Exciting News and a story......

So, for those of you who are really out of touch, I am now engaged. Dan proposed on January 7th and I said yes. We are getting married on May 16th of this year and so the planning and preparing has officially begun.

And for those of you who are asking (Adrienne.....) here is the story......

Dan and me started dating in late August of 2008 and about 3 weeks after that I went with him to Lloyd to meet his family. Things went really well and, although it was quick, I had the "this is it" revelation after that trip. The first mention of marriage came up in October, however I was not ready to talk serious yet, so it kind of just passed. In late November I went ring shopping with a friend, gave my list to Dan, and then waited. Only a week later, while we were Christmas tree hunting in the bush, Dan asked my parents for their permission to marry me, and they said yes. We did promise them though that we would not be engaged before Christmas, however that day Dan and I did pick a potential wedding date. Dan was supposed to get a bonus at work on January 1st, however that was postponed for a couple of weeks, so I was not expecting any kind of question until after January 16th. We did decide to start planning for our wedding however because we knew that 4 months was a short time and we wanted the big things like church and reception hall booked as quick as possible. So we made a couple of phone calls and started the process. On January 4th my car blew the head gasket, so I was out a car. Arrangments were made and on the evening of January 7th Dan & me were going to go out to my parents house to pick up my Dad's second truck for me to drive until my car was fixed. So Dan came over after supper and I was cleaning up Christmas decorations in my living room while we waited for my parents to call and say the truck was ready to be picked up. We were just chatting about this and that and all of the sudden Dan told me he had to get something. So he went over to his coat (I did ask if he was leaving......I thought maybe he had forgotten something at home.....) so I turned back around to keep cleaning up decorations. I saw Dan walking back from his coat (a total of 5 steps away....) and turned back around. He got down on one knee, to which I said "you didn't" and asked me to marry him. I actually said "yeah" instead of yes, but whatever, the meaning is the same. So then we made phone calls to his family and phoned my parents to see if the truck was ready and went out to surprise them with the news.

So that's it!!!!! It's not huge or elaborate, but I have never wanted a huge, planned engagement so it was absolutely perfect for me and Dan!!!!!!