Weddingbee Blog

On August 5, 2006, I woke up to some rustling downstairs in my house. My boyfriend had come over at 6:00 in the morning to prepare breakfast burritos…YUM!!! Then he told me to get ready because we had to go to Long Beach. He told me to bring a bathing suit and a change of clothes.

As we were about to leave the house, he said, “I have something for you” and pulled out a box. It was too big to be a ring box…but I was happy nonetheless. The card with the gift read, “To help keep you on time so that you can come home to me as soon as possible.” Inside the box was a beautiful watch.

We went to Long Beach and took a boat to Catalina. My bf told me we were going scuba diving. I was so excited since I had never gone before. After struggling for what seemed like 30 minutes to get into the dang suits, and having our instructor give us a 10 minute lesson, we started to descend into the water. I began to panic! What if I can’t breathe and DIE?!?!? But then I thought, “What if he wants to propose? I must suck it up and do this!” (Can you tell I was hoping for a proposal???) We successfully submerged ourselves and enjoyed a wonderful time in the ocean. However, there was no proposal…

Then we went to eat lunch on the beach. My bf said that he had planned one more thing–a couple’s massage! We got the “Twice as nice” massage and body scrub. During the massage, my bf fell asleep and began to snore! Afterwards, we washed up and got dressed. Luckily my bf had told me to pack a little black dress. I asked him if we were running late for dinner reservations, but he said we were okay on time.

He called a taxi and asked the driver to take us to the heliport. Heli-what? I realized that we were okay on time because we were taking a helicopter back to Long Beach. It was so amazing! Once we got to Long Beach, we went to the restaurant, The Sky Room, for dinner. The food was delicious, and our waiter was super nice. But, again, no proposal…

By this time, I had given up on the idea that it would happen on this day. I was just so grateful that my bf was so sweet to go through all this trouble for just a romantic date. After dinner, we took a drive up towards a park overlooking the ocean.

The sun was just about to finish setting. My bf asked me if I wanted to go outside and watch it. I went outside and saw that he had prepared cushions and a blanket for me to sit and enjoy the view. We sat there and enjoyed the beautiful scenery (I thought I was having a dream!). He then turned to me and gave a little speech. At the end of it he said, “I want to share one more thing with you…I want to share the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?”

At that point, I started to cry and could barely steady myself to have him put the ring on me. In the midst of my crying, he said, “I have one more thing for you.” WHAT?! How much more can you give a girl? He went back to the car and brought out champagne and a Jimmy Choo bag. I gasped! The card in the bag said, “For the greatest dancing partner I could have ever asked for… I can’t wait to see you in these on our wedding day. Thank you for saying ‘yes’!” I was in disbelief. I cried some more thinking about how blessed I was.

As we were driving back to LA, he said there was one more stop. We went to Akwa, and upstairs waiting for us were all my close girlfriends and my sister. It was a wonderful way to end such an amazing day.

Thanks for reading. I know it was long!

Jean