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She said yes!

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Shannon Larratt

Let’s hope that it wasn’t under duress, haha (emphasis: joking!!!!). I don’t know if I’d want to answer big questions suspended!

Justin (even “down on one knee”) proposed to Ashleigh during their double suicide suspension — her response… “Yes! I love you….. but i’m going to pass out now…” Assisted by Amy, Natalie, and Terry of Twisted Images in Louisville, KY (I wonder if they were as surprised as Ashleigh or if they were in on it?).

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60 responses to “She said yes!”

  1. katie Avatar
    katie

    awwww i want to be proposed to in a mod-related way
    what a great guy to do that! haha and i love her response!

  2. katie Avatar
    katie

    awwww i want to be proposed to in a mod-related way
    what a great guy to do that! haha and i love her response!

  3. Em Avatar
    Em

    I was proposed to in the normal way *sigh* Hey, let’s do it again!
    I agree that it looks like she’s shrugging “Honey, will you marry me?” “Meh”

  4. Em Avatar
    Em

    I was proposed to in the normal way *sigh* Hey, let’s do it again!
    I agree that it looks like she’s shrugging “Honey, will you marry me?” “Meh”

  5. Malice Alice Avatar
    Malice Alice

    Yay!

  6. Malice Alice Avatar
    Malice Alice

    Yay!

  7. broken_wings Avatar
    broken_wings

    and suddenly there was a question and two people hanging in the air…

  8. broken_wings Avatar
    broken_wings

    and suddenly there was a question and two people hanging in the air…

  9. Justin Routte Avatar
    Justin Routte

    wow, i was just messing around tonight and ran across these pics. i didnt know you posted them up on here.

    I’m justin the guy in the shots.

    Amy and natalie were in on it from the begining and worked very hard to make sure the day was everything i wanted it to be.

    just to add a little bit to the story, Terry James, who helped with the suspension is actually ashleigh’s ex! She and i got together VERY shortly after they broke up. It was REALLY grown up of him to OFFER to help me with this. He had the experiance to make sure that we were doing this safely. He actually wiped the sweat off my face as i was asking her!!!

    and as a side note, there will be no suspension wedding, It will be @ YEW DELL GARDEN in Crestwood, Kentucky on 08-08-2008.

  10. Justin Routte Avatar
    Justin Routte

    wow, i was just messing around tonight and ran across these pics. i didnt know you posted them up on here.

    I’m justin the guy in the shots.

    Amy and natalie were in on it from the begining and worked very hard to make sure the day was everything i wanted it to be.

    just to add a little bit to the story, Terry James, who helped with the suspension is actually ashleigh’s ex! She and i got together VERY shortly after they broke up. It was REALLY grown up of him to OFFER to help me with this. He had the experiance to make sure that we were doing this safely. He actually wiped the sweat off my face as i was asking her!!!

    and as a side note, there will be no suspension wedding, It will be @ YEW DELL GARDEN in Crestwood, Kentucky on 08-08-2008.

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