WE'RE ENGAGED!!!


My BEAUTIFUL ring, picked out by Jay, all by himself.




The Anniversary Scavenger Hunt

January 31 was our one-year anniversary, and I thought we were having an activity and going out to dinner. He was supposed to pick me up at my house at 4, but shortly before then, he called and told me he was running late and asked me to meet him at his house. So I headed out and when I arrived at his house, I found a envelope on the door with a clue. Jay led me on a scavenger hunt with clues he had written to different locations around Redlands and San Bernardino. I got to go look through the library for clues he had put in books, and then I was supposed to check the books out. At some of these locations I just got another clue, but at some I got little gift/trinkets...a coin, a shirt, a picture frame. I didn't put anything together because I didn't realize that these things were clues as well. My last clue was at the Loma Linda Hospital where Jay works, and Carol and Diana helped me crack Jay's clues, as well as his locker. The last and final clue told me to go back to my house in Yucaipa, where I had left not four hours ago.


When I arrived back at my house from my scavenger/treasure hunt, I found this trail of rose petals and long-stemmed red roses leading from the doorstep...



...through the kitchen and sitting room...



...into my bedroom filled with roses, petals, candles, and little bits from our relationship. There we re pictures of us up and things from our travels together. He sat me down and had me tell him and show him what I had collected on my journey. I was like, "Uh, some books, a coin, a shirt..." He told me that he would explain it to me...



The Clues: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue...



It turns out that all these things I had been picking up along the way were clues, and I didn't pick up on what was going on until he said "something old" and "something borrowed...."

Something old, (antique picture frame)
something new, (you'll see...)
something borrowed, (library books)
something blue, (Blue Jays t-shirt)
and a silver sixpence in her shoe. (the oft-neglected last line of the rhyme)

And for something new, Jay then pulled out a diamond ring, got on one knee, and asked me to marry him.





And of course, I said yes.


Followed by lots of kissing.






What a way to spend an anniversary.
You're my favorite, Jay, wo ai ni.

P.S. The "proposal picture" is a re-enactment of actual events. We do, however, have it filmed on a videocamera Jay hid in the room...)