The Journey of Gus and Sam

This past week, Sam and I went to New York City to spend the holiday with her dad's side of the family. We arrived on Saturday, Dec. 23rd and headed immediately down to Times Square. Samantha's sister had seats for us to join them at the musical, Beauty & the Beast - with Donny Osmand as Gaston!!!

It was an amazing show...

We got something to eat at Ollie's Chinese restaurant and then headed over to Rockefeller Center. We waited for an hour and a half to actually skate on the rink which was easy given the 54 degree evening. The Christmas tree was all lit up, thousands of people bustled aroung the rink and lights all around ignited the sky with wonder and allure.

It was a magical night.

Once we were on the rink, I finally got an opportunity to pick up on a conversation that Samantha and I had been having for the past couple of weeks. As we talked, I positioned us into the middle of the ice rink to make my move.

As we talked, I got down on one knee and asked Samantha Delgadillo to marry me.

At first, she was taken back, eyes welling up with tears. That is until everyone around us stopped skating and the entire crowd around us broke into applause and cheers. Suddenly, her heart pounded, mind ran away and Samantha fought to stay focused.






I quietly said, this is the part where you take off your glove. The glove came off, I slipped on the ring, Samantha bent down and emphatically whispered in my ear, "YES!"



At that moment, I was unaware of all around us. I was caught up in the two of us, together.

We kissed, skated in a circle for a bit and then the first words from Samantha's mouth, "Alright, who was in on this? Did my dad know? Tim? Sandra? etc." ; )

Absolutely a surreal moment in time for all of us... More to come later!