lgbtlovecomesfirst:Adorable! Congratulations Bobbi Jo and Kara!LoveWins Flash mob: Proposal takes Ke
lgbtlovecomesfirst:Adorable! Congratulations Bobbi Jo and Kara!LoveWins Flash mob: Proposal takes Kentucky woman by surprise“When a dancer appeared in mid-July on the Belvedere, Bobbi Jo Saxon of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, thought little of it, as the popular Louisville attraction was busy with families and couples enjoying the afternoon.Saxon was there with her girlfriend, Kara Gilkey, and their son, Tristan, for his 2-year-old birthday photoshoot, when the music began and the dancer distracted the session.“Well, I thought we were doing family photos, and our 2-year-old was having a complete meltdown to the point where I thought we were just going to pack up and head home,” Saxon said. “Then all of a sudden, there’s dancers behind us and I think, ‘Oh this is cool. Let’s just watch them.’ I had no idea what was happening.”The dancer performing to “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, was joined by more and more dancers and eventually about 60 family and friends of the couple wearing purple shirts with “Keep calm and say I do” printed in pink on the front and “#Lovewins” on the back.That is when Saxon realized the performance was for her.“I saw people coming around the corner that I knew,” she said about the realization.The event organized by Gilkey was for a surprise marriage proposal, complete with hired flash-mob dancers.“I never dreamed of the day I would ever be able to marry you, especially in the state of Kentucky,” Gilkey said in the proposal. “On June 26, the Supreme Court of the United States decided our love was equal to others’ love.”A tearful Saxon said, “Yes.””Read the full story here | Watch the video hereSource: Wisconsin Gazette -- source link
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