A story of our wedding proposal

Tyler was planning on proposing and he wanted to do it in a way that was special to me. He knew my love for cruising and also for the beach so he tried to think of a way he could incorporate that into the proposal plan. I only had one request, and that was I did not want to expect it or know it was coming. I wanted it to be a big surprise. I am very observant and pick up on things really easily, so Tyler had to be extra creative in his planning.

My family decided to take a cruise in July with our special friends, Randy and Debbie, who are like my second parents. We had a great time and made lots of memories. (Little did I know, Tyler wanted to propose on the cruise, but with COVID and all of the delays, the ring did not come in). The engagement did not happen. We were all talking about taking another cruise before my brother, Jonathan began his senior year at ECU. Thankfully, everyones schedules allowed us to find time and plan another cruise in August. We cruise several times throughout the year, so it was not uncommon for us to take one back to back. Fast foward to August, it was August 18th and we had a regular day at sea where we could enjoy all the amenities that the ship had to offer. We started out our day having brunch, and throughout the day I began to notice that Tyler was acting extra weird. I kept asking was everything okay and he kept denying anything was wrong. I did not really worry about, I figured he just needed a nap (LOL). As the day went on, everyone was enjoying the day relaxing and enjoying all of the activities that the ship had to offer. We had reservations at the Italian restaurant on board that night for dinner. There are several areas to take photos around the boat, so that is typically what we always do. We all went and got ready for dinner and decided that we wanted to take some pictures of the sunset. We all walked up to the open deck to get the one beautiful picture of the sunset before we headed to dinner. The couple photos I thought we were taking turned out to be a whole photoshoot. We all took pictures with each other and I did not expect anything different since this is what we always do. Tyler's turn came around and we took our normal pictues. We then took a kissing picture (sorry Dad) which turned into him kneeling down and proposing. It was such a happy, genuine, and perfect moment! I can tell you that Tyler was so nervous because he opened the ring box upside down (HAHA). It was absolutely the easiest yes in the world! This was such a perfect and beautiful evening, even if it was extra windy that day.

At dinner, we all celebrated and talked about this special memory. Tyler explained why he was being so weird throughout the day. He said he was so nervous and that he spent the entire day rehearsing what he was going to say. Thankfully my dad was able to help hide the ring from me during the trip, so the surprise would not be ruined. August 18th was such a perfect and special day that we both will never forget!

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