wedding wednesdays-engagement

George and I had quite a whirlwind romance. Our first date was in December, we became "official" in January, went on an international 10-day vacation in March and moved in together in April. By June we were looking at rings. George knew my basic style but still wanted to get it just right. We made a couple trips to jewelry stores and he had me pick out and try on a bunch so he could get a better idea of what I would like. Turns out my favorite was the one he had already found online and thought I would love. Crazy how he knew me so well, so soon, right?

 

About a month later, he texted me on his trip to Roseville to "hang out with his friend" and said he needed to be sure of my ring size. I'm no genius, but I'm pretty sure he was buying a ring that day. When we looked at rings, all the stores said that it would take 8-12 weeks for delivery so I wasn't expecting a proposal any time soon.

 

Towards the middle of August we were discussing what we should do for the upcoming holiday weekend. We had some friends going to Reno for the rib cook-off but decided to stay home to save money. Then, about a week before Labor Day weekend George starts suggesting we take a weekend trip to Tahoe. I wasn't too sure because it was last minute and we had already decided to stay home. I had a slight feeling he had something planned because he was so adamant about going. Of course, I hoped he was planning to propose, but it had only been 3 or 4 weeks since the day he ordered my ring and I knew there was no way it had arrived already. So we made reservations for the Mont Bleu for Friday and Saturday night. George then suggested we do the sunset dinner cruise on the Tahoe Queen. So we made reservations for that as well. I thought for sure if he was going to do anything, it would be on the dinner cruise so my suspicions crept up again.

 

We checked into our hotel Friday night and went to the casino to play a little. I ended up having a few too many captain and diets and didn't feel the greatest the next morning. We decided to lay low Saturday and relax before the sunset dinner cruise that night. He remembered that I had never ridden to the top of Heavenly and suggested we ride the gondolas up to the top and have lunch. So we're riding in the gondola and I'm looking out over the lake and taking pictures and I turn around and George is all nervous and says, I was going to wait until we got to the lookout, but I can't wait. He then gets down on his knee and asks, Corinne Nicole Epley, will you marry me?

 

So what does a girl who just got proposed to in a private gondola, overlooking the beautiful Lake Tahoe, say?

 

Duh.

 

Yep. I didn't say "yes" and scream and get all giddy like the girls do in movies and TV. I said "duh!" It's a funny story to tell and definitely unique to us and that's why I love it. I'm glad I didn't just say "yes."

 

at the lookout right after he proposed

 

After he proposed, we went back to the hotel to get ready for the sunset dinner cruise that night. Now remember how I mentioned me drinking a little too much the night before? Well, did I also mention I get sea sick? Yea. I'm very glad he didn't propose on the Tahoe Queen! The dinner cruise was nice and the views were pretty, but I spent most of my time dealing with my sea sickness, if you know what I mean.

 

on the top deck of the Tahoe Queen

 

So on September 1, 2012 we got engaged. It was simple, it was unexpected and it was us.