/07, he took me out for what he called my "early birthday dinner" (my birthday was a week afater that). So he took me to this beautiful fancy restaurant in Grand Rapids the Cygnus at the top of the Amway. He told me when we pulled up to stay in the car because he had to figure out what this vallet thing was all about. He was acting a little funny, but I just tried to ignore it. We ordered our dinner, and then he said he had to go to the bathroom, so he left for a while. we finished our dinner, and we headed out to get the car (or so i thought).he kept telling me that we had to walk somewhere to get it which didn't make any sense to me since we had the vallet take it when we got there. . So we walked to the corner of the street,crossed it, and there waiting for us was a horse drawn carriage. The driver handed me a dozen red roses at that time too. We we rode in the carriage around the city as the sun was setting. It was beautiful. Then, he moved a cross the carriage and took out a box and started his "speech". I cried of course, and I couldn't bring myself to look at the ring. But eventually I did. It was the one I had wanted. 1.5 carots. Perfect. After that, we drove back home where we celebrated with our friends and family.

His story: When he got out to talk to the vallet people, he actually told them that there was a box in the trunk that had to go to the front desk.  Then, when he said he had to go to the bathroom, he was really running down to the front desk. He asked for the box and they said, that it said Becky on the top, not his name, and he said it was supposed to so he ripped open the box, took out the flowers and told them to bring the flowers out to the carriage at 7:50 because we were supposed to be there by 8. We finished our dinner, and it was about 7:50. I decided I wanted a little desert not knowing we had somewhere to be, so then, he was freaking out about that.

So it turned out to be perfect. I don't think I could have asked for anything more romantic.

We went on a family vacation (his family) to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. We've been on many family vacations so this was nothing out of the ordinary. Nearing the end of our week there, the family made a trip to Dunn's River Falls. For those of you who haven't been there, it's pretty much a waterfall that you climb from the bottom up. It was the most amazing and satisfying experience. Anyway, about half way up, there's a photo spot off to the side where you see the entire waterfall in the background. He helped me up there while 3 people from our group (who mysteriously didn't want to climb with us) got ready to take pictures. I turn around and there he is...on one knee!!! I couldn't believe that this was actually happening to me because I was convinced I was going to die the "cat lady." Apparantly everyone in our group of 24 knew that this was going happen except me...and if that isn't enough, he bought the ring there while we were in Jamaica!!! I had no idea!

One of the vacation buddies had a camcorder on him and he got it on tape...enjoy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYlGH1_noUU

I knew a proposal was coming, but it was killing me because I did not know when!  It was New Year's Eve of 2007, and my fiance and I had plans to go out to dinner before meeting up with some of his friends.  He called me to tell me to hurry up and get dressed, he'll be over in a minute.  Then he called right back and told me not to rush???  I was wondering about his wierd behavior, but thought nothing about it.  When he got to my house, he gave me a big hug, and told me how much he loved me.  He then asked me if I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him because he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.  I knew then, what he was about to do, so I stopped breathing!  He then got down on one knee, pulled out the ring, and asked me to marry him!!!  I said yes, and he stayed down on his knee until I made him get up so I can kiss him over and over again!!!  The wierd behavior from earlier was nerves building up, but it was so cute!

Great stories one and all ladies!  I'm a little late in posting an engagement story, since we've been engaged for over 6 months already, but what the hell I want to join in too!  I really love our engagement story because it is so typically us, so please forgive my long-winded story telling in advance.

Background - My FH and I have known each other for 8 years - we met in University and even dated for a short time back then and reconnected in the fall of 2004.  We have been inseparable ever since and have been living together since the spring of 2005 when he moved out to Calgary (Alberta).  We are both originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba and all of our family still lives there, so we’re pretty much by ourselves.  We take trips home every summer to visit our families and enjoy some time at a cabin on a lake (Granite Lake in Lake of the Woods, Ontario) that belongs to friends of my parents that I’ve been going to since I was just a baby.

Ok .. so technically, my engagment just happened. I know for several months that it was coming. And i signed up for this website a few weeks ago cause we actually picked a date BEFORE the actual engagment. (lol).

so anyway, sometime last week FH wanted to go to the movies with some friends of his. That's not to out of the ordinary. We had just found this really nice theater in center city Philadelphia the week before. He told me that he told his friend about it and that they wanted to go so he made the plans. I agreed. so all last week he was like, let me talk to your mom about watching Gabe (he's my son) so we could go to an earlier show. alright. Friday comes and i'm still kinda clueless. FH was going to sleep at my house friday night cause we had tickets for the baseball game on saturday and i wanted to get to the game early to get autographs. when FH came over i noticed that instead of his laptop he had his camera. That didnt really hit me cause i told him to bring his camera for the game. Then he wanted to go to the store to get some nicer cloths cause we were going to go to AC after the movie saturday night. so we went shopping.

