The Proposal -March 29, 2012

So this is my very first blog post.

Ever.

I figured a lot is going on in my life

and its hard to tell everyone the same story

over and over.

So now I blog.

Oh boy.

I thought I would do a little catch up

with all these changes

before I start posting about the new things.

The Proposal.

It all started when I got back from my trip to New York

with the BYU-Idaho pianists including

my cousin Kami.

The night I got back,

Matt showed up with a bouquet of flowers

and a piece of paper that mapped out the next 5 days.

It was the sweetest thing and I was clueless

as to what was going to happen these next few days.

So Wednesday he took me to the Timpanogos temple

and we just took some fun pictures with his sister's camera

and went out for a treat after.

 One of my favorites!

 What a keeper! :)

So that concluded Wednesday's surprise.

Matt wouldn't let me see or have access to these pictures

and later I understood why :)

So Thursday came and I had to work at Subway.

I surprisingly had a great day at work

(Thanks to Matt).

He came to pick me up

and we went to his sister Hillary's house

where she wanted to practice wedding hair on me.

I LOVE having my hair played with

so I of course had no objection!

Then as we are all sitting and talking

my best friend Krysta walks into the room.

Totally caught me off guard and threw me for a loop!

Matt goes on to explain 

that once I was done getting my hair done,

Krysta and I were going to get Manicures.

I remember explaining to Matt

that I HAD to have my nails done when I got engaged

because everyone looks at your hand with your ring

and I wanted it to look good.

So as soon as he said those words

my heart started racing and I got all red (of course!)

Everyone was quiet to see my reaction...

I had butterflies!

So Krysta and I went to get manicures

and it was a ton of fun!

The lady kept making fun of my 

"baby nails"

but I didn't let that get me down!

Once we were done we started to head back

and Krysta had missed the turn 

to go back to Hillary's.

She explained that we were not going there,

we were going to my Grandmas

(where I was living at the time).

She then missed that turn

and my heart starts racing even faster

as I yell "Gosh dang-it Krysta!"

over and over. 

I could feel it coming.

We turn the corner to a park

where Matt and I really got to know each other

and had some of our deepest conversations.

I could see him standing there

with a table all set 

and surrounded by quite a few dozen roses.

Both red and white.

It was absolutely gorgeous!

Matt comes to Krysta's car and walks me to the table.

We sit down and try to make small talk

as we both were so nervous

and our hearts racing.

He remembered one of my favorite meals

from I HOP and had that for us to eat.

He then asks if I would like to see the pictures from yesterday

on his laptop.

So as we are sitting watching a little slideshow

of the pictures from the previous day,

it all of the sudden changes to older pictures of us

from the whole time we dated.

He also put it to our first dance song.

You can imagine how fast my heart is racing now!

In fact,

Why don't I let you see the slideshow!

Here is it :)

As soon as it was over,

Matt was standing behind me

and asked me to turn around.

I swear time slowed down and everything

was in slow motion!

But as I turned,

Matt was down on one knee

and my stomach dropped to the floor.

I tried to stay serious,

I really did!

But I couldn't help from smiling 

at Matt's friends Connor and Marley

who were running across the park with

a video and picture camera :)

It was awesome!

Then we had a little fun with the camera

after Connor and Marley left :)

It was a really special moment.

Matt and I choked up a little bit,

but were filled with such joy that it was finally happening!

He gave me the perfect ring

and the perfect day.

I couldn't have asked for more :)