Dean decided to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Jennifer, at a resort in Aruba on her birthday. The proposal, however, was anything but ordinary.

After having her family lead her to the beach, she was given a video to watch. The “countdown” to the proposal begins at 3:15 of the video. Dean committed to letting Jennifer know every day for a year just how much he loved her before he actually got down on one knee.

14:25 of the video, after seeing bits and pieces of their life for an entire year, the video tells Jennifer to turn around. There Dean has spread flower pedals (and a group of beach on-lookers has gathered). He gets down on one knee as the sun is setting behind them, and (unsurprisingly) Jennifer says yes… much to Dean’s relief since he has such an audience at that point.

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite proposals. It takes a very strong man to follow this through for an entire year and not give away the game. Well done, Dean!

Emily