Well, Nicole tagged me, so I am suppose to tell my engagement story. I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane, so here it goes:
Ben and I met at BYU-Idaho in the bookstore as many of you may know. We dated for a few months, and Christmas time was approaching. We knew things were getting serious. So, we decided Ben would come home with me for Christmas, so he could meet my family. I kinda thought something fishy was going on when on Christmas Eve when I caught my Dad winking at Ben and then later he asked if I'd like to drive to the DC temple with him alone that night. When we got there, he said he needed something in the back seat, which made a loud noise. I tried to pretend I didn't hear it, and play along...making him think I had no clue what was going on. We first went into the visitors center and looked around at all of the Christmas trees they had decorated. Then we walked around the temple once, and nothing happened...so figured wasn't going to ask me. Then he asked if I wanted to walk around it again, (building up his courage I suppose) which we did. After that we stopped in front of the temple, where a water fountain was. We talked for a minute and he said he had a present for me--a build-a-bear he had built earlier in the day, with the help of my mom and sister. It was dressed just like him and said 'I love you" when you pressed the paw (the sound I heard when getting out of the car). After inspecting the bear closer, I could tell something was inside. I opened it up and inside was the ring! He got down on one knee and proposed. Right as he was doing so, it started to snow...it was perfect! We were both ecstatic. Here are some pics from the memorable day...
Here we are telling my family the story when we got home (grinning ear to ear you might notice).
The ring. I picked out the band a few weeks before with my sister and he picked out the diamond. I loved it.
It was Christmas the next day, and extra special being newly engaged.
One of our engagement pictures.
I love you, Ben. You're the greatest!
11 comments:
Oh how sweet... you guys are the cutest!:)
Those pictures of you looking at each other are so cute! That is a very sweet proposal story, too.
I remember that so well, Cindy. That's nice that you have all those cute pics of you special day too. You guys haven't even aged a bit :)
That was so fun to read. I remember loving your engagement picture--fun to see one of them again!
Thanks for sharing that great story. You guys haven't changed one bit. In fact, I think you just keep getting cuter! No fair!!
That was so fun to read. I love hearing stories and getting to know them better. Plus I love all the fun pictures of your guys from that time. You guys very cute together!
Cindy- So cute. I remember how excited you were when Ben was coming home with you. It is so fun to look back! You guys are just too cute. Thanks for sharing!
So sweet! You need to tell the dating story now with you guys checking each other out in the bookstore. I love that part!
How cute! I love your ring too.
Oh I remember getting your phone call and how excited you were! I also remember Ben finding me in the bagel shop and asking all these questions on what he should do... he came up with something so cute and fun! You two are so cute together! It's fun to remember those days! Thanks for sharing! Miss ya!
You guys look so young! Cute story.
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