Proposal: Part 4 of 8 - The Idea of how and when to propose

Posted Apr 19, 2008 by Herbie — Comments (0) — Filed under: Personal

On February 4th I contacted my friend Joel in Colorado for some specific information regarding Lego’s.  Yes, Lego’s .  You see, Joel proposed to his wife using Lego’s  and I always thought that was so cool and I always wanted to do something with Lego’s for my proposal.  I had found an idea online that involved a ring made of Lego’s and I asked Joel if he had any of these spare parts.  He didn’t but he directed me to Brick Link.  It is a wonderful site that allows people like myself who just need some exact specific pieces to buy them.  THANKS JOEL!  So on Tuesday, March 4th I purchased the pieces I needed and waited eagerly for them.  In the mean time, I began that night to construct my own ring - keeping in mind the ring that Lisa liked in Marshfield.

Also On Tuesday, March 4th I was pacing back and forth at home wanting to nail down an idea for a proposal (the Lego Ring I knew was not enough).  I had several ideas floating around my head (one even involving a state trooper I met in Spooner, WI) but as all guys do, we want to make it romantic and memorable as we can for our girl.  Then it hit me - why not use the entire staff of Camp Forest Springs…

You see, Lisa and I dated for about a month before the entire staff knew we were dating.  In my words “I was scared of how the staff would react - especially if both Lisa and I were not sure if this would work out between us.”  You see, well intended people can make singles really uncomfortable - especially in a Christian community.  We figured that it would also be fun to see how long we could keep it a secret.  Well, the fun was losing its’ fun-ness after about a month and so we began one-by-one telling as many staff personally as we could before I actually announced it in a staff meeting.  Yes… at a staff meeting.

OK, back to the original story… I thought, “You know, the staff have been such a large part of our lives that it would make it so special to involve them in the proposal.”  Then the ideas came flooding in.

On Wednesday, March 5th, I went to Dave Hopkins to see when could we pull this off.  We looked at the days off schedule to see what days would include the most of the staff as possible.  There were two, March 26th and 27th.  Then I began telling Jesse if he would be willing to be a waiter for the event.  Well, then I just went nuts and started to tell at least half the staff that day my idea and all were excited to be a part of it- and Obviously making it very clear not to tell anyone - I tried to make it as clear as I could “I WOULD TELL Everyone.” But, you know how well you can contain a wedding proposal secret - especially at the magnitude this was turning out to be.  I must say though - The Staff really did an amazing job pulling this off (even if there were a few loose lips ).  I confess, I told some people too that were outside our community (even one of my computer suppliers in Arizona ).  Lisa, by the way, was at work this entire week as I was explaining my plan one by one to everybody. I think by that Friday - everybody that had been working at camp knew the proposed plan (except one ).

This is a picture of the Lego ring on Lisa’s hand - um… yes, I do know now that it is on the wrong hand AND no, the gold ring on her finger is not the ring I proposed with.  I’m saving that picture for Proposal: Part 8 of 8 coming soon

Please feel free to comment on each of these blogs - they certainly are an encouragement to Lisa and I.