So there I was…

With my little sister Katie inside of the jewelry store looking for the perfect ring for the perfect angel, Elizabeth Marie, the one that I decided to marry.

I saw something that she would love, something small, something simple, something beautiful, some thing that she wants.

So Sister Katie and me looked at each other & gave the 'this is the one' look, and we brought it to the counter. After that, I realized that I was late to go and pick up the love of my life herself!

So I hid the ring in the glove compartment, and we rushed over to her house. Liz gets into the car, and of course, for some reason or another, first thing she goes for it the glove compartment! (I personally call that a woman’s senses). Luckily, I had locked it! I tell Liz, when she asked why it is locked, that it does that sometimes and just locks. She gives me the 'ummmm OK' look. Katie and I just smirk.

So for the next 2 weeks, I run around all over showing everyone and their mothers the ring... literally, even Liz's mother saw it before Liz did! I was so proud that I had bought her an engagement ring, and there were so many times that I just wanted to whip out the ring and just randomly propose...., At a traffic light while kissing her, sitting in the car at the Metro Parks, filling up on gas at the gas station, or just sitting at her house. I have thought about just going out to the car, honking the horn till she came out and just getting on a knee and doing it. But I knew what I had to do, take her somewhere special to propose.

So one day, we decided to head on down to Niagara Falls. I knew that I was going to do it there. Before Liz got into the car, I put the ring in its gray ring-holder box in the back seat of the car under some random trash. I left it there the entire way down. I mean, the entire way there. I made note not to leave Liz and the car alone in fear that she would go snooping, now that I think of it, I wouldn’t of minded if she just found it randomly snooping around in the car. But anyway, we get down to Niagara Falls, and I say to Liz, "Honey, can you look in the trunk for brochures?" She is like, " Well, I don’t think they are back there" I’m like "uhh... just look", she once again, says there not there, I ask again, and she does it. I knew I only had a few seconds... so I go into the back seat and act like I am looking around for the brochures, my eyes are totally on Liz, looking into the trunk, and not even close to being on what I am doing, getting the ring off the trashy floor and into my pocket... one step closer to getting it on her finger, something I have been waiting to do my entire life.

A smile comes onto my face as the box goes into my back left pocket. I knew it would fit in my pocket because I spent just about every night since I got it putting it in my pocket in the mirror and looking at myself from each angel, to make sure that it still looked concealed. By the time that we were at Niagara falls I was confident.. At least until she closed the trunk.. From that moment on I thought she was going to find it early. So I came up with a quick back up plan. She watches me as I grab 3 packs of cigarettes from the car and put them in random pockets, that way, if she finds it, I will say it is a pack of smokes. Yea yea! So we take off and walk together holding hands everywhere, all I could think of was how any time now, I was going to ask her to marry me.

A thought crossed my mind that day, a thought that brought me back to the first day I met Liz, how she was shaking cause she was so nervous. Now, I don’t know if she noticed or not, but at this time, this day, it was me nervous, excited and shaking in her arms.

We walked everywhere, we went into some movie dome thing and as we watched this movie, Liz held me from behind, I though for sure that she was going to get a hold of the ring right then and there. So I am like... uhhh... lets lay down, so we lay on the floor and watched this old 70's movie clip.

We got out of there and went to this moving movie theater, where the seats moved, I knew that after this I was going to do it. There were too many close calls for the day! So we get out of that, and by this time, I am almost sure she is suspicious of the big lump in my back pocket, (to my suprise, I found out later… she had no idea it was there!). We leave that theater and head on down to the falls itself, it was cold outside, so I had an excuse for shaking, luckily she never asked though.

We made our way on down there, and I look at her from the view and say to Liz, "honey, do you know why I brought you here" she is like "yea, to see the falls!” I say to her, " well honey, I wanted to bring the most beautiful woman to the most beautiful place I have ever seen" she begins to look our onto the American falls and says, "They should get rid of all those rocks in there!” I look at her and say, "here… Lets move over here" I take her up to a really, really nice view spot there, and I look at her and say, "Elizabeth, what I am trying to say is that I love you more than anything I have ever seen before" she looks at me and kisses me and says mockingly "awwwwwe!!! i looooove yoooooooou tooooo!" by this time, ooh yea, I am shaking, and stuttering, and nervous, and I think back to all the times that I wanted to bring it out and show it to her, and I smile and think to myself 'here goes!', I take out the ring and say to her, "Elizabeth Marie Grandt, I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I would be honored if you would be my wife" before I even have a chance to kneel, her arms are wrapped up around me and crying, I ask her again, while kneeling, and she says “yes!" that moment, next to the falls, in the 25 degree temperature, with our faces red and hugging each other, was the greatest moment of my life. We then went into the Hard Rock Cafe for a bite to eat. I love my Elizabeth, and I can’t wait to spend my life with her!

Thank you all for taking time to read about this moment we had. Words can’t describe how I felt when I proposed. But I hope that all of you out there get that feeling that I had when you propose, there is no greater feeling in the world than when the love of you life says that she too, want to be with you forever!

Elizabeth Marie Grant, thank you for saying yes! I love you so much!!!