I was already thinking about it when the perfect opportunity came up.
We'd been going out for almost a year, and decided that we had to stop
just talking about going to
Disneyland
and actually get down there. So
how could I pass it up? After all, that's where we had our first kiss
(OK, so it was two weeks apart, but that's a different story 
). So after
an enjoyable day at the park, as the evening was coming to a close, we
found ourselves alone at the Wishing Well next to Sleeping Beauty's
Castle. (OK, so there was a little bit of planning involved there, but it
really did just work out pretty well). We made our wishes, tossed in our
coins, and suddenly I was offering her a ring. She accepted it, and
yelled her "Thank you" back down the well.
I guess the first big thing in our engagement was the announcing to everyone. Since then, most of the engagement activities have been planning for the wedding, including seeing huge stacks of bridal magazines suddenly appearing on all flat surfaces of Jenn's condo.
The next big event in our engagement involved no planning from our
side. Sunday evenings are for nice quiet hanging out at home, right? Well
not if you ask our friends. They decided Sunday evenings are for surprise
parties. So we were given a very nice surprise
engagement party! Thanks to
everyone that made it, particularly those with the big guilty grins on their
faces :) We had a great time, even if we were sick of pizza for a while.
It's not directly related to the engagement, but I had a very nice Christmas Surprise.
We've been filling lots of our time lately (well, what's not spent on planning the wedding itself) doing various marriage prep activities. So far, we would recomend any of them to other engaged couples, at least as long as the couple is not anti-religion. The Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend was a very intense weekend, but we are glad we went. The four evening group counselling was much more relaxed, but still brought up good points for discussion. The sessions for Stanford with a professional marriage counsellor were very different from the other two programs, but also very informative in a different way.
Now we just have to all hope for nice weather that day, as the walk from parking can be a bit far. The parking in the oval in front of the church is limited, and there is a bit of a walk even from there. There shouldn't be any problem finding parking in the parking garage, but that's even further away. Here, a map should help. Memorial Church is pretty much in the middle of campus, at the base of The Oval. Please include the time it will take to walk from the car when you schedule your day. We walked from the parking garage to the church at a reasonable pace in about 10 minutes the other day.
Oh yeah, and the wedding coordinator for Memorial Church has requested that we make sure to let everyone know that flash photography is not allowed inside the church.
As far as food goes, I'm not sure what the current plan is. I've heard of having like a burrito bar, a sandwich bar, and appetizers. One of the rules of the location is no alcohol, but we'll have plenty of soda, punch, water, etc.
Parking may get a little tricky here, too, so carpooling is strongly encouraged. The church shares the parking lot with a YWCA, and they may be having activities going on there as well.
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