I thought I'd post my side of the story, and Eric did such a good job I'm just going to add my little comments to his. I will admit I'm embarrassed at the length of time it took me to catch on that he might actually be proposing to me. So please forgive my missed signals, I assure you I do catch onto things (well most things). Enjoy...
I actually purchased the ring after having gone with Jocelyn and she approved of a ring **please look to the bottom for a pic of it. GORGEOUS!! So sparkly and perfect ** I selected but I kept her in the dark and said we would still keep looking around. I was planning on proposing before Christmas but because of technical difficulties I was unable to. I can't believe he had the ring this long and I had no idea. Maybe I just need to be more snoopy.
After about a month of trying to figure out how I was going to do it I landed on an idea that I thought was pretty good. After some more thought I tweaked the idea and made it more my own. And it was perfect!
The week that I planned on doing it I told her that we were going to go ring shopping after we had a nice dinner and suggested that we dress nice just for fun and a change of pace. (I love to dress up) She agreed and didn't seem to think anything of it. Incident of clueless Jocelyn #1
So Saturday came and I hit the ground running. I got a haircut and got prepared for the big night He looked great :) and the next thing I knew I was on my way to pick up her favorite food from the restaurant that I used to work at. I had the nervous butterflies in my stomach but I felt really good. When I picked up the food I was mauled by the people that worked their asking me why I was dressed up and then congratulating me and asking questions about how I was going to do it. Their reactions boosted my confidence.
Anyway, so I had lined the counter in my kitchen with about 30 of those little tiny candles and prepared some Jon Schmidt to listen to while we ate. I borrowed a nice table cloth from the neighbors and got out my mom's nice china and cleaned up all nice. My family helped by lighting the candles and setting the table (oh yeah, there was three more larger candles on the table). It was SO cute! Incident of clueless Jocelyn #2. I just thought he was being really romantic.
I picked her up and she looked absolutely beautiful *blushing* Aww thanks and I was so happy. We arrived at the house and when she saw the candles she said that it was way cute. It smelled like smoke a bit but it ended being ok. My favorite comment came when we sat down to eat, Eric says "well there's nothing like eatin' in the almost dark!" baha When she saw the type of salad that was on our plates she knew what was for dinner and was way excited. Baked Penne, it's SO good. As a matter of fact I could really go for some right now. hint hint ET
We enjoyed our meal and the music and just each other's company it was wonderful. When we finished we retired to the front room where I had put my acoustic guitar. Cluesless Jocelyn incident #3. But in my defense he has played for me many times before so I just thought he was serenading me before going shopping. I had prepared three songs for her that are pretty perfect in my opinion I agree I'll share what they are and some lyrics:
Here In Your Arms by Hellogoodbye
Our lips can touch
and our cheeks can brush
and our lips can touch, here.
Where you are the one the one who lies close to me,
Whispers, "Hello, I've missed you quite terrible."
I fell in love in love with you suddenly
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms.
Yellow by Coldplay I don't know what is is about this song, but I just love it
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
You know, you know I love you so
You know I love you so
I Won't Spend Another Night Alone by the Ataris
If I had one wish this is what it would be...
I'd ask you to spend all your time with me,
That we'd be together forever.
We'd buy a small house in south central Salt Lake
Raise lots of kids then we'd both join a gang
Just as long as we're together.
During the first song she started to cry and I almost lost a bit there. I started to cry because I love watching Eric do what he loves to do, and he's very good at playing and singing. He loves music and so do I and that makes me happy. So it was a happy kind of cry. Yellow is one of her most favorite all time songs and so she really started to cry after that. It was awesome. :)
When I finished I said, "I know that we said no gifts (for Valentine's and such since we are poor) but I got you something." In my mind I'm thinking 'oh no, what am I going to get him now.' This could probably be Clueless Jocelyn #4. So I pulled out the gift and gave it to her. It was WAY heavy. She almost immediately knew what it was for when she began unwrapping it. I bought her some scriptures and had them put "Jocelyn Renae Taylor" on them for her name when we get married. It gives me butterflies looking at it. And the scriptures were a great choice as well. Green and Shiny. By this time I had a feeling of what was coming next. It was a good 5 seconds that I wasn't clueless. While she was opening it I had grabbed the ring from behind a couch cushion and I was already on both knees and I got onto one and asked her to marry me. She said yes. It was so perfect! The way he proposed couldn't have been better and I'm so excited! July 1st!!
Awesome? I think so. And I agree. Awesome is an understatement.
This pictures doesn't do this ring justice. It's so pretty! I'm constantly looking at my hand and smiling every time.I'm way excited for this blog too. We'll try to be better about taking pictures and stuff so stay tuned....:) And fun wedding ideas or suggestions are always welcome!
xoxo J
