We went to Napa with Leah's parents for her birthday. Our first stop was Norma's (Leah's mum) favorite, Peju. After an awesome food and wine tasting we went out to walk about the area and enjoy another glass of vino. Kevin (Leah's dad) was wandering through the vineyard, as he is wont to do, and we were teasing him that he shouldn't be in there; there were no paths, and a little gate was closed.

We finally managed to pester him out of there and then Leah found a bell that she, of course, had to ring. She goes, "I'ma ring this bell!" And ran over to it like a weirdo. Then she quickly changed her mind as she saw one of the staff members coming out of the building. The staff member (who turned out to be the director of guest experience) goes, "Ring that bell girl! And while you're at it take a walk through the vineyard and take some photos. The mustard blossoms are blooming and it's absolutely gorgeous." At that point, it had been raining all winter and that was the first time we had seen the sun in about a month. It was absolutely perfect.

So Ian goes, "Think your mom will take some photos of us? It is pretty beautiful out, we could get some cool shots here." Ian rarely asks for photos, so Leah got all excited that he was being romantic -none the wiser. So he's got his bag on (because Leah doesn't carry a purse...) and she was like, "Can you take your glasses off and put your bag down for a nice picture?" And he does. He starts fumbling around, going, "I can't get my sunglasses case out of here," and so he gets down on the ground.

Next thing she knows he's on one knee saying the most romantic things to her and she basically blacked out because it was the most amazing moment of her life. Leah's parents had no idea this was happening, so Norma was freaking out, trying to take pictures and she managed to capture the perfect moment. It was absolutely perfect.

We came out of the vineyard and told the staff, thank you because if it hadn't been for her this wouldn't have happened at such a beautiful moment. She popped open a bottle of bubbly and she and some other staff celebrated with us. It was a very cool experience.

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