Michelle and Kevin
June 28, 2008
A week before the proposal, Kevin had called me at work mentioning he had won tickets to the Edmonton Art Gallery as an incentive at work. So he asked me if I wanted to go and I said "Yes, for sure!" We always do out of the ordinary stuff like that on a Saturday so I thought why not?! I haven't had the chance in a while to see some good paintings or art.
On Saturday, October 21st, 2006, I was getting ready for our day at the gallery. Kevin has asked me to be ready by 2:30 p.m. so we can arrive at the gallery by 3:00 p.m. He showed up at my door step at around that time, but like usual I wasn't ready. My hair was not done yet. He said "No worries! I'll just wait here in your living room until you are done everything." He was as calm as he could be! I didn't see anything different from him at that time. At about 10 minutes before 3:00 p.m., I was finally ready!
We arrived at the gallery and checked in. We entered the first floor of art and paintings. I was actually taking my time browsing at each piece of art and reading the descriptions or what you call inscriptions of each painting. About 15 to 20 minutes had already elapsed and Kevin mentions to me that there are about three floors of art in this building and that we should make our way upstairs to the top floor and work our way down so we could see everything and he said that upstairs might be a little more interesting!
We were making our way up the stairs and we came to a large room filled with paintings on each wall of the room. I walked into the room and just glanced at some of the paintings, then I noticed and saw a display in a glass covered showcase in the middle of the room. I thought I should go and check it out.
Looking into the showcase, I noticed a ring that looked quite familiar to my eyes. I read the little inscription beside it and it had said: A twentieth century ring worn by a twentieth century princess. I'm thinking WOW, who could this princess be?! It sounded really interesting!...and then to the right of the ring that was in a beautiful white ring box, it said in an engraved inscription Michelle, will you marry me? Right there and then, I put two and two together thinking...I'm Michelle?!!! I looked at Kevin and he was just smiling back at me. He took the glass cover off of the display case and took the ring out, went down on his knee and said I love you with all my heart and I could see myself being with you for the rest of my life. Please make me the happiest man in this world...Michelle, will you marry me? As he was proposing, I heard like 20 or more footsteps come out and around the other side of the room to where me and Kevin were standing, which were all of my close family and friends and had surrounded us to witness everything, one of the most special and happiest days of my life! Of course, I said Yes, I will marry you! Everyone was clapping and congratulating me and Kevin with hugs and kisses. I was crying with tears of joy and I was just feeling overwhelmed with the surprises I got at that time. It was so hard for me to talk or speak because I was just so caught off guard with everything and that was the best part of it all! It was a surprise I will definitely never forget!!!
Another special edition was that the proposal was all caught on tape by our really good friend Mark. Mark and my sister managed to document everything from its beginnings even before I arrived to the gallery with friends and family congratulating us both with their sweet wishes and words on video...to the end, when Kevin also made reservations for everyone to follow and come join us in our celebration at The Moose Factory restaurant.
Congratulations Michelle & Kevin!
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