OMG, I can’t stop looking at wedding websites… I’M ADDICTED. Help me. I think Rob and I have ONE detail pinned down, though — we’re probably going to have the wedding in Southern CA. Our families and most of our friends live down there so it just makes the most sense. One decision down… about a million to go!
Apologies in advance for all the blogging I’ll be doing about wedding planning. :/ I hope you guys don’t get too sick of me.
So the proposal story! 🙂
As you guys know, Rob and I were in Monterey last weekend for a belated anniversary trip. On Saturday night, we did the 17 Mile Drive at Pebble Beach. It’s GORGEOUS. We tried to time it so that we would finish up in time for our dinner reservations at Roy’s, which is located at a golf course at the beginning of the drive. We actually finished the drive with about a half hour to spare and I happened to mention to Rob that I loved the stop at Spanish Bay, which is a beautiful shoreline picnic area. Rob suggested that we go back to Spanish Bay and I was going to argue that we just go straight to the restaurant but I just went with it. I had NO CLUE about anything at this point.
When we got back to Spanish Bay, we decided to go for a walk on the sand. After a few steps, I quickly decided it was a bad idea because it was FREEZING and I was getting sand in my heels. Roy’s has a dress code so I wasn’t exactly wearing “beach attire.” Hehe. On the way back to the car, Rob said that he had an anniversary present for me. I still didn’t suspect anything. My thought was “YAY! Present!” So I sat in the car and attempted to get the sand out of my shoes and after a few minutes of Rob rustling in the trunk, he sat in the driver’s seat and was holding Bub (our teddy bear that is ridiculously spoiled)…
Bub was wearing a tux and I knew something was up at this point. His cute little tux was embroidered to say “look inside my jacket…” !!! I started freaking out (internally) at this point and it took me a while to figure out how to open up Bub’s jacket. When I finally got it open, there was a little pouch inside and I pulled out the ring. I said “What is this?” (as if I didn’t already know!) and then Rob started tearing up (awww!). Then he said something like… “Kel, I love you. Will you marry me?” I honestly don’t remember exactly what he said. It was a totally surreal moment. Anyway, of course, I said “Yes!” I also added “Thank you!” BWAH. I have no idea why I said that. We looked at each other and just started laughing. Then to top off all our silliness, Rob took the ring from me and almost put it on my right hand. WE WERE SUCH A MESS. 😀
I’m still totally giddy from the whole thing. So… a couple of pictures!
Where we got engaged! Spanish Bay at Pebble Beach… Isn’t it pretty?
And Bub in his tux! It was totally “us” that Bub was a part of the proposal… 😀
