How it happened!
We had planned a nice dinner with our good friends Matt and Jamie, since we rarely get a chance to hang out. I made the suggestion that we go to a nice Italian bistro at my work, Il Terrazzo. Everyone was excited to try it, and nobody realized that I had made the reservation a couple weeks prior (fortunately they agreed to the location).
I had scheduled for a private dining area away from the main restaurant, and had a beautiful display of flowers prearranged on the table. Since I had ordered flowers for our table in the past when we dined at my work, Samantha didn't think anything of it.
We enjoyed a great meal as well as a great time with our friends. Near the end of the meal, our server asked about dessert. Everyone was so full from dinner that they didn't know how we could possibly get dessert. Samantha mentioned "Dan always orders dessert, he can't resist." Promptly, I had excused myself to the restroom, and Jamie had mentioned that the restrooms were the other direction. Samantha said that since I worked there, I probably knew of another restroom.
Little did they know that I had used a back entrance to the kitchen to review the cake that I had ordered. Everything looked better than I had hoped, and I gave my consent to send it out. As the server was bringing the cake in the room, I stood outside the door of the private room and watched as he brought it the table. I overheard Samantha say "See, I told you he couldn't resist", but once she saw the writing on the cake, she said "What?!". Jamie was asking, "What does it say?", and just as they were reading the cake, I walked in behind Samantha and knelt down to one knee with the ring box in my hand.
Samantha had her hands on her face, and tears in her eyes as she looked over to me. She was nodding yes even before I was able to ask her, "Will you marry me?", which was good because I was choked up trying to get the words out. She was sobbing and said "YES!".
This was the most exciting moment of our lives and we hope you can join us at our wedding on June 6th, 2014!
I had scheduled for a private dining area away from the main restaurant, and had a beautiful display of flowers prearranged on the table. Since I had ordered flowers for our table in the past when we dined at my work, Samantha didn't think anything of it.
We enjoyed a great meal as well as a great time with our friends. Near the end of the meal, our server asked about dessert. Everyone was so full from dinner that they didn't know how we could possibly get dessert. Samantha mentioned "Dan always orders dessert, he can't resist." Promptly, I had excused myself to the restroom, and Jamie had mentioned that the restrooms were the other direction. Samantha said that since I worked there, I probably knew of another restroom.
Little did they know that I had used a back entrance to the kitchen to review the cake that I had ordered. Everything looked better than I had hoped, and I gave my consent to send it out. As the server was bringing the cake in the room, I stood outside the door of the private room and watched as he brought it the table. I overheard Samantha say "See, I told you he couldn't resist", but once she saw the writing on the cake, she said "What?!". Jamie was asking, "What does it say?", and just as they were reading the cake, I walked in behind Samantha and knelt down to one knee with the ring box in my hand.
Samantha had her hands on her face, and tears in her eyes as she looked over to me. She was nodding yes even before I was able to ask her, "Will you marry me?", which was good because I was choked up trying to get the words out. She was sobbing and said "YES!".
This was the most exciting moment of our lives and we hope you can join us at our wedding on June 6th, 2014!