The Sunset Engagement

We departed at 5 in the morning to make our 8 am flight. Tim and Lilian dropped us off. After a 5.5 hour flight, we arrived in Hawaii at noon. Supposedly, my family were all at school or working; so Paul and I decided to drive around and visit some easy spots like Pali Lookout and Kailua Beach. We took a whole bunch of pictures, and just enjoyed taking in the greenness of Hawaii. Paul really wanted to see the sunset; so we drove back to Waikiki. There was a lot of time to kill. We walked all over the place, and Paul made me change locations saying that there were too many people or the kids were too loud or the view wasn't that great. I guess, I should have been suspicious. Well, it was almost sunset, and I was ready with my camera to capture it. Paul suddenly turns to me and said, "I didn't bring you to Hawaii for only your birthday..." He takes out this small box from the backpack that he carried all day. I screamed, "What is that? Is that what I think it is? Oh my GOD!" Paul got down on one knee, and said, "Donna, will you marry me?" I was in complete shock. I thought how did I not see this coming. I started throwing a whole bunch of questions at him, and he tried his best to answer. I asked, "Did you ask my dad?" He told me the story about his phone call with my dad, which I'll tell later. Paul then said, "You didn't even look at the ring?" I was kind of afraid that I was dreaming this whole thing, and I didn't want to wake up. I looked at the ring, and it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I let him put it on. He turned to me, and said, "You didn't even say "yes." And I gave him a huge hug, and said, "YES!! Yes, of course I will marry you." I cried. I admit it. It was the sweetest, most thoughtful thing I've ever encountered in my life. I accosted a stranger and asked him to take our picture. Then, we had to leave right away to meet up with my family at the Willows Restaurant. It was so memorable!!