THE STORY
Secretly, I knew. I never really have admitted that I knew, but I did. Tim proposed on Valentine’s Day 2008. We went to lunch (because I had to work evening shift at the jail) at O’Donnell’s in Gaithersburg, Maryland. That morning he left the house to run “an errand” and I was surely suspicious. I searched around the house for my ring, but never found it. On the way to the restaurant, he said “I called again and got us a seat by the fire”. Confirmed, I knew it would happen. I kept glancing to his pocket to see if I could see “the box”, no luck though. I went back and forth saying in my mind, “it’s going to happen, I know it”…and then “no it’s not, don’t get your hopes up”…
We got a great seat, by the fire, all alone. I tried to not get myself excited but I couldn’t help it. We looked at the menu and I tried to make small talk when Tim practically threw is menu down. I looked at him and I just said, “You decided already”? (since he is Mr. Undecided, like I didn’t know what was coming)..and he stretched out and said “There’s something I need to do first..” I thought I would die. He got up all shy and his face turned red. He was shaking and he bent down and said, “Holly, you make me the happiest guy in the world and I wouldn’t be complete without you by my side. Will you marry me?” My heart sank, and I said, “Yes”.
OUR ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS
-taken a month before the wedding (we were waiting for a beautiful, warm day). They are very much out of order and this is only a few of the whole shoot.
