So I'm engaged.

ENGAGED!

Ahh! It didn't seem real for days. Then it did for like an hour. And now it feels like old news. Funny how that works. But for my girls I will relive the excitement and give you the scoop.

So Friday (one week ago) was Eric's and mine one year anniversary. We decided to make gifts instead of buying them so I decided to make him a scavenger hunt with pictures that were clues as to where he could find the next letter and clues. There were 7 stops each with a letter about something special. Uh ya, you can say it, I'm one good girlfriend. (Fiancee now but I wasn't then... yet...) But I basically commandeered the night. So Eric waited until Saturday. We both had some work to do but then he invited me over for a walk. We went to North Lake Park in Loveland and eventually ended up in a grassy clearing. I had been giving him crap because he was texting and looking around the whole time but eventually he put the phone away. It went into his pocket one last time and he step up in front of me. He got quiet for a second and just looked at me and then said "This was a decoy."

And my response: "What?" with a very confused look on my face.

Before I could figure out anything else, he simply said that he loves more than anything and wants to spin the rest of his life with me and then I noticed he was on his knee. My hands went strait to the sides of my head as I realized what was happening. He asked me to marry him and I then clasped them beneath my chin and answered "Yes."

He put the most perfect ring on my finger and then stood up and kissed me. I was startled by screaming coming from the bushes near by and our best friends (who are engaged, wedding in Jan) came whooping and hollering over to us wielding a camera with a very large zoom lens. The whole thing is documented in pictures. So awesome.

So that is it really. We headed back home and then made some important phone calls to family. We ended up calling my Dad that night and telling him about it. That was interesting because I have never heard my dad be so quiet. I didn't know how to take it but I think he was just in shock. Its hard when your little girl tells you she is getting married and its even harder when she is the first of your children to go through that. He did give Eric his blessing, though, and that meant more to us than anything.

So ya, there ya go. We are thinking June 2012, mid month. Maybe the 23rd but I will let you know when we get the date. That's really all we know right now. Its a long time until then so I am in no rush.

And of course, I will keep you all in the loop about it all.

So ya, there it is. :) Couldn't be happier.

I will add pics of the whole thing and the ring here soon.

Love and miss you all!!