**This was taken directly from my blog, which I wrote the DAY he proposed**
I don't even know where to start. It's hard to find words to describe how you feel when you are already so incredibly happy that words can't describe it.
Jason proposed to me tonight. On 11/11/11. On the most perfect day possible (for us) to propose. I said yes (duh)! And of course, there is a story....
Jason and I have talked about getting married. Originally, a while ago, I thought that maybe, just maybe, he'd propose to me on 11/11/11 (we have the special 11:11 thing that we do every day to tell each other "I love you" or "miss you" or some romantical thing that just makes you sigh cuz you love each other so much...) However, this whole idea got thrown from my head when I had someone inquire about her wedding on 11/12/11 (I work as a wedding planner part time). Knowing that I'd be tied up on 11/11/11 if I worked the wedding. I asked him if it was "okay" for me to work this wedding (as in, did I have anything else going on), and he said it was okay to do. So right then and there, I just figured that it wouldn't happen on that day (and you have to realize this whole thought process happened MONTHS ago).
Fast forward to Monday. I'm at work. My dad called me to see about watching his dog over the weekend. After we had that "settled", he says to me... "so, about this wedding". My first thought was that he was referring to the wedding I have coming up in a couple of weeks (a HUGE wedding, btw). Then, he says "No, Jason...." and I was like, uh.... and he goes "shit. you don't know, do you?" I seriously tear up and start shaking. My dad now feels terrible and tells me he feels like an ass. He also talks to me for the next twenty minutes to try and get my mind off of what information accidentally slipped his mind. That didn't happen. I'm all nervous, giddy, excited. My next thought? I have to mess with Jason.
So, on Wednesday, I text him while he's at work (I'm at work too), and I tell him that one of my co-workers needs Friday off and did we have anything planned, or was it okay that I switched. Here's why I messed with him.... I knew 100% that he would propose today. It's 11/11/11. A very "special" day for us. I wanted to see if I could get ANY kind of info out of him. Didn't work. We had planned dinner, but I told him we could do it on a different day. He was like, "okay". So now I'm like crap. This is either of two situations: the first, he's really NOT proposing on 11/11/11. The other, he's freaking out because I've ruined his plans now. So a while later, I tell him that my co-worker doesn't need to switch. He then starts saying that we should go to the beach of Friday. To "exercise" (we used to walk on the beach every so often as exercise)... Uh huh. There was my sign.
So, of course, the weather changes. It's cold. It gets dark early.
Jason gets home from work. I've had a stressful day (my family and Thanksgiving has been nothing but a head ache today). I'm in a tank and jeans, and he says we should go outside to look at the moon because its really pretty. I complain bc its cold. I don't want to go out in the cold (honestly, I was nervous bc I knew what was coming). But, I go to grab my shirt from earlier, and slide my boots on. By this time, he's back in the house. I get up, and I get some water for the boys, and then some food. He's kinda just standing watching me at this time. As I am filling up the water bottle for the boys, I ask if he wants to go to the fair. (Small backstory: state fair is in town, and I mentioned something about it as I passed it on my way home from work the other night, and Jason said it could be fun to go). He agrees. I tell him that I need to go change my shoes, because I'm not walking around the fair in the boots I had on. He grabs me and says "I'm not waiting any longer for this" (I'm already crying) He gets down on his knee, and he says "Ashley Nicole Ondera, will you be my wife?" (or something along those lines, cuz now I'm crying a lot) I cry some more, kiss him bunches (I totally make him stay down on his knee) and then I say yes.