*Written by Ben*

Jenna and I had planned a trip to the Dominican Republic in December to celebrate our three year dating anniversary (Dec. 14th). I knew that this would be the right time to "pop the question." Traveling through airport security, I was very cautious keeping the ring close by and very well hidden in my GoPro case. When we arrived at the resort, I quickly stashed the case in our room's safe, keeping it safely hidden from Jenna. I had called into the resort prior to us arriving and asked them to setup a dinner on the beach the second night of our stay (Dec. 15th). Lets just say the first day/night of vacation was not very relaxed, sitting at the pool.. thinking of how the servers who barely spoke English would help in setting up the dinner.. thinking of how the proposal would go.

Sure enough, the next evening came fast. I carefully took the ring box from the safe and put it in my pocket before we left the room to walk to dinner. As we approached the beach, the sun was going down and we could see that there was a giant spotlight shining down on a private table with a champagne stand nearby. We both looked at each other realizing that this special/exclusive setup was for us and started to laugh. "Wow, they are really doing it up for our 3 year anniversary dinner" I said, trying to play it off. As we sat down for dinner, I was clearly very nervous. When we think back, Jenna said I asked her random questions for the setting we were in- "what are you going to ask Santa for Christmas?" and "how's the new job going?" I guess it was my way of trying to stay calm and make it through the dinner. It was one of the first dinners where I barely even touched the food my plate. During dinner, I gave Jenna a card that said "happy anniversary...etc." , trying to reinforce that this was ONLY an anniversary dinner. Jenna now says that this part really threw her off for good. I knew her mind was definitely wandering. Towards the end of dinner, Jenna walked to the bathroom to change her contacts. Our server, Patricio, came over to me and said "Mr. Hunt, are you ready?? Would you like me to take picture?" We quickly devised a plan where after dessert he would ask us if we wanted to take a picture down by the water and then he would capture the moment on my cell phone. When Jenna returned, we finished our dessert and it was game-time. Patricio asked if we would like to take a picture and we both agreed and stood up to walk towards the water, and I handed him my camera. As he went to take the picture, I faced Jenna and went down on one knee. I pretty much blacked out and do not remember what I said from there, but it was one of the best moments of my life. After Jenna said yes, we sat on the beach celebrating with our champagne as we FaceTime'd lots of family and friends. It was now time to relax and enjoy vacation with the love of my life!

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