I said yes!!!!!

December 15, 2010 Duane and I went to Garden of the Gods. I put my camera in my pocket, and noticed he had something in his pocket, which didn’t look like his phone, but it wasn’t a ring box either, so I wasn’t suspicious.

As we walked, he talked about how this was his playground growing up, and finally it was going to be a romantic spot, now that I’m here. We rounded a corner of “twin spires rock”, with Duane talking about how the 2 rocks somehow merged into one, like a married rock, if that is possible.

There were flowers and a card on the ground. I figured he must have had a friend put it there. Since he is a romantic guy anyway, I thought this might just be a “welcome to Colorado” gift.

The card had pictures of us on the front, and inside a picture of Duane with…my mom and step-dad? Duane said, “I just had a crazy weekend in Pennsylvania, and I called your Dad,” as he got down on one knee and pulled out a ring and put it on my finger.

I kissed him, for the first time, (since we weren’t going to kiss until we are engaged), and now we are engaged! I hugged him for a very long time, because I was shaking too much to let go...

A distant voice yelled, “so, is that a yes?” That’s when I noticed our photographer stalker, and discovered that the random thing in Duane’s pocket was the voice recorder…so yes, we have it all on video…