The Proposal.

The best weekend of my life took place in Seattle Washington on September 14th 2011.  Michael had gone up there for work training and I decided to tag along because we both wanted to explore Seattle together since neither one of us has been there.  The night before my good friend Katy told me "oh man what if he proposes while you are there!? I should text him and tell him the Space Needle is a very romantic place, hint hint!" As silly as that sounded I convinced myself that there was no way he was going to propose.  (side note: we have been talking about getting married for a while and Michael has been teasing me (in good way) for a while about the whole proposal... so it got to a point that I put it in the back of my mind and tried to not think about it every. single. day. because it was driving me crazy! Literally crazy!)


A few weeks before Michael had posted a very romantic and thoughtful video montage of our first 2 years together on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-riCiSZrBa4) and everyone thought that he was proposing... but it was not his proposal.  Yet another reason why I tried to burry this whole subject deep deep into my mind.  I was going nuts! And I am pretty sure I have an entourage that can attest to my craziness ;)

Anyhow, the night I get into town we go straight to Purple, a lovely wine bar for dinner.  Afterwards we head to a gorgeous lake right by our hotel that he wanted to show me.  The long dock extended into Lake Washington and faces light up downtown Seattle.  Absolutely gorgeous!  We are just talking and he tells me how much he loves me and how much I mean to him (which is no new news to me because he has always been very vocal with how he feels).  As we are hugging he tells me that this night couldn't get any better... and I reply "no it really can't" and he immediately says "no? it can't?! and I respond "well I am sure I can think of a few things" :) .... right as I say this he is trying to get into his jacket pocket (I barely noticed him struggling).  As he does he is down on one knee and I immediately say "oh my gosh shut up!" as I am trying to bring him back to a standing position. He then asks "Kira will you marry me?" and I start jumping up and down saying are you serious? are you joking? After about a minute of my silliness, I say "OF COURSE!" (I am all smiles as I share and retell this story with you!)
Everyday since then, I am constantly staring at my stunning bling.

Best part of proposal: he did it on the lake.  For those of you who do not know, my mother died on Lake Pleasant and I have a very bad memory of being on or near lakes and this recent event has turned that completely around.  I now have an amazing and memorable experience! Not to mention, I felt my mothers presence there, which is indescribable.
Second best part of proposal: he used the diamond that was in my mothers ring from my dad.  It holds a very special meaning and when you look into diamond with a microscope it displays thousands of heart shape reflections.

It started with "yes! I will go on a date with you" then to "yes! I will be your girlfriend" followed by "yes! of course I will marry you!" and now I couldn't be happier to be able to say "yes I do take you has my husband" a year from now.