THE PROPOSAL...

December 8, 2008

So I got the ring back form the Jeweler last Friday, so I decided to go and talk with Nancy's Dad (and Mom). I knew that Nancy was busy making Holiday Chocolates with my mom and sisters...and sister-in-law, so it gave me the perfect opportunity to visit with her parents without her knowing. I had originally planned to propose on Saturday, December 13th but Nancy and her mom were going to Kurt Bestor Christmas Concert and staying over night in Salt Lake City...so then I decided that I would do in on Thursday. On Sunday, my dad mentioned that we were going to be going to St. George for a grand opening of a construction project my brother Devin had just completed...so this meant that the only day I had 'open' was Monday night!

Here is how it all went down...

This actually turned out to be even better. My mom let me borrow some nice dishes, gold silverware, goblets, candle sticks, napkins and the works. I picked up the flower's (no not your traditional RED ROSES...I had Gerber Daisey's and other colored roses arranged in a vase) and decided to stop by Nancy's mom's work to explain that I needed to cancel our previous dinner plans with them, because I was going to actually propose to Nancy.

We had already made plans to go to dinner with Nancy's parents, Zack and her brother Mike and his wife Andrea to celebrate my birthday last week. I had a meeting at my office from 5pm to 6pm for a new development, so I texted Nancy and asked her to have her parents drop her off at my office and help me clean up after my meeting then we would just drive and meet her family at the restaurant.

Meanwhile, my sisters had got my house ready, picked up the take-out dinner (especially the lemon passion cake), and had the candles lit and music playing when I brought her back to my place...i didn't know that they would be hiding upstairs listening to the whole proposal, but it was funny when I found out they had stayed. Gotta love your sisters.

After my meeting, Nancy and I cleaned up and than she said that her parents had ran an errand so we had about 15 min. until we needed to meet them at the Restaurant. I told her I wanted to run home and change my shirt, so she blindly drove back with me to my house where she was shocked as we walked inside and saw that we really weren't going to be eating dinner with her family tonight!

We walked in and the house looked perfect. The music was playing, the candles were burning and everything looked perfect. I think she was caught off guard, but soon when I had her sit down and showed her the book that I had written...she knew this must be the moment she had been waiting for.

Click here on this link to view the book I wrote and published through Costco!

http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=tq%3Ey-cppl%60je%3E3538897

After I read the book and proposed, we ate dinner. We called her parents and had them come to our house to see the ring. When then spent the rest of the night driving around to our grand parents, parents, and brothers and sisters homes to show off the ring!

I will post the pictures from the proposal night. They are on my sisters camera and I don't have them downloaded yet.

Anyways, I am sooooo excited to have met Nancy and little Zack. I look forward to being apart of their lives. Nancy has been so patient with me in teasing her about when and where I would propose. I love you Nancy & Zack!

Also, thanks to both my family and Nancy's family. I love you all...

P.S. The date has been set for April 16th 2009...in the St. George Temple! We will keep you informed if the date changes.