Back to the Scene of the Crime

In a few short hours Jacob and I will be heading out to my favorite place in the whole world... the coast. =) The 4th of July will be one year exactly since Jacob asked me to spend my life with him, and we're returning (kind of) to the scene of the crime this weekend to camp with a few of our closest friends (and members of our wedding party). I'm so excited for a weekend away, time with some fantastic people, and an opportunity to spend some quality time with husband-to-be before life gets TOO crazy (only 43 days left!)

Happy 4th everyone!

Bye Bye Potty

If you haven't read my proposal story yet, you really need to do so to understand this post. lol

Jacob's parents went out to their beach house on Sunday to do some repairs and updates... one of which was to the replace the toilet. Unbeknown-st to me, Jacob's mom, knowing our story, jokingly asked if he wanted to keep the toilet as a memento. He told her no.

He didn't mention this to me until a couple days later. When he did, I thought of how funny it would be had we saved the toilet seat and made a photo frame from it using a picture of the two of us from that weekend. lol Wouldn't that be a GREAT conversation starter? =) You know... a little something like this:

The Obamas

Apparently the Obamas celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary this past weekend. I found this link to a story about Barak's wedding proposal, and it made me smile and think of my own. =)

A week or so before Jacob proposed we were living in separate countries (Canada IS a different country, I swear! lol) and had been apart for the majority of the prior 2 months. I had a pretty major freak out on the phone with him on night. We had been dating for almost a year and half at that point and I wanted to get married (I waited 6 years for a proposal in my last relationship and it never happened, so I had some issues to begin with! lol)... but he had told me weeks prior that he wasn't "sure" (whatever that meant). After being alone for weeks at a time and mulling this over, I finally broke down. He just kept trying to convince me that everything was going to be o.k., to stay calm, and not to freak.

And then, a week later, he proposed... lol... I felt like an idiot. =)

An Oregon Coast Proposal

Recently I've discovered that a couple of my high school classmates got engaged this spring. Jake, the groom to be, has a blog where he posted a video of him proposing on April 1st on the Oregon coast. I absolutely LOVE this video... it reminds me of home. lol

Jake Asks Holly from Jake Donahue on Vimeo.

The Ring!

So... I don't QUITE have the ring yet, but Jacob picked it up for me today and sent pictures!! So, I thought I'd share! =)

As I mentioned in a previous post, he used his grandmother's ring when he proposed. But, my fingers are chubby, the ring was too small... so we decided to get a different one for me. After getting requests to post a picture of his grandmother's ring, here it is... diamonds and rubies:


A few days later we went ring shopping together and I picked out my ring. I'm not a traditional bride-to-be... the size of the diamond is not important to me, and, in all honesty, typical engagement rings don't really do anything for me. I wanted something with a little style, and some character, so, I opted for a sapphire and diamond band:

Jacob and I were both born in September (1 year less 3 days apart), so both of our birthstones in the sapphire. Plus, I LOVE blue... so.. this is perfect! I can't wait until I'm back in Oregon and get to FINALLY put it on my finger!! (3 days!!!)

The Proposal

How many people can actually say that they had a positive, life-altering experience in front of a toilet? lol I can... as that is exactly how Jacob proposed! =)

We went to the coast for the 4th of July weekend. His parents have a vacation home/rental on the beach... it's gorgeous! Anyhow, our plan was to go down to Yachats on Saturday to watch the fireworks, and get there early to find a good spot to sit and have a little BBQ before the show started. Apparently Jacob's original plan was to ask on the beach before/during/after the firework show... but the weather SUCKED! It was cold and misty... Jacob's glasses were covered in a thin layer of water that wouldn't go away. We were under a blanket during the show and couldn't wait to get back in the car and back to a warm, dry house.

When we got back I decided to take a hot bath to try to warm up. Jacob started to the water for me and started to get ready for the feeling to come back into my toes! lol A couple minutes later he came back into the bathroom, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! lol... my response was, "Are you kidding??" I was in total shock... was not expecting it at ALL. It took me a good 10 minutes to actually say yes.... after he reminded me that I hadn't actually answered yet! =)

He proposed to me with his grandmother's wedding/engagement ring... unfortunately my fingers were too fat for it and resizing it would cost a bit too much and may damage the band since it's already been resized and it would have to go up at least 2 sizes for me, so a few days later we went shopping for a new ring.