Anglea & Oscar

We got engaged the evening of December 9th, 2011
I wanted to suprise Angela with an unexpected proposal but couldn't find the perfect place to do it.  A restaurant? Too common.  A romantic hotspot? Nah!
The perfect place?? Our house!!  Why?  Well, it represents the foundation of the home we'll build together.  This place is our beginning and the security of a life where we'll share our mornings and evenings, a place where we'll raise our children and where we'll create lifelong memories.

I was planning on poppin' the question right before Christmas to share the good news with our families but nothing seemed to line up and on the afternoon of December 9th she called me when she was out of work to tell me that the kids weren't spending the weekend with us so I put the entire proposal site together in 2 hours!  About 100 tealight floating candles were lit up and put in the pool and spa, then 4 dozen roses (yellow, red and white) were readied and setup to float on the pool as well as a path of petals from the backyard sliding door to the place were the proposal would take place.

Angela drove to the house and was stuck on traffic, while I was waiting nervously for her to arrive with everything ready. When she finally showed up stressed and tired from the traffic and long drive, she wanted to relax with a glass of wine but I couldn't wait... I was so nervous I simply pulled her arm and told her I wanted to show her something.... we walked outside and as I led her to the spot where I would propose she was in shock and kept asking what was going on.... what are all those candles and flowers doing in the pool?  Finally, I got on one knee and handed her 3 roses: a yellow rose representing our friendship, a red one for the love we have for each other and finally a white one for the purity of our love.

We used to joke about a girl that got a 3 carat ring (or is it carrot?) but wanted a 7 carat rock from her hubby instead so as a joke I made a ring with 7 carrots (baby carrots) on top and handed it to her and asked: "will you accept this ring?"  Angela laughed nervously and said: "No" so I threw the carrot ring away and then reached and pulled out the real engagement ring.  The ring box had a light that lit up the ring in the dark and she stared at it, unsure of what was going on so I asked her: "will you marry me?".  What followed was hilarious!  She started laughing, asking if I was kidding, laughing nervously and in disbelief and laughing some more but now hugging me so tight I was out of breath and still.... after a few minutes went by.... she didn't say "yes"!!!  Now I was nervous so I finally asked her: "soooo.... will you marry me?" - she finally answered with a happy and cool "YES!" (wheeeewwww!!!!)
Oh.... and I finally served her the glass of wine she wanted while she admired the engagement ring!  ;-)