Friday, March 1, 2002 was the first day of my Spring Break. I had an exam that afternoon and then I went down to see Jim for the weekend. When I arrived and after we brought my things in from my car, Jim asked me to come up to his room with him. As I walked up the stairs, I could see a vase full of roses on a chair by his bed. I later found out that there were dozen red roses and some ivy in that vase. On the bed was a very cute teddy bear that was holding three red roses in it's hand. I sat down on the bed and Jim got down on both knees in front of me and asked me to marry him as he opened up the box with the ring in it. At this point, he claims that my jaw hit the floor because I liked the ring so much. It's probably true, the ring is one of the most beautiful rings I've ever seen. At some point I must have said yes and then Jim put the ring on my finger. It fit perfectly! It was such a wonderful proposal and I am lucky to be marrying such a great guy!

Here are some pictures of the ring and other things from a few days after the proposal (except the first one, that was taken before I ever saw the ring and the finger in the picture is his because he scanned it in to show some people at work).