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As I mentioned earlier here's Jenny's side of the proposal story ....
Sunday, December 17,
2006:
It was a typical Sunday
afternoon as I waited around after church for Ed to finish with a meeting. I
didn’t mind waiting this time since I knew we were going down to the city for
ice-skating and a belated birthday dinner. This would be my first time on the
ice this winter, and I was looking forward to seeing the Michigan Ave Christmas
lights. Driving down there I got a bit tired and fell asleep. I didn’t realize
while I slept we had passed a car that had caught on fire (as Ed told me
later). I guess I was pretty tired—and perhaps not as excited as I had earlier
thought.
We finally arrived at Millennium Park, and found it to be very crowded
despite the fairly warm weather. Since
Ed and I brought our own ice-skates, we didn’t have to wait in the long line
for skate rentals. Ed decided that he
really had to use the bathroom so he left me sitting on a bench to put on my
skates. I waited quite awhile without any idea of anything suspicious. Ed came back out of the bathroom saying the bathroom
line was way too long and he was going to go walk around to find another
bathroom elsewhere. I didn’t think too
much of it except perhaps Ed really did need to use the bathroom very badly. So
I continued to sit and wait and watch the people around me. Finally, I saw Ed walking toward me but
realized that he was walking out from a door that led to the back room of the
rental skating area. I asked him why he
was coming out from there and Ed casually replied that he had asked someone
that worked there and they told him there might be a bathroom in the back that
he could use. This reply was very
strange and I thought to myself “Hmm, did
Ed really need to use the bathroom that badly? And why would they let him use
the private bathroom in the back—was he that special to them?” Of course, I
just kept these thoughts to myself and waited for Ed to put on his skates. While
Ed was putting on his skates, a person who worked at the rink started walking
toward Ed. I noticed that Ed quickly jumped up and walked toward him as
well. Conveniently, Ed used his back to
block my view of their conversation. Now I was really beginning to think
something was going on, yet I decided not ask too many questions.
So Ed and I
finally got onto the ice and skated around for a bit. I noticed that there were
tons of people around and I was focusing on not running into people. While
skating, I saw the same worker who was talking to Ed earlier come right up to
him and give Ed his camera. Now I was
really suspicious of something, and thinking to myself “When did Ed ever give that guy his camera? And why would he? And if
there was something going on, why was this particular guy acting so non-chalent
I was right there with Ed?!” Now I was very confused yet continued to be suspicious.
 As is my tendency, I just kept things to
myself and continued skating. So we
skated and skated around and around. At
one turn of the rink, Ed pointed out to me a song that was being played—“Come
What May” from Moulin Rouge. Ed knew I
liked this song, so I thought it was mere coincidence that the rink was playing
it. However, Ed took my hand and he
slowly pulled me toward the center of the ice rink.
From there everything was a blurr—I just
remember him pulling out and opening a jewelry box, getting down on one knee, smiling
and mumbling something, me nodding while staring at something big and glittery
inside the jewelry box, and everyone around us cheering and yelling! I wasn’t
quite sure what to do afterwards except stand there and smile next to Ed. A
lovely lady with a nice camera was there to capture the moment for us.
Soon after, Ed took me to a fancy restaurant
called NOMI for dinner, and we enjoyed the rest of the night dining on good
food and looking out the lovely window view over Michigan Avenue. From a typical Sunday
afternoon of waiting for Ed to a nice fancy meal and an exquisite ring on my
left hand, the day turned out to be quite Spectacular
Spectacular! =D
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