Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tying the Knot

Every blog starts with a story. So it only seems right to kick-off our blog with the story of our engagement. Just like all stories though, our story has two sides....

Raymo's side of the story...

We both knew that an engagement was coming so it was up to me to get the ball rolling. When I got back from a visit in September I was in contact with Annie's mum about getting a ring. After many emails and a lot of fun the ring and engagement was arranged ……
After the longest flight of my life I arrived in Salt Lake and I was so happy. I just wanted to get through to see Annie I could hardly wait to give her a massive squeeze. We soon got back to Annie's families house and hung out for the afternoon. Annie suggested going to ‘new moon’ at night which I tried hinting to not bother. Eventually I said ok and we booked tickets since I couldn't well say what my plans were for the night. With no sign of Annie's parents the nerves started to kick in again but eventually Annie's mum came in and said about dinner. When Annie's back was turned she made a gesture and mouthed towards me. Everything was going to plan. 
Off we went to Asia Palace a restaurant that we knew was nothing out of the ordinary to meet up with everyone. As we ate dinner I was trying to not do or say anything to give it away.  Conversation was following well and as the meal came to the end Annie’s dad began to hand out the fortune cookies. It was on…. 
The nerve’s kicked in as soon as I saw Annie open up her cookie. She looked confused. She then turned over her fortune to look even more confused. At this point I opened up my fortune cookie hoping that I did in fact have the correct one to get the ring. I turned to Annie and got down on one knee and asked her if she would marry me. She grabbed me instantly and gave me the biggest hug ever. I took it that it was a good sign. I asked her “do want the ring or not?”. I then placed the ring on her finger and give her another huge hug. We both looked down at the ring because this was the first I had actually seen the ring not in a photograph. It was perfect and I managed to surprise Annie as I had hoped.
After calling everyone we could think of back at the house we went to see New Moon. It was such a long day with lots of fun and excitement that when the movie was done we went straight home to bed.
What a great day though ……
            
Annie's side of the story...

I had been anticipating Raymo's arrival since the minute he left in September. Finally November 20th rolled around and I could hardly wait for his plane to land. I knew that at some point during his trip he would propose but that was the last thing I had been thinking about. I just couldn't wait to see him and just be able to talk, hug, and kiss-- you know that usual stuff. Finally he arrived. My day could not have been any better. Or so I thought... My mom had arranged for everyone to meet up for dinner at one of our favorite spots; Asia Palace. It didn't seem odd that she wanted to get everyone together for Raymo's first night in town and Asia Palace was the most unsuspecting place. As we ate dinner, conversation was flowing wonderfully and no one gave any hint as to the surprise that was coming soon. Raymo didn't even act strange which I always though would be a dead give-a-way on "the big night". After dinner my dad got up to get the fortune cookies. Like I said before, Asia Palace was the most unsuspecting place... the waiters never bring out the fortune cookies, it is your job to pick them up from the register so when my dad got up to get fortune cookies I thought nothing of it. One by one he gave everyone a cookie. I opened my cookie and could hardly believe the fortune when I saw it. Wait, let me back up one step... You know on a fortune cookie is has one side in English and one side in Chinese? Well I opened my fortune cookie up to a totally different language. It was Scottish Gealic! The only hint that it was something out of the ordinary was that it started with my name and ended with Raymo's. I turned the paper over to find it clearly written in English "Annie, will you marry me? Raymo". I'm sure my mouth dropped at that point. I turned to Raymo and found him down on one knee with a ring in hand. Although I didn't see him actually break his cookie open, I learned after the fact that the ring had indeed been insed his fortune cookie. It is hard to explain my reaction to seeing Raymo on a bended knee with a ring in hand. My mind was somewhere between shocked and over-excited. All I could think to do was give him a hug. After a few seconds (possibly a few tears) Raymo whispered in my ear "do you want the ring?". We both started laughing as he slipped the ring onto my finger. And that was it... we were officially engaged!
After dinner we went home and began calling family and friends to tell them our exciting news. We didn't have much time though... since I had no idea we would be getting engaged that night I had booked tickets to see New Moon. Afterall it was opening night and I was dying to see it! We ended our "engagement night" with a trip to the movies and litterally crashed when we got home. Between traveling and all the excitement of getting engaged we were seriously pooped! 

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