Our very first vacation together was November 2009 to Disney World. Brandon and I were both so excited to learn that the other person loved Disney World so naturally we started planning that as our vacation within the first year of dating. The trip was amazing, and apparently sparked an idea with Brandon. One night we had dinner at the California Grill and were able to watch the fireworks at Magic Kingdom from the rooftop deck. It was very romantic and he decided right there "I have to propose to Sarah here!" Well, of course he didn't have a ring so the planning started.
One year later, we were taking the same trip back to Disney. We nicknamed the trip "Upgrades!" because I kept getting surprised along the way of plans Brandon had secretly made. Like when we got on our plane from Seattle and I found that were were in first class! Brandon smiled and said "Upgrade!". Then I was reviewing our itinerary for the hotel and wanted to call and confirm something. Brandon panicked a bit and told me not to. Then he confessed that he had secretly changed our booking from Pop Century to Coronado Springs. Upgrade!
Well, I started to get the hint. This was a special trip. Don't get me wrong, there was a big part of me hoping that there would be a ring on my finger by the end of the week, but I also was afraid of being disappointed. This was going to be a great vacation and I wasn't going to be bummed out if he didn't propose.
I had made reservations again at the California Grill on one of our last nights of the trip. A few months before then, Brandon made a stink about changing the reservation to earlier in the week. I got a bit ticked since I had worked hard on our DNR but changed it anyway. (Of course I had no idea it was because he realized he wouldn't be able to get through the whole week without popping the question!)
The night of the dinner at California Grill I was not feeling well at all. We had been in the hotel for a few hours with me in bed and I was not terribly motivated to get ready. No makeup, lazy hairdo and a jacket I had bought in the gift shop when the weather was colder than I had anticipated.
The plan was, we would check in for our reservation but head to the deck to watch the Wishes display, then have dinner. I went to the deck and waited for Brandon to get us drinks. Just a few minutes on the deck and the table buzzer goes off. Well, I had a "told ya so!" moment since the reservation was all screwed up from my original DNR. I walk in and motion at Brandon at the bar. He looked SO frazzled! grabbed our drinks and we head to our table. Brandon asks our server if he can speak to him for a moment. They walk off and come back, he says they will hold our table while we go out on the balcony.
By the time we get to the deck, it was pretty full. We tried our best to poke our way up to the front, but there were a lot of kids all over. Brandon was freaking out and trying so hard to ask Moms to take their kids away so he could have his proposal. It didn't matter, because the fireworks started and the music swelled. He was standing behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. He said "Sarah, I have something to ask you before this starts" He got on one knee and proceeded to say a string of lovely words that I'm sure were a cohesive sentence but I didn't hear a word. I burst into tears and started fanning my face saying "Oh my gosh oh my gosh" over and over and over. He finally had to remind me to actually *answer* to which I said YES! Over and over and over!
We watched the fireworks and cried, hugged. It was beautiful. I hadn't even noticed that during the proposal there were pictures being taken. And thats one of my favorite parts...so let's back up to Brandon getting drinks before dinner.
While he was at the bar, he was transferring the ring from the soft pouch to the hard box. A gentleman was at the bar as well and saw the transfer. "You're popping the question tonight?" he asked and Brandon with a big grin on his face said yes, he was asking me to be his wife tonight. He wished Brandon luck and they parted ways. Well, he decided to capture that special moment for us himself. He stood behind Brandon and snapped tons of pictures on his camera. Then after the fireworks as we were all walking back into California Grill, he handed Brandon his business card and said to e-mail him for the pics. He wishes us the best and said he hoped to see us there again someday with our future children. Cue more crying! It was one of the most amazing moments of my life and this stranger caught it on film for me! Can't believe it
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