On March 9, 2009, we took the day to look at rings. I had no idea that he was going to buy one that day! We found that we had the same taste in rings, which made it easier to choose. So at the end, I knew that he had bought it but I din't know when the proposal was going to happen. It honestly was driving me up the wall knowing it was in my house! I just wanted to take it and just look at it....more like stare! haha And he would do things to get me going, like, put the bag it came in with gold tissue paper, on the counter, or put it next to him on the couch so when I would look at him, it would be right there! Or just keep it on his night stand. DRIVING ME NUTS! haha Well that Wednesday, March 11th, my mom was visiting, spending the night. It was a beautiful warm night for the month of March. My mother asked me if I would color her hair. The kids were in bed and it was 9pm when we decided to do this. In the middle of the coloring, I get a text message from Jesse asking me to join him outside. So after I finished with putting color into my mom's hair I'd gone outside. I knew he had went outside, when its a nice night he likes to swing on our porch swing out front. So I head out there and he is no where on the porch. I look across the street and there he is sitting on a stone bench in the middle of the front garden at St. Leo's Church. I walk over and sat next to him. We talked a bit about how beautiful the night was. And then he starts explaining his love to me. I start to tear up and laugh at the same time. Then he goes and gets on one knee and tells me this beautiful speech and then comes "HUN, WILL YOU MARRY ME?" By this time I am bawling my eyes out and my lips are quivering also. Then he gets up reaches behind the bench into the flower bushes and pulls out 2 bunches of flowers that were assorted. ha ha He says, "I'm sorry that they aren't the best, but Bilo (grocery store) didn't have the best selection." We go into the house, and my mom is in the kitchen washing out her hair color. I am still crying and shaking, Jesse has tears in his eyes and has a smile on his face from ear to ear. And my mom, having her head still in the sink, looks behind through under her arm and sees I am crying and thinks I am crying over the flowers I have in my hands. Then she gets done and looks completely up and sees the flowers and me crying still with a quivering lip and Jesse's grin and says "yeah those are really beautiful flowers." "No, mom, LOOK!" As I throw my hand out in front of her! She flips! "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!", she says. She starts to cry gives us both a big hug and tells us that she is so happy and the whole congrats thing. ~XO~