How we got engaged...

Colin started bugging Lynn one morning, saying she didn't have any other rings than the two she wore all the time. Sure she did, she insisted while searching through her jewelry boxes, but Colin was right!

"I have a ring for you!" Colin called from the kitchen. He produced a ring configured from a bread twist-tie and placed it on Lynn's ring finger. It dawned on Lynn: Colin was trying to figure out her ring size! "If you need to know my ring size," she told him, "it's size nine." They laughed and then hugged, then after their hug they both knew they were getting engaged soon and were thrilled.

They were going to be taking a trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto for their two year anniversary on July 1, 2007. Lynn thought Colin would propose to her then, but she couldn't wait to know, so she searched their apartment. Turns out Lynn is not a very good searcher. She looked in Colin's pants drawer -- where the ring was -- but she couldn't find it!

So off then went to Canada with Lynn uncertain if they were getting engaged. They were going to a romantic restaurant in Niagara Falls, a positive sign toward engagement, but during dinner Colin said he had PLANNED to propose during the trip, but "didn't have his act together." It was looking like it wasn't going to happen...

After dinner they walked down toward the falls, where Colin suggested a carriage ride...another positive sign, but who knew at this point? But as a horse-drawn carriage took off along the falls, Colin took a small box from his pocket and popped the question. Lynn obviously said yes.