Just got back from my Kaia workout and I'm not quite ready to crawl back into bed yet so I thought I'd catch up on my blog since I've neglected it for FAR too long. So, to get you up to speed a bit. As mentioned in my last post, I got engaged! B and I are so happy and can't wait to spend our lives together. Boy, it's been a doosey of a year with lots of challenges and changes but I can't wait for the road ahead. I had promised to share the proposal story so here goes.
The Proposal
Last Christmas, one of my gifts from B was a set of three golden tickets (he loves creative gifts) that promised three backpacking trips before the year's end (still need to take two of them haha). I got such a kick out of them that he decided to carry the theme on into this Christmas and incidentally the proposal.
It was Christmas Eve and we had just gotten back to my place after a long, lovely day spent with each of our families. The next morning was going to be crazy with church, breakfast with the fam, and gifts so we decided to exchange our gifts for each other that night. I decided to go first and proudly presented B with what I thought was a gift that was FINALLY more creative then his (he always beats my in the gift arena). He gleefully tore the paper from his seed starter kit (total gardening nerd), thumbed through his new Strong's Concordance, checked out the giant veggie seed packets I had gotten him and the proceeded to order me from the room. Confused, I headed into the living room to wait for my gift to be "set-up." I wondered what he was up to and racked my brain for things I had mentioned over the months, trips we wanted to take, or any other crazy ideas B may have gotten into his head (mind you...for Valentines Day, B had made my a paper macee heart with a bottle of wine inside, which sadly his brother ran over before he could give it to me...so nothing was out of the question). Finally, I heard B shout for me to come back in, and I darted off to find what my creative gift would be.
I entered the room and immediately saw gold mistletoe hanging from my bedroom light and B standing on my bed. B told me that this was a continuation of last year's gift and that he had hidden five golden tickets in the mistletoe for me to pluck out. I had to pick them in order and give him a kiss after reading each ticket. I picked out the tickets one by one...15 minute foot massage....backpacking trip of my choice....Norwegian waffles with wine...and the last ticket saved for after we got married. It wasn't out of the ordinary for B to talk about marriage. We often sat and dreamed of what we would do after we got hitched...trips we would take, where we would live, how we would raise our kids. But I thought that actually getting married was still a ways off. B wanted a better job, I needed to finish school, etc, etc. As I looked down to give B his kiss, as requested after each ticket, I saw that he was on one knee and there was a dainty little gold band in his hand, strangely similar to the one's I had teased him with during our marriage talks. My heart stopped as I realized what was happening. NO WAY! I tried to bite my tongue so I could hear all of the sweet words that were coming out of his mouth but all I could say was "really? really? really really really really?!" Then, instead of shouting yes, as my heart wanted, I simply dived on him and began kissing his cheeks and kicking my legs excitedly (Not my most mature moment).
Needless to say it was was PERFECT. Just me and B, no big ta do, no onlookers, nothing more than comfy pants , golden tickets and a beautiful dainty gold engagement band. :) I couldn't have asked for a better proposal or fiance for that matter.
Alright, enough of that. Below are a few of our (unedited) engagement pictures from this weekend. My friend Danielle graciously agreed to take them. Isn't she so talented!?
I hope you enjoy them! Have a wonderful week!
