Obviously, I knew that a proposal was in the works but I honestly wasn't expecting it until sometime during Christmas. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew it was a possibility, but I really didn't think it would happen so soon. Needless to say, Marty COMPLETELY surprised me. He did so good! All I can say is that I am one incredibly lucky girl!
Marty picked me up Wednesday night to spend Thanksgiving with him and his cute family in Evanston. I was so excited just to see him and couldn't wait to spend the holiday with him. Wednesday night was pretty normal as we just spent time with his family. We went to bed and said goodnight. Marty told he wanted to get up around 8 or 8:30 which is so early for him! I didn't even question it though because he said then we could spend the morning with his family. Knowing it takes Marty all of about ten minutes to get ready, I woke up earlier so that I would be ready too. Around 9:00 or so we were ready.
Marty asked if I wanted to go on an adventure and this still didn't seem odd to me. Lately, we have been talking about all the adventures we want to have, big and small, to make memories and spend some good quality time together. Of course I agreed so we went on our way. We stopped at Maverick to get some hot chocolate because it was pretty chilly outside. After that, we stopped at Bear River State park. We had a picnic here once before, so it was nothing out of the ordinary. When we got there, he pointed out the elk who, in fact, where not there. Later I found out he was just trying to distract me from seeing his sister's car in the parking lot.
We started walking and talking. Anyone who knows Marty and I knows that we like to be incredibly goofy and silly. We have so much fun being that way! Marty kept trying to convince me that there were moose and wolves that might be lurking around. I didn't believe him, but we had fun joking about it and laughing. As we walked hand in hand, I couldn't help but think for blessed I am to have him in my life. We kept walking and it was quiet for a few short seconds. To our left was a bench with balloons, flowers, and a blanket draped across it. You would think I saw it coming now, right? Well, not quite. The thought crossed my mind but I soon shut it out and convinced myself otherwise.
"It looks like someone had a party," I muttered without much thought. Marty laughed and led me to the bench to sit down. He said something like, "here, you like purple take these." My response was a very confused, "Are these even ours?" Marty laughed and nodded. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a note. I read it and was filled with love and gratitude. This note was by far the sweetest thing I had ever read and it brought me to tears. The back said, "Will you marry me?" and there was a box that said yes and a box that said no. You may think its cheesy or silly, but it meant the world to me. When Marty asked me to be his girlfriend, he slipped a note into my subway wrapper that asked if I would be all his with the same two boxes. As tears of complete happiness escaped my eyes, he got on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of course I said yes, and there has been a constant smile on my face since.
Also, he had his sister and her husband take pictures and video the whole thing!!! So cute huh? They turned out so cute!
I seem to be at a loss for words when I try to express how happy and excited I am. I feel so incredibly blessed and I cant wait for our future together. I think its safe to say that I had the best Thanksgiving of my life (:
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