The Best Proposal

So once Bryan returned from his mission we decided to take that big step and date serious. With him at college in Logan it was quite the short distance relationship. Frequent visits. Bryan and I always knew we were going to get married. It sounds crazy, yes, but we sorta just knew that it was going to happen. Which, for me, was perfect! So it was about February when we went ring shopping, but in a way I wanted it to be a surprise, so I showed Bryan a few that I liked and one that I loved. From there he got to choose what he wanted to get me. hehe! Let's just say I got the one I loved with a few tweeks Bryan made. Which I loved even more.

 But that is getting ahead of myself. Bryan hadn't told anyone when he was going to propose, but his family knew when he had gotten the ring. I am told that Bryan had a few ideas of when and how to propose, but the ring took a little longer than anticipated. So the first few ideas didn't work out. However, when it did happen it was perfect timing. I had drove up for the night, April 12, 2012, to go with Bryan and his singles ward to the Logan temple for baptisms. I got there, we hung out for a bit in his apartment and then got in the lovely blue car to head out. Bryan had put something in the trunk of the car, which was his jacket with the ring in it, and had carried a basket full of Easter eggs in the front. Bryan said he had just been thinking about me and had written inside each egg a memory or something he loved about me. I was allowed to open three eggs before the trip to the temple. I was SO excited! We got to the temple and did the baptisms. Bryan ended up doing all the baptizing. So it was a little longer of a wait. Once he got done we went out to the car where I got to open more eggs, but not all of them. Bryan then drove me to the Fredrico's, where Bryan and I had had our last "official" Logan date before he left on his mission and we walked in the snow. We ate some of the best pizza and salad. After Bryan asked where else I had wanted to go. I caught on by then that something was up. He saw the blank expression and said i'd like to see where this cool bench is that you keep talking about. (If you ever come up here you have to take a trip to "the bench" that overlooks all of Logan.) 

Our beautiful bench!

So I directed him there and noticed when we got closer that he was starting to get nervous, if you  know Bryan it doesn't happen much, and shaky. He said it was "cold" so he had to get his jacket and I got to open the second to last egg, which had my FAVORITE memory about Bryan and I. I started crying, thinking it was the last egg and that it was such a thoughtful idea. I loved it! So we got out of the car to sit on the bench. We talked about what we wanted for our future and about our relationship. It was then that Bryan handed me the LAST egg. Something in toilet paper fell out and Bryan snatched it up and told me to read the paper. Inside of it, it said, "Remember the time we got engaged?" Then we took the ring out of that white paper and asked me if I would marry him. Of course I cried and said yes and sealed it with a kiss. We sat for a little bit longer, while Bryan told me the story behind it all. We decided to leave when we were human popsicles. We got in the car and decided we'd call our mothers to let them know. It was the perfect night! 

Right after Bryan proposed and we could feel our fingers again!