Long story short, Dan proposed to Vanessa in Rome on New Year's Eve. If you want to know more, keep reading!

Dan had no idea what it took to get the proposal going. He didn't even know how long it would take to get an engagement ring. But he did know that he wanted to marry Vanessa and had actually asked her family for their blessing prior to getting the ring. It wasn't until he was in San Francisco, where his best man, Adam, and his wife told Dan that he couldn't put buying the ring off until the last minute because it could take time to find the right ring, or even time to get it sized. So during that San Francisco trip, he went to the jewelry store and found Vanessa's ring. It was the first ring he saw, and while he looked at other rings, he knew which ring was Vanessa's! :)

So now Dan had the ring, but he didn't have the exact proposal location and idea. He knew he wanted to do it around New Years, but the question was where. By the way, during this time, a few months before the proposal, Vanessa kept asking Dan about buying homes, or even mentioning that Dan wasn't serious about their relationship and that it wasn't leading to marriage. It was a tough time trying to keep the proposal a secret. With Estelle, Vanessa's cousin, singing for the Pope in Rome, it worked out perfectly that Dan and Vanessa could travel to Rome with the family.

The day they flew out to Rome was nerve-racking. The whole family knew what was going down, so thank goodness no one mentioned it to Vanessa. Dan was nervous about losing the ring so he carried it with him everywhere. At one point, Dan got pulled aside by security at the London airport and he thought his secret was going to be blown, but Vanessa had no idea and the guys at the airport worked with him to keep it a secret.

They arrived in Rome on New Year's Eve and after taking a little nap, went to a nice dinner in the city. It was getting close to Midnight and Vanessa was getting a little upset that Dan hadn't planned their evening correctly. Vanessa was hoping to celebrate New Year's at Trevi Fountain, or the Colliseum. She even said, "I want to be somewhere special at midnight. I don't want to be behind a dumpster." All Dan could think was that anywhere they were would be special because he was going to propose. At the end, they ended up at Trevi Fountain and as the count down to midnight started, Dan proposed. Vanessa said yes at 12:00 a.m. January 1st, 2016.

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