A man chose the Royal Tyrrell Museum to keep a 27-year-old promise to his wife.
On Saturday, July 10, Mac Kuziw, brought his wife Kelly to the viewpoint at the Museum. This is the exact same place he asked Kelly to marry him 27 years ago.
“27 years ago Kelly and I went to the Museum, and I had gone to the gift shop at the time and purchased a ring. I was poor as a church mouse, I was an apprentice mechanic, and we were just starting out in life,” explains Mac. “With this ring from the gift shop, I presented it to her and asked if she would marry me.”
The two had been dating for about nine months, and in fact, Kelly’s father was Mac’s Fire Chief. He chuckles and says her dad wouldn’t allow any of his firefighters to date his daughter, So Mac asked her to marry him instead. Of course, she said yes.
“I put the ring on, and within an hour it was turning her finger green!” recalls Mac.
The two were married a couple years later and on July 6, celebrated their 25th anniversary. The couple started out in the Delburne area and then moved to Edmonton before settling on a ranch in the Lloydminster area. They have grown into a family and raised three girls.
“I am one of the lucky few to say they have made it this far,” said Mac.
To celebrate their anniversary, Mac simply told Kelly to prepare for a couple of days and didn’t tell her where they were going. Kelly figured it out when they began heading in the direction of the valley.
When they arrived at the museum at 11 a.m., they trekked to the viewpoint, just like they did more than two decades before, (and numerous other times as a family). Mac took out a ring and asked her to marry him again.
This time the ring was brighter, shinier, and it didn’t turn her finger green.
Kelly has kept the ring all these years, and a short time ago, Mac secreted it away to a jeweler, who made a replica of the tin, only this time using gold and diamonds.
Of course, she said yes again.