Saturday came. we had a lot of fun at the game. I noticed that he was really quite. but it felt like 20 degrees that day. so i just thought he was really really cold. during the game my mom had called me saying that my aunt and uncle wanted to take my son to chuckie cheese. i was like wow ... well ... sure. and FH was like, "well i guess i dont have to talk to her now." when we got home from the game, all i wanted to do was tuck into some warm blankets and take a nap. FH was like ... well get a shower lets go get dressed, blah blah. so i get up get dressed. My mom leaves to take Gabe over to my aunts. once we're dressed we go to the theater. We got there early so we waited around the lobby for about 15 mins. FH is pacing up and down. I just took it for his normal pacing because he just cant stand still. We finally get to go in and he picks one of the last rows in the theater. i thought it was strange but he just said that it was a better view. some more people come in. he calls his "friend" shawn who we were suppose to meet aswell. about a min later the lights dim a bit so i just thought o the movie's starting.

1st thing i see is a pretty picture of a flower. next came a place that we had gone camping a year earlier. I turned to him and was like "look we were there" he said to me "Look at the screen" then a picture of disney world came up. "we were there too" "look at the screen". then there was a picture of me and my son. at that point i think i was like "wtf?!?!?" that was when i notice there was words on the screen with the pictures. then there was some more pictures of us and places we had gone. and i just started to get all teary eyed i could barly see. one of the last frames was a picture of my ring and the words "will you marry me". FH gets on his knee and takes out the ring. i was so speachless. i just kinda nodded and said "yes". the lights came back on and the people in the theater clapped and congratulated us. when the previews for the movie started we slipped out to go to dinner. He had made reservations at this beautiful resturant. (we saw the movie the week before while he was checking out the theater). When we left he asked me if i could read the words on the screen. i had to tell him no because i cant read things far away and i didnt bring my glasses. Thankfully he has a copy of it and is going to youtube it tonight. lol. it was perfect

~~Who says you can't have a Friday, the 13th Wedding??~~ March 13, 2009 is going to be the luckest day of my life!! 

2 weeks ago was my birthday and I was having a birthday party the night before at my house. The theme was Las Vegas, so the guys were dressed up as high rollers and the girls were in cocktail dresses. Around midnight(on my actual birthday), my roommate wanted me to open presents and she handed me which ones she wanted me to open in what order. So my FH's gift is last and all my friends have their cameras out and I just think they're overly enthusiastic about me opening presents. I open FH's present and it's an iPod(I love music)! He tells me he got my name engraved on it, so I flip it over to see that engraved on it it says Nicole, Will you Marry Me? He then gets down on one knee pulls out the ring and proposes.

Marrying My High School Sweetheart

  Kelly, I'm with you, Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year and FH knew it. Well, on Christmas Eve we always go to my church service at 7 then his at 11. So we always have time to kill. Well this particular Christmas my family was in the middle of moving so things were crazy. We spent the whole day cleaning out my room and packing stuff up. He had my dad hang Christmas lights on the front porch (we didn't hang any cause we were moving) and I thought my dad was just trying to make our last Christmas special.

   So that night, after my Christmas Eve service we head back to my house to kill time and pulled up to the front of my house. I notice the lights and was going on how nice they were when he mentioned it looked like there was a package on my porch. Totally oblivious to what was going on and thinking a friend dropped off a gift I ran up to the front door to see what it was. It had a note on it that said "To Brooke-Look inside now" so I of course did!!

   I unwrapped this figurine for a Christmas village ( I love Christmas villages and have one of my own!) and I actually dropped the figurine on the porch floor! Yikes!! Thankfully it didn't break. But when I picked it up, I noticed it was of a man proposing to a woman! When it hit me what was happening I turned around and found him down on one knee! My mind was a blur! I don't remember hardly anything he said, but I remember hearing "happy" "man" and "will you marry me?" So I of course said "yeah!" and after some kisses and hugs we headed inside for a toast with my parents, his parents, my brother and his girlfriend. It couldn't have been any better!  Needless to say, getting through the next Christmas Eve service was extremely difficult!!

My FH took me out to his back yard to propose to me. At the time, I didn't know whether he was going to propose to me or shoot me.