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Did She Say Yes? Rare SoCal Snowstorm Prompts This Beautiful Wedding Proposal Story [PHOTO]
Last week's snowfall in Temecula made for some especially significant memories for some families. Here's one.

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:
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“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.
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The result was the beautiful photo attached to this article– and a YES from Samantha!
Congrats to the happy couple!
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