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We left Northern VA in a blizzard — three feet of snow — and I actually paid my roommate to brave the weather and drive me to the airport in her SUV.  Everything was closed but we were determined to make this flight!  Our first flight out of Dulles was canceled because of the inclement weather, so I met John at the airport, we rented a car, and drove to Charlotte to catch another flight to Miami and then to St. Croix.  My first vacation in almost 4 years… *sigh*  🙂  Some friends of mine have a timeshare there and invited me, John, and his sisters.  We were super excited!  Little did I know that John had special plans of his own…

On Tuesday night we decided to dress up for dinner (they told me it was to celebrate an anniversary) and take some pictures outside on the beach.  I was in total work mode, snapping pictures of my friends and John’s sisters.  We were up on the balcony near the restaurant when John came up behind me, guitar in hand, and surprised me by singing a song he wrote and asking me to be his wife!  It was a perfect proposal, and I cannot wait to call him my hubby!

Engaged! | St. Croix

Here is one of the  videos we have from the proposal and the lyrics to John’s song below…  You’ll notice Eli off to the side, playing in his mom’s purse and taking an interest in everyone’s cleanliness.  He obviously didn’t realize what was going on  😀  And neither did we!  We were so focused in the moment, we didn’t hear him at all and certainly didn’t see him come up to us at the end…

There’s a hole in my head
Where the words used to live
So I’ll just pretend
That I’ve something left to give
To draw you in
To draw you in

‘Cause you take the words away
And leave me with nothing to say
The tune is all I can sing
‘Cause you take the words away

There’s a song in your sigh
Hear it calling out to me
With a power I can’t fight
Oh you barely have to breathe
To draw me in
To draw me in

‘Cause you take the words away
And leave me with nothing to say
The tune is all I can sing
‘Cause you take the words away

There’s a hole in my head
Where the words used to live
So I’ll, in their stead,
Offer all I have to give
To draw you in
To draw you in