After a long 10-hour drive from Utah to California, we stopped at Newport Beach before heading to our hotel in Anaheim. We pull into the parking lot, the sunset is beautiful and the sound of the waves hitting the sand, it was a perfect day. We all get out of the car and race toward the water! Chris, however, stayed behind "going to the bathroom" to distract everyone from seeing the tiny box he pulled out of his bag. He finally meets us at the shore as we are messing around and taking pictures. He whispers to my mom to start recording because he has a surprise, my mom got super excited and started recording... or so she thought. My sister, on the other hand, got the memo as well and started recording as my mom pretended to take pictures of us when suddenly Chris got down on one knee. I was so surprised I had no idea what to say, neither did Chris. After about 30 seconds I finally regain myself and say yes, Chris is shaking as he carefully slips the beautiful 3-tiered ring onto my ring finger.