I'm getting married!

Hey everyone! I have some good news. I'm getting married! I got engaged April 30th, 2017. I know what you're thinking, why am I just now telling you all about this? Good question. I could give you several excuses, or I could just say I've been busy enjoying my engagement to fiancé with my family and friends-- which is 1000% true. Plus, I have been busy wedding planning, which is both my favorite thing and the most stressful. 

On our way to our celebratory dinner

Anytime, I can share my engagement story, I do (thanks for listening:) ). My fiancé, Brett, proposed the weekend of our three year anniversary.  We had been talking about marriage for quite sometime, and we had even gone to look at engagement rings a couple times. When he went to shop for engagement rings officially in January he took my best friend, Grace, and one of my younger sisters, Victoria. Honestly, I was really surprised he kept it a secret because we aren't very good at keeping secrets from each other. He even at one point went and looked at engagement rings after having already purchased a ring, which really threw me off the tracks. 

The weekend he proposed, I was going at a bridal shower for my best friend, Grace, and afterwards we were supposed to go on a fancy date to our favorite Italian restaurant to celebrate our three year anniversary. So, while I was at Grace's bridal shower, he was secretly getting everything ready for his grand proposal with his friend. What I didn't know was that Grace and her then fiancé, Quentin (now husband) were in on the secret (and because Grace can't keep secrets a good portion of those who attended the shower also knew). They were supposed to keep me busy while Brett was prepping the proposal location. The really funny thing is that several times during the bridal shower, I mentioned how it'd be really awesome if Brett proposed on our anniversary, but how I didn't think it'd actually happen. I don't know how any of them kept a straight face, but they didn't let it on that they knew at all. After the bridal shower was over, Grace and Quentin kept trying to get me to stay and come over to hang out with them, but I kept on insisting that Brett was waiting on me (which I thought he was). I then headed to Brett's house. When I got to Brett's house, I saw that his friend's car was in the driveway. Not thinking much of it, I walked up to his house, and when I was about to walk in, Brett met me at the door. He insisted that I go home and change into my fancy clothes for our fancy date. He also said that as soon as I am ready I should call him to let him know. I thought it was a little weird and suspicious, but didn't think much of it. 

At our celebratory dinner, eating 3 lbs of pasta. He even had dessert after.

After going home to change, my mother calls and asks me to come over to help her order something for her at that very moment. I didn't understand why, but I went over and did it anyway. After ordering what she supposedly needed, I headed over to Brett's house. At this point, I know something is happening, but not really sure what. When I get to Brett's house, and walk inside, Brett is standing in the middle of the kitchen all dressed up with about 200 candles lit with some very romantic music playing in the background. I, of course, instantly started crying because I know what's happening. He makes this beautiful speech and gets down one knee and pops the question that I say "yes" too (surprise). 

Red in his formal wear. Isn't he the cutest?!

After we shared our news with our family and close friends, I let everything sink in. I connected all the dots. He had had my friends, his friends, and several of my family members all involved. Even my mom, who didn't actually need anything ordered. He even had a video camera set up to record it. It was so sweet, and I was so surprised. He even put our dog, Red, in a bow tie. Sorry, for all the bragging. It was truly one of my favorite days of my life. 

Thanks for letting me share my special engagement story. I'm now in wedding planning mode. I will share more about that soon. 

Talk to you soon,

Andrea