Today was a great day! I met Kim at her house today and we went out rollerblading. Actually it was more of me asking and asking her to go. It was looking like it was going to rain and I didn’t care I had something to ask Kim today. She suggested that we skate near her house and I kepts saying no let’s go to where we always skate (which happens to be the place where we would meet at least once a week when we first started dating). So she relented and off we went to go rollerblading. On our way out the door she asked me “why do we have to go there are you going to propose” to which I responsed “we are just going skating” with a giant grin on my face. Within one minute of skating Kim jokingly says to me “so are you gonna propose now”. (can’t suprise this girl can I) I replied back “would you like me to?”. I rolled around in front of her and got on one knee. She looked at me a little confused and I reached into my pocket and pulled out a bag-tie in the shape of a ring. (back-story — Kim once told a good friend of hers she knew she loved me because I could propose to her with a bag-tie and she would be thrilled). I said to Kim “you once told me that I could propose with a bag-tie and you would be happy” and she began to histerically laugh. I had the real ring hidden in my hand and it was attached to the bag-tie. As she was laughing at the bag-tie ring I said “well put on your ring”. She put out her hand and I slipped the bag-tie around her ring finger, as she pulled her hand away she realized there was more attached to the bag-tie. She flipped her hand over and saw the real ring hanging there and I got to see the look of surprise and shock as she suddenly realized I was asking her to marry me for real. Kim immediatly said yes and wrapped her arms around me. We skated to a bench that we used to sit on and just talk for hours and we sat down and let it all sink in. I can not express how happy Kim makes me, my life has been great since I met her and I can’t wait to get started with our life together. We are currenly searching for a house together and there are a lot of great changes that are happening in my life. Thank you Kim for making me so incredibly happy and I’m excited to love you for the rest of our lives together.

Ray