Did She Say Yes? Rare Snowstorm Prompts This Beautiful Wedding Proposal Story [PHOTO]

PHOTO: A SoCal couple gets engaged at the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula, Calif. on Dec. 31, 2014.  COURTESY: Amber Thomas.

When Southern California residents awoke this New Year’s Eve to the region blanketed in white from a rare snowstorm, it made for many beautiful memories and photographs. And for one local couple, it was a life-changing day.

That’s because on Dec. 31, Peter “Scooter” Minegar took the opportunity to propose to Samantha Lawless in a snow-covered Temecula park, in a story best told by his sister, Amber Thomas:

“He had planned on proposing that evening and had made a beautiful plan for the day but then there was the snow,” Thomas told Patch. “So my mom and I woke him up and said, ‘you’ve GOT to do it in the snow’ (Sam has always said it would be a dream to get engaged in the snow).”

“While he picked her up, my mom, other brother and I went and hid in the bushes around the rose garden so we could take pictures of them,” she said.

The result was the beautiful photo attached to this article– and a YES from Samantha!

Congrats to the happy couple!