Jason and I met at our former place of employment back in June of 2004. By coincidence Jason had tickets to see a concert by “LIVE” and had initially planned to go with his mate Martin. However Martin cancelled at the last moment and Jason asked me instead! Our official first date…

Jason proposed to me on August 8, 2006, on the beach here in Manhattan Beach right down the street from our home.

We were walking back home on the strand after having dinner with my family at Mama D's and Jason asked me if I wanted to take a walk on the beach. Of course my response was “…and get our feet dirty?” He managed to convince me to step on the sand and then he said “…I need to tie my shoe.” He was wearing sandals though! And then he got down on one knee and asked me with his mother's ring.

I later found out that Jason had even asked my dad for permission to marry me and that the two of them managed to keep it a secret until after Jason and I announced it to everyone else!

~ JoAnn