Wednesday, June 06, 2007
The Proposal
Jill's turn......
Hi Everyone! For those of you who want to know the details of the proposal, I thought I'd tell you myself (since Josh may not give himself the credit he deserves for making it such an amazing experience for me.)
First off, I have to premise the story by saying that I LOVE the show "The Amazing Race" on CBS. It's my favorite show of all time. I even applied to be on it, but didn't make the cut. I know some of you are familiar with the show (and may even be in an "Amazing Race" work pool). For those of you who don't know, it's about a bunch of teams of two who travel around the world, receiving clues and completing awesome missions along the away, competing to be the first team to the finish line.
A few days before my Birthday (which was on May 8th), Josh presented me with a "clue" that said my mission was to either play a round of golf with him or take him on in a tennis match to receive my next clue. I chose golf (didn't want him to feel bad if I beat him in tennis) and completed my mission. In the next few days/weeks, I received more clues and completed more missions. The missions were fun but the anticipation was a little nerve wracking for me. I'm a planner by trade and always need to know exactly what's going on. Since this was happening close to my Birthday, I thought that the finale would be a nice Birthday present. I actually thought that in the end, Josh was going to give me a cat. Not kidding! I even said to him, "Did you get a cat? I don't know if I want a cat." But he held his ground and reminded me "Jill...this is a RACE! You can't ask questions and you can't try to guess what will come next." So I tried to patiently wait it out until I completed my next mission, which wasn't supposed to be until June 2nd.
On May 25th, I had been in Toronto on business and flew back into Milwaukee that night. I got home just minutes before Josh and was running around packing, and trying to fit everything into the car for a camping trip we were heading out for that night. I came into the living room and Josh was standing there with another clue. He said that even though I hadn't completed my mission yet, I could open the clue. The clue said that I had finally arrived at the pit stop (finish line for those of you not familiar with "Race" lingo) and to put all the clues I had received together. I did this, and decoded the message: "I love you. Together. Forever." Josh then got down on his knee and said "I was wondering if you wanted to marry me" and opened up a box to reveal a beautiful ring. At this point in the story, details get a little blurry. I remember saying YES! several times, and I remember a lot of tears (mine), and laughing (me and Josh...with and at me), and hugging. Actually the hugging was more like Josh holding me up....I was a little shaky :). The whole thing was perfect! I couldn't have imagined anything better. He knows how important my family is to me so he had decided to ask me a week early so I could celebrate with my brothers and their families on the camping trip. And celebrate we did!
I found out later that Josh had even called my Dad and asked for his blessing. My Dad not only gave his blessing but also told Josh that if I said no, to let him know so that he could talk me into it. My family loves Josh.
Above is a picture of my ring. It's even prettier in person. I absolutely love it! I usually don't wear rings so Josh made sure to get me something that wouldn't stick out and get caught on things but that is still gorgeous. It's so sparkly I can't stop looking at it. Josh even made sure that it had an even number of diamonds because I don't like odd numbers (weird, I know). He thought of everything!
I'm truly honored to become a part of Josh's family. Everyone has welcomed me with open arms from the beginning. Josh and I are so lucky to share our lives with such incredible people and we're excited that we now get to unite two amazing families together.
Love to all.
Hi Everyone! For those of you who want to know the details of the proposal, I thought I'd tell you myself (since Josh may not give himself the credit he deserves for making it such an amazing experience for me.)
First off, I have to premise the story by saying that I LOVE the show "The Amazing Race" on CBS. It's my favorite show of all time. I even applied to be on it, but didn't make the cut. I know some of you are familiar with the show (and may even be in an "Amazing Race" work pool). For those of you who don't know, it's about a bunch of teams of two who travel around the world, receiving clues and completing awesome missions along the away, competing to be the first team to the finish line.
A few days before my Birthday (which was on May 8th), Josh presented me with a "clue" that said my mission was to either play a round of golf with him or take him on in a tennis match to receive my next clue. I chose golf (didn't want him to feel bad if I beat him in tennis) and completed my mission. In the next few days/weeks, I received more clues and completed more missions. The missions were fun but the anticipation was a little nerve wracking for me. I'm a planner by trade and always need to know exactly what's going on. Since this was happening close to my Birthday, I thought that the finale would be a nice Birthday present. I actually thought that in the end, Josh was going to give me a cat. Not kidding! I even said to him, "Did you get a cat? I don't know if I want a cat." But he held his ground and reminded me "Jill...this is a RACE! You can't ask questions and you can't try to guess what will come next." So I tried to patiently wait it out until I completed my next mission, which wasn't supposed to be until June 2nd.
On May 25th, I had been in Toronto on business and flew back into Milwaukee that night. I got home just minutes before Josh and was running around packing, and trying to fit everything into the car for a camping trip we were heading out for that night. I came into the living room and Josh was standing there with another clue. He said that even though I hadn't completed my mission yet, I could open the clue. The clue said that I had finally arrived at the pit stop (finish line for those of you not familiar with "Race" lingo) and to put all the clues I had received together. I did this, and decoded the message: "I love you. Together. Forever." Josh then got down on his knee and said "I was wondering if you wanted to marry me" and opened up a box to reveal a beautiful ring. At this point in the story, details get a little blurry. I remember saying YES! several times, and I remember a lot of tears (mine), and laughing (me and Josh...with and at me), and hugging. Actually the hugging was more like Josh holding me up....I was a little shaky :). The whole thing was perfect! I couldn't have imagined anything better. He knows how important my family is to me so he had decided to ask me a week early so I could celebrate with my brothers and their families on the camping trip. And celebrate we did!
I found out later that Josh had even called my Dad and asked for his blessing. My Dad not only gave his blessing but also told Josh that if I said no, to let him know so that he could talk me into it. My family loves Josh.
Above is a picture of my ring. It's even prettier in person. I absolutely love it! I usually don't wear rings so Josh made sure to get me something that wouldn't stick out and get caught on things but that is still gorgeous. It's so sparkly I can't stop looking at it. Josh even made sure that it had an even number of diamonds because I don't like odd numbers (weird, I know). He thought of everything!
I'm truly honored to become a part of Josh's family. Everyone has welcomed me with open arms from the beginning. Josh and I are so lucky to share our lives with such incredible people and we're excited that we now get to unite two amazing families together.
Love to all.
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