She's my kind of crazy: The Proposal

We were on vacation with my Dad's side of the family in Emerald Isle. We go down there every year for a week and there is this restaurant in Swansborro called Riverside that we all just love! All week my dad kept talking about how he wanted to go and get those delicious grouper fingers! So finally after all his talking about going there me, mom, Mike, and dad were all supposed to go together on Thursday to dinner. I remember complaining like I always do, "but the rest of the family is making dinner tonight, why do we have to go? I don't get to see my family that often lets just stay here" So after about an hour of twisting my arm I agreed not very happily to go to dinner. I go in from the beach around 3:30 to go get a shower and start getting ready and 4:15 rolls around and my mom is still out on the beach and if you know my mom you know how long it takes for her to get ready! So my dad pretend throws a fit and says he's not going anymore and that we can just go because "who the hell knows what Carolyn is doing". Mike called and made a reservation because this place does get very packed and fast and after I was done getting ready we were off!

We pull in the parking lot of the restaurant and it isn't very busy yet, it was still kind of early, so I said Mike, don't tell them we have a reservation nobody is here, (I get embarrased when you tell them you have a reservation when nobody is there, because whats the point?) Well he was hell bent on telling them we had a reservation....in my mind at the time I was like omg whyyy! So they seat us and we order our drinks and food. Mike tells me he has to go to the bathroom, so he gets up and goes, and when he walked out of the bathroom I was starring right at him and thought in my head, man that was fast! (This was attempt #1 to try to give them the ring, but I messed that up by seeing him come out of the bathroom) After a few minutes, Mike goes I want a glass of wine and I tell him you have a whole beer to drink! He is now hell bent on finding the waitress and asking for a glass of wine even though he has a full beer, now i'm thinking to myself,wow he must be really drunk! (This was attempt #2 to give the waitress the ring and he was successful) so the waitress brings the glass of wine and after we finish eating Mike wants dessert. Now this is unlike him he likes candy, but not cakes, pies and such, but at this point i'm like okay whatever! So the owner brings over her "tray of desserts" she laid down 2 different pies and then a plate with a napkin on it and wrapped in it was the ring! (I thought it was some type of eclair wrapped in some kind of paper at first lol) Unbeknownst to me it was the ring Mike jumps up out of his seat gets on a knee and says "will you marry me" grabs my head kisses me and in the midst of doing that bangs my head on the back of the booth lol! (Mike had gone to the restaurant the day before and set all of this up, that's why he had to give them the name of our "reservation" when we got there lol, makes sense now!) Now i'm caught up and realize what is going on! Of course I said Yes, and they brought us out a bottle of champagne to celebrate!

I'm so excited and all I want to do is go back to the beach house and tell all of my family! But no, Mike wants to stop by this restaurant called Portafinos by the house and have a drink because he needs to "calm down" before we go back there. Well we pull in and sneaky little Mike has my whole family there waiting for us my aunts, uncles, mom, dad, sister, cousins, and gram! We walk up and they are all snapping pictures, clapping, and yelling congrats! Mikes smiling ear to ear, i'm smiling and crying and everyone is hugging everyone! They all have known for the whole week that Mike was going to propose! We all had some drinks and back to the house it was to celebrate! I must give it to my family for not spilling the beans because I had not 1 clue that any of them knew anything! Mike had pretty much pulled one family member in at a time and showed them all the first day we got to the beach. He hid the ring in my Aunt and Uncles room because he figured I wouldn't be in their room much. My uncle is also my Godfather so Mike also asked for his permission as well as my fathers. I love to hear all the stories he has about the whole process. How he asked my father for permission and the kind things my dad had to say to him & of course gave his blessing! The reactions each one of my aunts and my grandmother gave him when he first showed them the ring, and how he was on pins and needles all week that someone would slip up because my Grandmother was being a pest about how he was making her wait until the end of the week and my father would be loud and say "are you going to do it today?" He was so scared that I was going to over hear one of their loud mouth!. He ended up waiting until the end of the week to pop the question because my sister ended up coming down on Thursday and since my sister helped him with ring picking and advice he thought it was best and only right to wait for her!

Enjoy some pictures from our engagement celebreation!