Our Engagement Story

6 months ago today is the day we got engaged. So I thought it would be good to share our engagement story. We had been talking on and off about getting married for a couple of months before. We actually had been ring shopping once but I really wanted him to just pick out the ring and surprise me. He did want some sort of direction of what I was thinking, so I thought I would at least show him a couple that I liked. After I had told Danny that I wanted him to pick out the ring, I talked with my brother whose wife had wanted him to do the same thing and he said that he hated the pressure of picking out a ring. Oh well! It added to the surprise of not knowing if or when he had the ring.

Anyway, my birthday was coming up and he kept saying that he had a really good surprise gift for my birthday. I had hoped it was a ring, but telling myself it was okay if it wasn't. We had a date planned the weekend before my birthday. A day or two before that date I was talking with my mom and she told me that Danny hadn't talked to my dad yet to ask him if he could marry me. So, I kind of told myself and believed that it wasn't going to happen on my birthday date. 

He came and picked me up and we headed towards Salt Lake. He hadn't told me what we were going to do. And to throw me off a little more, he asked me if I wanted to go look at more rings at the Shane, Co. But the Shane Co. hours are Monday through Friday until 8:00 Saturday until 5:00 and closed Sundays. And it was Saturday at 4:30, not really giving us time to look. This really made me think that it wasn't going to happen at this time.

We ended up up at Snowbird. The plan was to ride the tram up to the top of the mountain and walk around for a little while. We had reservations at a fancy scmancy restaurant there after the tram ride. The tram ride was fun. But once we got to the top it was really cold. They told us the tram we rode up on was leaving 5 minutes later or we could wait for the next in a half hour. We quickly walked around, took some pictures, and made it back to the same tram to take down.

At the top

Awe cute!!

It was cold...you can tell by how red our noses are.

After the tram ride we went to eat at the Aerie Restaurant. It is on the top floor of the hotel, with an incredible view. We were there just in time to watch the sunset. They sat us right next to the window so we could see it. There weren't too many other people around  us, just another couple. It was perfect. Funny thing though, while we were leaving a couple of people who worked there told us congratulations....I was thinking, congratulations for finishing our meal? Or that they had the wrong couple. I just smiled and kept walking. Danny started acting a little nervous at this point.

Can't really see it, but it was a pretty sunset

Danny was taking an artsy picture of me.

The Menu

My dinner

His dinner

Okay...so I don't know how to act at nice restaurants!

Danny eating his yummy food!

After dinner we were walking around looking at things by the restaurant. There was a dark corner and Danny wanted to take a look. In the dark corner there was a window over looking the pool. We watch the swimmers for a second and the next thing I knew Danny was down on one knee with a little grey ring box asking me if I would marry him. That's when I knew I was the luckiest girl in the world. I was going to be marrying my best friend! Of course I said yes, and couldn't stop smiling. 

This is our dark corner where he asked the questions

My perfect ring. 

TO FILL IN HOLES: 1. My mom really didn't know that Danny had asked my Dad until after our conversation, so she didn't lie to me, she just left me believing that it hadn't been done. 2. Danny actually liked being able to pick out my ring and he did an awesome job. I love it and it is exactly what I wanted! 3. Danny was going to propose at the top of the tram, but it was too cold and we didn't have much time. Plan B was he was going to do it in the restaurant during dinner, but decided he wanted to not do it in front of the people. So he resorted to Plan C 3. The people there knew we were getting engaged and thought we already had, so that's why the congrats while we were walking out.

I love the way it happened. It was perfect. I am very lucky to have found such a great guy! 

Love you homey!!