The Story of
the Proposal
Matt proprosed on Yana's birthday — January 15th, 2015.
Yana and Matt went to dinner that night with her parents at a steakhouse in Denver. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Matt was constantly checking his phone, but since he sometimes has work issues to keep track of, it wasn't strange.
Yana didn't know that Matt was checking on progress with two of their friends (Amber and Dave) who swooped in while they were out of the house to set up a surprise!
When Matt and Yana arrived home, they walked in to see dimmed lights, a trail of rose petals leading into the living room, LED candles, rose vases on every surface, and a bottle of champagne on ice (along with a cake and some other dessert goodies!) Yana was completely oblivious, thinking it was still part of her birthday celebration.
Yana was surprised (to say the least) when Matt got down on one knee, and proposed to her in Russian. Despite having talked about marriage for a long time during their 4 years together, Matt was still incredibly nervous and shaking, and looked like he was about to burst into tears. Once Yana was able to get past the deluge of emotions, of course she said YES! They popped the champagne to celebrate, and indulged in the custom-made cake (a fun-bun and cuddle-bug — their nicknames for each other), before sharing the joyous news with friends and family.
Yana and Matt went to dinner that night with her parents at a steakhouse in Denver. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Matt was constantly checking his phone, but since he sometimes has work issues to keep track of, it wasn't strange.
Yana didn't know that Matt was checking on progress with two of their friends (Amber and Dave) who swooped in while they were out of the house to set up a surprise!
When Matt and Yana arrived home, they walked in to see dimmed lights, a trail of rose petals leading into the living room, LED candles, rose vases on every surface, and a bottle of champagne on ice (along with a cake and some other dessert goodies!) Yana was completely oblivious, thinking it was still part of her birthday celebration.
Yana was surprised (to say the least) when Matt got down on one knee, and proposed to her in Russian. Despite having talked about marriage for a long time during their 4 years together, Matt was still incredibly nervous and shaking, and looked like he was about to burst into tears. Once Yana was able to get past the deluge of emotions, of course she said YES! They popped the champagne to celebrate, and indulged in the custom-made cake (a fun-bun and cuddle-bug — their nicknames for each other), before sharing the joyous news with friends and family.
