I'M Engaged!

Alden surprised me with two dozen pink roses and one red rose when we got home.

The Ring!


In front of the boat that we had our dinner cruise on before I had any clue what he had planned for the night.




The light house in Long Beach Harbor.

The boat we went on before it got dark. As seen from the light house.


So this stupid blog posed the pictures backward and I didn't want to take the time to redo it. So here is our story.

October 24th, 2009

Alden came home and told me to get dressed up so we could go to a nice dinner. (He told me he got a good sale at work to convince me to go out.) First we went to the light house and walked around at sunset. After it was dark and all the lights were on around the harbor we walked to the other side where I thought we were going to dinner. We walked up to the boat and Alden told me we were going on a dinner cruise. (I have always wanted to do that.) We boarded the boat and had the entire second level of the boat to ourselves. Then as we started going some music started playing that I recognized was "our song." When the next song started, Alden had to tell me that he did give them a CD of our romantic songs. (He tried denying it at first.) So we ate some salad and rolls and watched the coast go by. We danced to a couple of songs and then noticed that the boat was turning around. (It turns out one of the engines failed and they didn't want to get stranded out on the ocean.) As we finished a song, Alden got down on his knee with the ring box and asked me if I would marry him. I was so shocked. I immediately started crying and could barely say yes. The rest of the night was kind of a blur since I couldn't seem to stop crying. We finished dinner, danced some more and had dessert. So romantic! When we got home he had two dozen pink roses and one red rose waiting for me. He also put rose petals all over the bedroom. The next morning he made me breakfast in bed and we took the ring back to the jewelery store to be sized. (They told him not to size the ring unless he knew for sure what size.) That night we continued celebrating and went to Bubba Gump's for dinner. Throughout the whole day on Sunday, we were calling friends and family to tell them the good news. Everyone was so sweet and supportive. (He even called my dad on Friday to ask permission to marry me. What a gentleman.) So I got the ring officially on Monday, but it has to go back again for some repairs. (The person doing the sizing messed up the channel setting on the side diamonds and the band. Thank goodness for the warranty.) Now for the planning and making decisions.

Until next time...