I AM ENGAGED!!!!!
Yes, Al proposed to me on December 10th 2010. A day that I had been longing for! It was so romantic! He picked me up from my apartment with the idea of going to dinner and then to see the lights at Temple Square. We went to the Cheesecake Factory in Salt Lake and, funny enough, we saw my aunt, uncle, cousin Reed and his wife all eating there, and we got to sit next to them! What a treat! THEN... it came time to pay and our waiter told us that my aunt and uncle picked up our check. How unexpectedly sweet!! So we left for Temple Square in an even better mood! We walked around for a while, and then ended up right where everyone was in line for the Horse-drawn carriage rides...
he told me we were going on them!!
It was so romantic!!! Our horse's name was Smith and it was about a half hour ride all around the square. The lights and temple were BEAUTIFUL!!
But I think he was a little nervous or something... :)
But we still had fun...
After the ride, we walked around for a little longer, but it was so crowded with people, it was hard to get anywhere... so we walked a little ways away from people and sat down on a little cement bench. We had a gorgeous view of the temple...
... and we just sat and talked for a little. Throughout the night I had little thoughts in my head like... "is this the night? is he going to propose?" and I sware I was hallucinating seeing a ring box and everything. I even pat down his pants pockets at the beginning of the night, making sure he didn't have anything. So then I convinced myself that he wasn't going to propose. He then proceeded to pull this fake proposal thing that he's been saying for a few months now. He always says "Amanda, will you just marry me already?" and I always say yes. He then proceeds with "Dang, I wish I had a ring right now!" and we both giggle. He pulled that earlier that night and I said yes as usual. A few minutes later he stood up while I was distracted looking at some lights. He got down on one knee and said
"Amanda James, will you marry me??" and pulled out the RING this time!!!! I was so surprised, I could only nod yes with wide eyes and we both giggled. He put it on my finger and then I finally said "yes!!"
On the ride home we called his mom (who was already in on it) and he was texting all his friends who already knew what was going down too! We got to his house and I finally got a chance to call my mom and tell her the good news! But that wasn't even the end of the surprises! Since I was going back to Texas for Christmas, we decided to do Christmas early at his house. I opened a few FANTASTIC presents from his parents, but could hardly focus on them because I was so distracted by what I had just been through. All in all, I had a fantastic night and definitely will never forget it. I love him so much!!!! and can't wait to marry him on
June 8, ...2013!!!
