Going to the Chapel...

That's right everybody. I am getting married. Last night I proposed to Jenna, and she said yes! :) I will try and give little rundown of how it happened. If you feel like you want more details, feel free to talk with us:)

I took yesterday off from work. I am actually off work today as well, hence the blog in the middle of the morning. I spent most of the day moving furniture out of my apartment and then decorating it. My sister, Theresa, came down from GR to help with the decorating and Abby came over after school.

Jenna likes lights of all varieties, especially little twinkle lights and star lights. I had made (with some much appreciated help) a long string of paper star lights and then hung them up in my apartment. I pretty much then just littered the rest of my apartment with other strings of lights.

I wanted everything to be a surprise, so I did my best to give Jenna the impression everything was a normal Wednesday. I got up at my usual time so we could chat on g-chat, sent texts throughout the day, and even waited till the normal time I get out of work and went and picked her up in my work "uniform".

We went out to eat at Applebee's. Not the most romantic places, I know, but I had a gift card and it was the only rational explanation for going out to eat in the middle of the week. We needed to eat so that there was enough time for it to get dark out, so that all the lights in my apartment would look better.

We had planned to go back to her place to hang out for the evening, but I needed to get her to my apartment somehow. So, I told her I wanted to watch some of The Office Season 5 on DVD which I "accidently" left at my apartment, in preparation for the season 6 premiere tonight. It was a bit odd, but she went along with the idea.

I had held it together pretty well for most of the night, in my opinion anyways, and was able to act fairly normal. But as soon as we headed down Milham Ave towards my apartment, my heart started pounding. She was telling a story, but unfortunately I have no idea what it was about as my mind was elsewhere.

I opened the door, and flipped the switch which all the lights were connected to, and then we saw this...

The ring was hanging from the ceiling on a thread right in the middle of it all. The TV was playing a video/slideshow that I had made for her.

I proposed. She said yes. Then I put this on her finger...


Here's the video/slideshow that I made and was playing on the TV.



Everything went well, and pretty much according plan. We are both extremely excited, and I can't wait to marry the woman that I love. I love you Jenna!