When Benjamin Steele Bacon from New Mexico would free to his girlfriend of three years, Amber Griego, he went first to his mother-in-law to ask for her permission.

Actually, he would have asked for my bf’s father’s blessing, but he, unfortunately, is death, was Benjamin Steele Bacon to his mother-in-law, Susan Griego.

– I knew that I wanted Susan to be a part of it, once I delivered, he says to CNN.

So when he recently found himself in the penguin department at the Albuquerque Biological Park, he was nervous, but most of all excited and well prepared, having planned it with her mother-in-law.

Amber Griego took it fortunately nicely, as it turned out, that her mother had filmed with selfie-camera as the son-in-law proposed to her daughter. Private: Susan Griego

Under the pretext of wanting to take a picture of the young couple in front of the penguins, would Susan Griego, instead filming with daughter’s camera, as Benjamin Steele Bacon went down on his knees.

But it went far from as planned, the mother-in-law struggled with getting the camera to behave. Since the entire frieriet was over, it was not successful in her filming other than his smiling response. The whole thing had been recorded with the selfie-camera.

– It was a memorable moment, even if I failed. For my own part I know not whether I should be embarrassed or happy with the outcome, ” says Susan Griego grinning to CNN.

Fortunately, was also the daughter very happy frieriet in spite of the deficient documentation.

I wept but it was tears of joy. I had no idea it would happen, and I was certainly surprised. I think selfie-clip, my mother made, was a housewife. It is a memory I will always have, ” says Amber Griego to CNN.