HE WENT TO JARED!

MARK AND I ARE ENGAGED! 

For those of you that don’t know, Mark and I are spending the long holiday weekend in Chicago (have I mentioned this is my FAVORITE city?) for a vacation as well as celebrating our anniversary.  Mark has never been here so i am very excited to show him everything!  We just arrived yesterday morning and it was much cooler than we expected, so we immediately changed from our short sleeves and flip flops to sweatshirts and tennis shoes.  Yesterday I had a few things to do for work so we grabbed lunch and I headed to my meetings.  Mark told me that we had dinner reservations at the Hancock building at 7:30pm then we were going to observatory deck afterwards.  I was very excited, as I have eaten dinner at this restaurant before and it is DELICIOUS.  It’s located on the 95th floor overlooking the entire city and lakeshore.  It was beautiful, we snagged a seat by the window and oooed and ahhhed over the view and the delicious meal.  We were able to see the sunset during dinner as well.  We then went down to the Cheesecake Factory and ordered some cheesecake to-go.  It was finally dark and we then went back up to the observatory for a nighttime view of the city from all angles.  Mark took me over to one side of the building where we were somewhat secluded.  (we rode the elevator up with a bunch of kids so we were trying to get away from them.    He began by explaining his unconditional love for me and how this past year has been the best and he wouldn’t want to spend his life with anyone else, blah, blah (I’ll keep the rest to myself).  He then gets on one knee and yes I am crying by this point.  I really couldn’t believe this was happening, the then puts this GORGEOUS ring on my finger and I of course said YES!  I am an emotional basket case by this point, I can only imagine what my makeup looks like.  I immediately told him I needed to go to the restroom to check my face.    I was so surprised, I really didn’t know what to do at this point.  I was so excited, I just looked at the ring for a few minutes, I couldn’t even focus on the view anymore.  So we took some pictures and headed downstairs so I could use the phone to call friends and family.  What a special moment and what a way to celebrate our anniversary and start the vacation! 

At the hotel before our first evening   

Our view during dinner   

    

            

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