she s never where are you at, what are you doing? i don t know if she had a sixth sense of something going on. many nights that i was just like, god, i m just going to forget it and just do it, you know? because that was what was important. but matt stays true to his vision and is able to convince ginny s brother to take her to the movies and make certain that she is seated in a specific seat, designated to catch her reaction on camera as it s happening. thank goodness her brother, he got her right to where she needed to be, and the camera was hid. from there, it s lights, camera, reaction. i just want you to know that i love her, too, and i am by no means trying to steal her away from you. i had all these thoughts going through my head, and i obviously knew that was matt s voice. i want to spend the rest of my life with her. she has my heart. and i know it was my daddy s hands, so, i was in and out of belief and disbelief the whole time. may i have your daughter s ha
making the movies jealous. a love story so true, it couldn t have been written. in the faux trailer, matt asks ginny s dad for her hand in marriage. i d like to have yor blessing, sir, may i have your daughter s hand in marriage? then sets off to get his gal. i would love to have you as a son-in-law. there s a lot of things in that video that people don t know about, that there s a lot of deep meaning behind it, like where me and her dad are talking. that s a church camp that she grew up. what are you waiting for? their video short is full of twists, turns and even cinematic nuances. i said, wouldn t it be funny, there s all this anticipation, big build-up, right? he s coming. she knows by this time that he s coming to the theater, right? stops for popcorn and takes his time with it, you know what i mean? it had romance, it had suspense, it had comedy, it had everything wrapped up into seven minutes. however, creating the video is only half the job. the other half
come, and everybody s like, oh, we ve got to see it, you know? they saw it, all right. so did more than 20 million others. matt and ginny become overnight youtube sensations, scoring rave reviews from countless viewers. i think that it s good for people to see a true love story. the best e-mails that i ve received is from people that have been married for years and they say, you know, i was really in a slump with my marriage, and me and my wife, we watched your video, and it renewed, you know, our love for each other. people s girlfriends see that, and they re like, why didn t you do the matt still proposal, you know? it s like, how do you beat that, you know? there s a new video that the couple is watching over and over again these days, their wedding day, which took place on thanksgiving weekend 2011. and so, their love story continues. what matt does for me makes me feel like the luckiest woman in the world. i m still living a dream, because i get to marry the most inc
the other half, keeping ginny in the dark. see, if we call him matt, she s never like this. she s never where are you at, what are you doing? i don t know if she had a sixth sense of something going on. many nights that i was just like, god, i m just going to forget it and just do it, you know? because that was what was important. but matt stays true to his vision and is able to convince ginny s brother to take her to the movies and make certain that she is seated in a specific seat, designated to catch her reaction on camera as it s happening. thank goodness her brother, he got her right to where she needed to be, and the camera was hid. from there, it s lights, camera, reaction. i just want you to know that i love her, too, and i am by no means trying to steal her away from you. i had all these thoughts going through my head, and i obviously knew that was matt s voice. i want to spend the rest of my life with her. she has my heart. and i know it was my daddy s hands
hand in marriage? you have my permission. when he was like, what are you waiting for and matt started running, that s when i was like, oh, gosh, he s coming here. he s coming to ask me. matt enters the theater just at the right moment and drops to one knee. would you give me the honor and will you marry me? then matt reveals the final surprise, an audience stacked with their family and friends, all seated in the back so ginny wouldn t notice them in the dark theater. [ cheers and applause ] and he turned me around and my family and friends were all up in the stands, and it was just an unreal moment. and like i said, i just, thinking back on it, i can t even believe that it happened. ginny says yes, and the mission is accomplished flawlessly. matt and michael post the video on the internet, complete with ginny s reactions. the only reason we even posted online was because there was some people that were supposed to be in the theater that day that weren t able to