A 3-Year Throwback to Our Proposal
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| Ricky & I a few minutes after he proposed |
This week I’m going to do a sappy post because it was the
anniversary of our engagement on Sunday! :) I’ve also decided to post at least once each week, hopefully every Wednesday.
3 years ago today, I was sitting in class, trying to pay
attention but mostly looking at the sparkle coming off of my left hand. My brand
new, prettiest thing I’d ever worn, symbol of my engagement.
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| All I did for about a week |
Ricky and I had been dating a little over 2 ½ years by this
point, and we’d been talking about getting married for….pretty much all of that
time, so I wasn’t taken totally by surprise, but he was so sweet and I was
still more excited than I’d ever been in my life. So.
October 5th, 2011, was a Wednesday. Ricky had
been telling me he wanted to take me on one last picnic while the weather was
still nice. He had changed the day on me twice, and was weirdly insistent that
it happen on the 5th even though Wednesdays weren’t great for me
because I had early class on Thursdays. And then my little sister, who lived in
the same building that I did, came down to my room and helped me pick out an
outfit. (Fairly normal scenario for us,
except that the roles are usually reversed).
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| At the beginning of our picnic |
That day, Ricky came and picked me up with the whole picnic
basket ready to go, and we headed out to Nathaniel Greene Park, our favorite
park in Springfield. We picked a spot
not too far from the parking lot, with a good view of the pond, and spread out
our blanket.
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| Me eating and Ricky sitting nervously, waiting for me to finish. |
Ricky had sandwiches, sparkling juice, and apples with
caramel dip. He apologized profusely for not having chocolate covered
strawberries (my favorite) because none of the strawberries looked good at the
store, and he barely ate a bite of his own food--which is not normal. :) As soon as I was done eating,
he packed everything back up in the basket, stood up…..and knelt right back
down again, pulling out the ring box!
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| Proposing! |
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| "Yes! Yes! Yes!" And lots of crying. |
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| Checking out my bling |
I honestly can’t remember much of what he said, other than
that it was incredibly sweet and he used my full name, which I appreciated. I started crying and saying
“yes!” over and over again.
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| So excited to marry this guy! |
Ricky pulled me to my feet for a better hug, and then turned me to my left, where my little sister and his little brother had been videoing and photographing the whole thing!
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Who's hiding behind that bush?
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| Mario got a little emotional |
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| Is that Mario? No, it's my sister Kaylyn |
Ricky's brother Josh did all the photos and my sister Kaylyn took a video. Then Josh put it all together as a video that we played at the wedding. Thanks guys!
Josh took a few posed shots as well in this beautiful park.
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| My sister Kaylyn & I |
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| Ricky & his brother Josh |
We were so grateful that Kaylyn & Josh took the time to be the "behind the scenes" team of this special moment in our lives! Especially since Josh had to drive 6 hours to do it!
Tell me about your proposal story. What was the most memorable part? Or if you're single, what is something that HAS TO HAPPEN at your future proposal? Let me know in the comments below!
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XOXO,
Jaclyn
What adorable pictures and such a sweet proposal! So happy you two are in our lives.
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