5 years ago

In 2004 on the day after thanksgiving trevor proposed to me on that very rock on the beach by my parents (then) newly bought beach house! this picture was taken a few weeks afterwards. there were no photos that day since it was a totally private proposal. just like i wanted it! it was just the two of us. have i told you this story? i knew we were going to get married from the first time i met trevor-july 4th 2004. i even told people that i would marry him. they thought i was a crazy. who's crazy now? anyways. so i had been putting pressure on trevor that he HAD to propose by Christmas because otherwise i wouldn't have enough time to plan our dream wedding. i was very focused and a tad psycho, and he loved me anyway.

so, we planned for our families to meet up at thanksgiving at the beach house in aptos. trevor flew out to fresno the same day i flew to sacramento for thanksgiving break. his flight left a few hours earlier than mine. my mom picked me up in sacramento and then took me shopping, no big deal. but then we also went to lunch, which was unusual because my mom is not really a go out to lunch person. it's just not her thing. but i was excited about it and thought she just really missed me while i was away at school. well, maybe she did, but that wasn't the reason. she was stalling.

trevor and his dad drove up to lodi so that trevor, because he is classy, could ask my dad face to face about proposing to me. everyone kept the secret really well. dad even threw me off the trail by asking me after i got home, so do you think trevor will want to talk to me soon about proposing? and i told him maybe Christmastime! ha ha ha. so then, we are all at the beach house, and trevor says he wants to walk on the beach. awww. i thought he was so sweet.

on our way he stops to get his backpack from the car and tells me that he got me a present! and i'm like crap! i didn't get you anything! were we supposed to get thanksgiving gifts? no one told me! so we get to the beach, it's sunset, we sit on our rock. he tells me he loves me and pulls out a little black box and i'm thinking: he got me earrings! how exciting! or maybe a necklace. (really, that's what i thought) then i open the box and the ring was so beautiful i for some reason thought he got me a fake ring and was fake proposing because i had put so much pressure on him and i thought, not funny! but only for a split second (literally) because then i looked at him and he said "alisha, will you marry me!" and he told me that i looked completely shocked and said "what? of course! yes!" and it was perfect. and i was only 21(almost 22, really) and he had just turned 24. and that's our beachy proposal story. i love trevor so much and i am looking forward to our 5th wedding anniversary next year!