Mr. Fiance (hehehe) and I were in California for Spring Break. Sunday night we spent the night in Red Town at my dads and woke up early to head down to Disneyland!! My brothers Ronnie and Brandon came with and helped out on the whole surprise. We had the day all planned out and Brandon and I headed to Space Mountain to get fast passes while Ronnie and Zac went to the Blue Bayou to make lunch reservations. We met up with them and headed to Indiana Jones to begin our day. We went on rides with little wait times, ran from CA adventures back to Disneyland in the rain (I did actually enjoy it) and worked up an appetite for lunch. We had a lovely lunch and when exiting the restaurant Zac suggested we go left down the alley ways of the New Orleans section of Disneyland. He quickly suggested we get our picture drawn by a caricature artist and I agreed with no hesitation. Little did I know that previously in the day he had made a reservation with them and set up the whole surprise. The artist took me to this courtyard that was a little more secluded and sat me under this umbrella. There was a pretty staircase and flowers all over :) Zac soon joined me and the artist began to paint. Because it had rained and we were in the shade I was pretty cold so I shivered a little and he did too but little did I know that his shivers were of nervousness and not of being cold. He was being all cute and stuff while my brothers were there taking and pictures. People would wander in and out of the courtyard and some lingered to see the picture completed. Time would pass and Zac would say "wow this is taking longer than I thought it would!" and we'd go back to talking and then after about 35 min the artist said she was done and we could see the final product. We stood up, she turned the picture and BAM!! I saw Zac's caricature on a knee with me by his side. There was a bubble above his head that said "Danielle, will you marry me?" I froze, said "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" and turned to Zac who was now on his knee with a beautiful ring in his hands. I cried, nodded YES because no words would come out, and shook as he put the ring on my finger. We hugged and kissed and everyone clapped :) We were given "Just Engaged" buttons and then began calling friends and family as the courtyard emptied of people. My brother got the whole thing on video where you can see here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1314177262 . We spent the rest of the day staring at my ring sparkle in the sun and talk about future plans. We could have left Disneyland right after and been perfectly content but we stayed for the World of Color show (AMAAAAZING!) and then headed home to show off my fiance and new ring :) All in all, best day of my life!
I'm the LUCKIEST girl in the whole wide wold!! 119 days..yes I am counting :) Thank you Mr. Rigby for making Disneyland that much more special to me and for choosing me. I love you more than you know and I will forever and ever and ever! I can't wait to "Let the Memories Begin" and start our eternity together :)
