ThE pRoPoSaL

the whole week jake had been in santa barbara working & friday he was on his way home...that evening after i got off work i had a text from him to call him, so i did & he asked if i could meet him in carlsbad because he was sitting in LA traffic & it would be an hour before he got to carlsbad. as i arrived in carlsbad i called him back to let him know i was there...no answer... soooo, i drove along the coast until he called me back. 10 minutes went bye & i got a call from him to meet him at a part along the coast that we had been to before. when i arrived i saw his car but jake was no where to be seen...i called him again & he let me know that he was sitting on the rocks watching the surfers & to come join him. after not seeing him that week i was thrilled to just be there with him & finally watch the sunset, as we had been talking about doing that since we have been dating. i asked him what he wanted to do that night & he said he was hungry for italian food...& i told him i wanted to watch "just go with it".........we decided to leave the beach soon because i had work the next day early in the morning & didnt want to be up too late. jake suggested that we take a picture in the sunset before we left. this is a usual thing for us to want to take a picture so i wasnt thinking that it was weird or "oh my goodness he is going to propose" plus he was so calm, i was expecting him to be nervous the day he would propose (haha) ....we walked down to the beach & jake pointed to the direction he wanted me to stand & i waited while he asked some random lady to take our picture. as he turned around to come stand with me, he got on his knee & gave his lil speech

(("will you marry me"))! it was such a surprise to me that he was going to propose at THAT moment....of course my answer was "YESSSS!" so many emotions were coming at me at once, i wanted to cry, but then i would get sooo excited that it would turn into laughing, & then into jumping up & down, & that turned into overwhelming happiness! we had people all around the beach come up to us & say "did i just see what i think i saw, congrats?!?" OR "you just made my vacation, can i see your ring?!" later on jake told me that he had been running around all day getting the ring ready & preparing for this huge event....he was not in LA traffic at all, he had come back from santa barbara on thursday & didnt even tell me ((i am laughing about it now))

eventually we made it to dinner but we both were so giddy we could hardly eat! all i wanted to do was run around. i couldnt stop looking at my ring...it is gorgeous! jake did an amazing job & no, i didnt even help him out.

after dinner was over we headed to my house & shared the good news with my family! i had found out that jake asked my dad for permission a couple weeks ago without me knowing...i was so happy to hear the kind things that my dad said to jake & happily gave jake his permission saying "what is mine, is yours" ....it is sooo nice to have such a loving support from both of our families in this next step in our lives. i am cherishing every lil moment that is coming our way!