On a late summer evening in Seattle, Josh Sapien took girlfriend Cairi to watch the sun set at Queen Anne's Kerry Park with a little something up his sleeve. As they sat together overlooking the city, a photographer approached them with an unusual request. Claiming to be from a local magazine and scouting the park for an upcoming photo shoot and article, he wondered if Josh and Cairi would pose for a few test shots. Cairi, a local photographer herself, thought the whole thing was a little odd but was willing to help out a fellow artist in need.

As they smiled for the camera, the photographer told them that the story was going to be about proposals, and asked if Josh would mind getting down on one knee? Would he mind pretending to propose? Would he mind using this ring he just happened to have with him? Just to get a great test shot to show his editor, of course! As the photographer walked over and handed Josh a ring, a real sparkling diamond ring, Cairi began to get the picture. Already down on bended knee, Josh professed his love and asked Cairi to be his wife, and all the while the mystery photographer (an old friend of Joshs from high school) snapped happily away. Married three years this summer, Josh and Cairi have a fantastic proposal story to tell, and they even have pictures to go with it!

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