May 3, 2008
Tanya & Mark

How we met

Mark and I met at the casino where we both worked, I had probably been working there for a little over a year and had honestly never really even noticed Mark, mostly because we usually worked different shifts. Well one night I finished up work and a few of us decided to go out for a drink at a local hole. I was sitting there talking away when I noticed Mark standing in the the corner, he looked super cute, he had on a pair of jeans, his grey wool sweater, and his hat was on backwards, didn't talk to him that night, but I definetely did take notice of him. 

Then a few nights later we worked together again, and we were both stationned on the floor to wander aimlessly around the casino, so we decided to walk around together, which is a big no no, but I honestly didn't care, so we walked around together for a good 4 hours at least, then Mark decided to make his move, he asked me if I wanted to come to the Union meeting with him that very same day...I thought it kind of weird, but I guess he didn't want to come on too strong, so I agreed, and he drove me to my car that morning (after a midnight shift), I blurted out that I thought that we should go out for breakfast together instead, I think he liked that idea a little more, so we went to Husky's and I ate French toast, and he had a trucker special. We then decided to spend the day together at the Mall, needless to say, we were both probably exhausted from working all night, but it didn't show. 

Proposal Story

Well it all happened on September 27th, 2006. We had spent a day at Xcaret Park (while we were in Mexico) swimming in underground caves and whatnot, it started pouring rain so we decided to go back to the hotel. Our dinner reservation wasn't  for another 2 hours, since it stopped raining, he suggested we go out for a walk on the beach.  So we did.

We got down to the beach, the sky was really clear now, so the stars were out, the waves were calm, we were just walking along, when he says to me, why dont we go up the lifeguard tower to see a better view of the ocean. There was one chair in the lifeguard tower so he told me to sit down, while he just kinda kneeled in front of me. He just started saying, Tanya you know I love you so much...I said yes baby I love you too, he says as he is slipping the ring on my finger, will you marry me then? I had a look of shock on my face (or so I was told) I said Of course I will. YAY!!

 

This is a picture of the lifeguard tower...taken the next day.