Proposed

Skie asked me to marry him! (and I said yes!) It is such a good story, I wanted to share and have it documented for posterity. He suggested we go to the Zilker Botanical Gardens on Saturday March 19 to look for plants for our yard. Friday night we stayed home, and my friend Meg called him, and he went outside to take the call. This was my first red flag something was going down.....he had been super cute recently, talking about "when we are married," and "when you are my wife" and he asked what it would be like to hold hands with a giant rock on my finger. Second red flag.... That Saturday driving to the park, Meg called him again, and he lied about it saying it was his dad. Third red flag.... I really did not think he was going to propose this day, I thought we would just take some pictures for landscaping and go out with friends. I had it in my head he was going to ask the next week when we went to New Orleans. We were standing in front of a gorgeous waterfall about to leave the gardens and I saw a photographer who I thought was trying to take pictures of the waterfall. I started walking away from it, and I saw Meg and two other girls from River City Pops (a "Glee"-esque choir) walking towards us. I was very confused as they started singing "Going to the Chapel." I turned around, the photographer started taking my picture as Skie got on one knee, pulled out the ring and asked me to marry him. I was so overwhelmed with emotion I started crying and choked out a yes! The girls were still singing as Skie put the ring on my finger and gave me a big hug. It was the most wonderful moment of my life. And the story doesn't end there...... We had already had plans to ride the train to a little co-op beer joint to meet friends. We continued as planned, saw friends on the train, got to the bar, and out of the crowd came my mom and dad! Skie called them and asked them to come down to share the special day with us! Throughout the night my uncle, Skie's aunt, and many many friends came out to congratulate us and share the love. It was one of the best days I have ever experienced. So much love for us! It was really amazing. If getting engaged was this awesome, I don't know if I can handle the wedding day! :) but I can't wait to try.......