a very special announcement

Ariel and Chris went to Costa Rica this past weekend. Ariel just called me, and after a while she told me that Chris proposed on a beach. I'm never sure I get stories the right way, and it is their story afterall to tell, but Ariel did call me before they left to say Chris had arranged to fly to Costa Rica and off they were going. They stayed in some national park a few miles from the coast in what I imagine must be tropical rain forest. One night they stayed on the beach and they walked to another, more secluded beach, wading through high tide to get to it. Chris had a ring made from some Ariel had looked at before, and he proposed on the beach. I asked Ariel what she said. She said, yes. A pretty nice story, even if I only have some of it right. They're thinking a summer wedding next year, in the San Juan Islands off Washington. Congratulations. We send our love.