Tieing The Knot, April 9th, 2007

Surprise!!

So Erhan decided to really surprise me this time…

As everyone knows, Erhan and I spent a glorious 7 days at the Allegro Papagayo Resort in Guanacaste, Cost Rica! And it was even more glorious than I could’ve imagined because of what I’m about to tell you! First of all, it was a battle to get there—my parents had issues with me going on a vacation with Erhan because of our standing before the trip—but then after Erhan had spoken with my dad a few times, they seemed to have come around and thought it would be alright. So off we flew from LAX to Houston and then Liberia…

When we eventually got to the hotel, we were pleasantly surprised with a bottle of champagne in our room! And the room was gorgous—we were on the top floor overlooking the ocean (Gulf of Mexico), the beach and the really beautiful swimming pool at the resort.

View from the room


The room had a Spanish design and feel to it—so romantic! Well we spent the first couple of days getting to know the place, relaxing into it, enjoying the all-inclusive meals at the resort, the beach, pool and our view! We loved the view so much that we decided one night to sit on our private balcony and take it all in as we reminisced about our past 2 years together and how we still enjoy so much being together and sharing this life. We stared at the stars so far away, and thought how one day far away we could still be together….I took a moment to look down and suddenly Erhan was on his knee! And with a diamond ring in his hand—to my content, a diamond much brighter than the stars we watched!! He was asking me to marry him—I was in some state of shock because I couldn’t answer! I looked at the ring, then back at him, then at the ring then at him—believe me I wanted to also completely enjoy the moment. After making him suffer for a bit, I said yes! It was such a fun moment that we decided to take some pictures to keep that forever.

Knee Down


We got to enjoy the rest of our trip as an engaged couple—as fiancee’s! We went to Nicaragua, Liberia, Coco Beach, Santa Cruz and Tamarindo as fiancee’s! It was a lot of fun. Well, I later found out that Erhan had asked my parents for permission to ask me, and told them that it would happen in Costa Rica, and they felt A LOT more comfortable with things after that.

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