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Gina Kirschenheiter and Travis Mullen are engaged after greater than six years of courting, following a New Yr’s Eve proposal in Large Bear, California.
Amid a household ski trip, Travis, 40, popped the query to the 41-year-old Actual Housewives of Orange County star with a 6-carat oval-cut diamond engagement ring after the 2 of them, and their mixed six kids, received all dressed up for a “Fancy Dinner Evening,” which has been a convention for his or her household lately.
“I used to be in full shock!” Gina admitted to PEOPLE on January 7. “My nervous system was attempting to catch as much as what simply occurred on this magical second and I used to be additionally attempting to course of the iceberg that was being offered to me as nicely! I in fact mentioned ‘sure,’ and melted into what was the sweetest kiss I’ve ever felt!”
Gina and Travis had traveled to Large Bear with their youngsters, together with Nick, 13, Sienna, 11, and Luca, 10, whom she shares with ex-husband Matt Kirschenheiter, and Presley, 14, Bennett, 12, and Joey, 9, whom he shares with ex Meghan Mullen, and had deliberate for a surf-and-turf meal forward of the ball drop. However simply earlier than dinner, Travis prompt the group go outdoors for a photograph.
Travis “is large on custom and capturing considerate moments and core recollections,” so it “didn’t strike [her] as bizarre” that he would wish to take a pic. However when Travis “grabbed” her, Gina instantly “knew one thing felt totally different.”
After sharing “quite a lot of lovely romantic issues” with Gina, Travis, who alerted their youngsters to his plan earlier than performing it out, received down on one knee.
“The three of us hugged all teary-eyed and glad, after which walked again into the home the place all the opposite youngsters had been ready and commenced to hold forth their New Yr’s Eve horns and launch off confetti poppers!” Gina shared. “It was excellent! It meant a lot to be there as a household celebrating all collectively. We had been all so glad. Actually a pinnacle second.”
After the engagement, Gina, Travis, and the kids “celebrated all evening,” which made the ball drop really feel “rather more particular, intentional and united.”
The next day, Gina and Travis took half in a photoshoot in honor of their milestone second.
“It was so enjoyable to recreate the second the following morning, making Large Bear a particular place for our household any more,” Gina famous.
As for her engagement ring, which Travis made in partnership with Wove, the middle diamond was set in 18K yellow gold, surrounded by three diamonds on all sides, representing their youngsters, and featured a four-prong setting to indicate oneness.
“From the very starting, this ring was about way over carat weight or aesthetics — it was about which means,” Bernie Dufrene, CEO of WoveMade.com, defined. “Travis was extremely intentional in wanting each element to mirror his love for Gina and the blended household they’ve constructed collectively. The six diamonds flush set into the band characterize their kids, whereas the middle stone represents Gina and Travis as one. Our function at Wove was to translate that degree of thoughtfulness and emotion right into a timeless design that tells their story in a means that feels each deeply private and enduring.”
“The ring is completely excellent!” Gina added. “The thought he put into it blows my thoughts.”
The Actual Housewives of Orange County season 20 is anticipated to start filming someday early this yr.
