Ok, I am still in shock and it is barely sinking in. But, here it goes. A little background I guess is good. Daniel and I grew up 2 miles from eachother, both on the St. Johns River. My mom and his dad grew up aout a mile from eachother, our grandparents were friends, and we all went to the same church (our parents as children, us as children). Anyway, we are all boat people. From the time my mom was a teenager she would go on the boat to "Black Creek" (a little creek a 20 min boat ride a way) and so would his dad. And Daniel and I practically grew up on it. And we have spent a LOT of weekends there together.
I was really really dreading this birthday. I know it was silly, but my mom was 24 when I was born, and for some reason this year just felt OLD! I was kind of depressed about it. But yesterday morning Daniel brought me roses and breakfast in bed and told me he was taking me out in the boat. (he brings me LOTS of roses and breakfasts in bed, so I wasn''t suspicious, lol). We went on the boat - he insisted on taking our dogs - and drove down black creek. We stopped at this spot where we like to let the dogs out to play. I started to get out of the boat and he asked me to go to the back of the boat to see him for a minute. So I did and he just hugged me and said Happy Birthday. The whole thing was weird. He was being sweet but acting - nervous, I guess?
I was confused - thinking it maybe was happening, but at the same time, I gave up hope a long long time ago. So I said I was getting in the water adn he said just a minute. So we made small talk (I told you he was being weird) for a minute, and then he got down on one knee, told me he loved me and wanted to spend his life with me and asked me to marry him. Then he gave me my ring (Vatch Royal Crown w/ 1 ct Asha - I asked for an Asha, we could have afforded real, but I wanted to get completely out of debt). I of course said yes, but then jsut stood there.
It took me about 2 hours to realize it was real. We went to his parents house to drop the boat off and I saw his stepmom and showed her my ring and it started to sink in. Oh - and he brought me a Bride''s magazine last night...lol
The thing is, my birthday wouldn''t have been the day I would have picked, and honestly I was hoping for some drawn out, organized proposal, but in reality this was PERFECT - it was us, alone, in our favorite place. And he was NERVOUS - I really loved that
Ok, so I dont have pics of MY ring yet, but here is a generic whiteflash pic of the royal crown just for anyone who doesn''t know what it looks like
Oh - and he got it from Wink jones.
I was really really dreading this birthday. I know it was silly, but my mom was 24 when I was born, and for some reason this year just felt OLD! I was kind of depressed about it. But yesterday morning Daniel brought me roses and breakfast in bed and told me he was taking me out in the boat. (he brings me LOTS of roses and breakfasts in bed, so I wasn''t suspicious, lol). We went on the boat - he insisted on taking our dogs - and drove down black creek. We stopped at this spot where we like to let the dogs out to play. I started to get out of the boat and he asked me to go to the back of the boat to see him for a minute. So I did and he just hugged me and said Happy Birthday. The whole thing was weird. He was being sweet but acting - nervous, I guess?
I was confused - thinking it maybe was happening, but at the same time, I gave up hope a long long time ago. So I said I was getting in the water adn he said just a minute. So we made small talk (I told you he was being weird) for a minute, and then he got down on one knee, told me he loved me and wanted to spend his life with me and asked me to marry him. Then he gave me my ring (Vatch Royal Crown w/ 1 ct Asha - I asked for an Asha, we could have afforded real, but I wanted to get completely out of debt). I of course said yes, but then jsut stood there.
It took me about 2 hours to realize it was real. We went to his parents house to drop the boat off and I saw his stepmom and showed her my ring and it started to sink in. Oh - and he brought me a Bride''s magazine last night...lol
The thing is, my birthday wouldn''t have been the day I would have picked, and honestly I was hoping for some drawn out, organized proposal, but in reality this was PERFECT - it was us, alone, in our favorite place. And he was NERVOUS - I really loved that
Ok, so I dont have pics of MY ring yet, but here is a generic whiteflash pic of the royal crown just for anyone who doesn''t know what it looks like
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