We're officially engaged!!!Yup! Its true. After planning the wedding, getting the wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses, and getting a whole HOST of things ready in Thailand, we flew all the way to Seattle to reunite with Jake after 7 and a half months of being apart! Mom and Dad Mooney were there too along with Sammy and Kate! Jake and gotten flowers for both me and my mom, so Jake gave me mine and Sammy gave my mom hers.  We drove straight to the house at George Washington Inn and unloaded everything. Said goodnight around midnight, and got up pretty early the next morning. After talking with my family that was still in Thailand and then eating breakfast (Jake and Richard cooked!  ), we went over to the Inn to have lunch and take the tour. Hannah Mooney came over for that.  After lunch, Richard, Jake and I went down to the beach. After coming back up, Richard was panting and needed a drink! I convinced him to come with Jake and I over to the bluff so Jake and I wouldn't be alone. lol. So we walked along the cliff and then Jake suggested we sit at the picnic bench. Richard sat for a minute, then said he REALLY needed a drink. So... as he left I turned to Jake and asked, "Should we go in with him?". Jake said, "Naw, we can stay for a little bit. We're in plain sight." Then he said, "Oh! I've got something for you!" and pulled out a red envelope. Inside was a puzzle. Took me forever to get it together (a little 9-piece puzzle... all I can say is, I was jetlagged???? haha) and Jake even offered to help me. So, finally we got it put together and it had little cupids on it with an outside ring in the shape of a heart. The whole inside was blank white. So he gave me a little pen and said it had a secret message so I had to find out what it was. So I started rubbing the pen (it was similar to a highlighter, but all white) across the surface of the puzzle and I got "To: Amber From: Jake". Then the cupids had arrows pointed at each other across the page so I started at one point and started rubbing..."I... l... o..." I slowed down. "...v...e..." Almost stopped completely. "...y...o...u...!" Now... Jake and I had decided not to use the "L" word until after we were engaged. So... I guess I was still jet-lagged cuz I STILL wasn't putting two-and-two together! I turned and almost said "I thought we were going to wait?" When he said "I've got one more thing." And pulled out a little velvet-covered box. My mouth fell open. Jake and implied that we were going to pick out the ring together because he just couldn't decide what to get. But he said, "I love you, Amber. Will you marry me?" and opened the box to display the most elegant, beautiful ring I've ever seen. 
And I could hardly speak, but I finally got out a "yes" and he put the ring on my finger. I asked if anybody knew and he pointed at the Inn and said "Richard should be filming from one of those windows. ". lol! 
So... I was completely surprised... I never dreamed he would propose the FIRST day we were here! And he was counting on that. It was all perfect. Just perfect. Anyway... that's the news! I'll be catching you all around! You can check out Jake's site as well if you'd like. @mber | 
