Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Yeah So... I am engaged....
Many people have asked me and Amberly( my fiance ) about our engagement story. I would answer each person that asks, but due to my own laziness I will just post a note. Shizaam.
Welllll..... We have been dating about 8 months, and I finally made up my mind that I wanted to marry her. So, a few weeks ago I talked to my parents and got their blessing, then talked to Amberly's parents to get their blessing. We were both pretty nervous, but the words eventually came out, and all was groovy. Now I just needed to get Amberly's blessing.
About two weeks ago, I asked Amberly to go on a hike with me on a Saturday evening up Bell's Canyon adjacent to Little Cottonwood Canyon. i told to make sure she had the evening free, so i guess i tipped my hand a little. She had a hunch I was going to ask, but just didn't know when or where.
We started the hike at about 6:45, hoping to get to a nice lookout point(or waterfall if we could make it that far) by sunset. Unfortunately, the hike was much steeper and longer than I remembered, and we both were getting really tired without much sign of the trail ever ending. It didn't help that we had been swimming three hours just that afternoon. After about 2 hours or so of hiking, we finally found a nice vista to stop and eat our picnic. i had brought some subway sandwiches that I had bought at blimpie. Unbeknownst to Amberly, I had made a "special" sub that contained a "special" package inside...namely, the ring box. I had asked for an extra wrap at blimpie and wrapped up the "special" sandwich in it, and hid her vegetarian sub else where. After about 3 bites( I was trying not to watch) she noticed an odd shaped object in her sandwich that she thought was a large vegetable, but upon closer examination, turned out to be a ring box in a baggy covered with lettuce and mustard. So I finished my sandwich, did the whole get on one knee thing...and yada yada yada, she said yes. Well, at this time, it almost completely dark and we had to hike all the way back. We finished our subs, packed up the rest of our picnic and headed down the rocky slope with nothing but small LED lights. We must have accidentally taken the longway back, because we didn't end up getting back to the car until 11:15. Needless to say, we were pretty exhausted.
So yeah. Any questions, feel free to ask. Our wedding will be at the Salt Lake Temple on October 9. Send me your name and address if you would like an invitation. Thanks y'all.
6 Comments:
How clever. You will soon find out the meaning of terror.
"But Master Yoda, I'm not afraid."
"You will be. You will be."
I kid. Big huge congratulations to you both!
Wow. I had no idea that one was coming. Congratulations though! You get to go through the same stuff I'm experiencing right now. Only you also get to deal with school. Good luck.
You will find my address in the choir directory. Even though I may be living elsewhere, that's probably the best place to send it to. My parents will make sure I get it.
Jeez, Laverna. Why do you act so surprised? Actually, I didn't anticipate that I would be engaged so soon after my mission, but, I have fasted and prayed about this for a good while, and I know it is the right thing to do. When is your M-day again?
O Wow! I miss so much by being away from the holy land. Congrats mi amigo!
I told Eliza that you were engaged and she was all, "Oh, how cool. She's a nice girl." I guess that's what I get for having to work on weekends, thus missing choir socials. Oh well.
I didn't think that I would end up getting engaged as fast as I did either -- I always thought that I'd know the person for a long time before I'd actually want to marry them. The thing I learned is, when its the right time, don't waste anytime in moving forward.
Oh, and in answer to your question,
August. August 9th.
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