Well, here goes...
Steve and I dated in high school. After some silliness from me we broke up and remained good friends for 3 years. After he came home from his mission, we decided to date again, which was fabulous because I'd always hoped we'd get another chance to be together. So in November we officially started dating again.
Needless to say, it went very well. We were (and still are) trying to make a long distance relationship between Salt Lake and Logan work. This has been the ultimate frustration for us and I know it's been particularly hard for Steve. So last weekend when I went home I was thrilled to find out that my parents had cancelled our "family plans" and that I could just hang out with Steve at his house. It was very chill, just he and I hanging out. We made really great Broccoli Cheese soup in bread bowls, and started to watch the Ice Dancing portion of the Olympics. (Steve wasn't too excited about that part.) Earlier in the week we had decided to play scrabble because it's something we like to do, and it was my turn to beat him.
So I played first, ironically enough, the first word I was able to play was "LOVED." He laughed, but having drawn the letters q, j, z, and other non-usable letters, he sent me in the kitchen to get him a drink because he was afraid it was gonna take awhile to figure it out. When I came back in the living room and sat down, steve started to play his letters, (his hands were shaking so badly.) A-R-R-Y-M-E.... arryme? Honestly I though to myself, 'that is not a word,' I was going to ask him to find it in the dictionary. Seeing my confused look, he realized he'd dropped a letter, so he went down to look for it. Now it was settling in...he was asking me to marry him. I quickly asked "are you for reals?" He laughed and claimed he was being serious. He pulled out the ring from his pocket, and asked me to marry him. After saying yes several times, I spelled it on the board. Then I promptly followed it up with the letters I had "UR NUTS." It all worked out quite perfectly.
Honestly the rest of the night is kind of a blur. His parents came home after circling the block a couple of times, and celebrated with us. Then we went to my house and told my family (who knew everything about it. Man I was clueless!) And here we are engaged. We've decided to get married in August, and let me tell you, it can't come soon enough!
This picture wasn't actually taken of us that night. There are some, I just didn't like them as much as this one. :)
