a bit of alison and tony

Three years ago today Tony asked me to be his wife :) He asked my dad for his permission on a Wednesday (quick side note: when Tony told me that he asked my dad for permission we were sitting by a lighthouse at Silver Lake and both got pooped on by a seagull- ha!), we shopped for rings on Thursday, and the week that followed is what we consider our “engagement week.” We knew that it would be official soon and we were both beaming with excitement all week. Tony made plans to have a hot date every night after we picked out my ring so that I wouldn’t know when it was coming.

We planned on going to South Haven on the Thursday of that week, but canceled our plans that morning because the weather was kind of overcast. Tony came over and decided “last minute” that we should just head out there anyway since we didn’t have anything else to do. I told him he couldn’t propose because I my nails hadn’t been done yet and he said no problem, he hadn’t ordered the ring yet.

We walked down the pier and took some pictures (because Tony knew I would want some pictures of the night!), ate dinner at Clementine’s, the restaurant where we had our first real date, then drove down to beach to watch the sunset. Tony took a blanket out of the trunk of my car and to my surprise pulled out his guitar as well.

We found a nice spot on the beach, laid out the blanket, and hung out for a while before Tony told me he had something for me. He took out his guitar and began to play, singing a song he had written just for me and this night. I was trying to soak in every second and listen to every word, but I also couldn’t help but think that if tonight isn’t the night this is a very mean trick!! It turned out it was, as the last few lines of the song said, “Alison will you please wear my ring?” Then he stood me up, got down on his knee with a beautiful sparkling ring, and asked me again to marry him. We hugged, kissed, stared at my ring, prayed, and spent some time on the beach just the two of us before we headed back home to start sharing the news.

We quickly set the date for January 7, 2006 and began planning our wedding day!

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