I'm Engaged :)

Yes - You read it correctly....George and I are engaged! :):):)

He asked me last weekend while we were home in the mountains to celebrate my mom's 60th B-day (Happy Birthday Mom!) and I knew that GG had planned to ask my dad for their blessing and permission, but I had no idea he was going to ask me this weekend too :)

It was kind of hard to slip away, because I wanted to spend as much time with the family as possible (it's a rarity that we all get together). So - yeah I was giving the poor guy a bit of a hard time in him getting me out of the house alone :) But, we were finally able to slip away for a few min. before loading up his truck and heading back up north (thanks to his persistance and a little help from my Dad - he was in on GG's plans).

So, we headed up into the mountains, to this beautiful overlook area, just minutes from my parents house.

Here's another view of the Mountains from the propsal site - BEAUTIFUL - boy do I miss my Mountains!

Here's GG with Shelby and Skyler before he proposed. He's so slick...he was like let me go over here and 'kneel' down with the puppies :) Does he look nervous? This was the last picture I took before he asked me.

So, yeah he's kneeling down and goes 'So...since your Dad gave us his blessing...' and I noticed him fiddling w/ his side pocket on his cargo shorts...and was like oh my gosh...he's getting ready to propose....and sure enough he pulls out the ring and goes... "Will you Marry me?"

Now...we all know what the normal response would be - right? But nope...I had to make it rough on the guy...and my response was..."That's It?" - not meaning the ring (trust me - he did a good job picking out a ring - it's beautiful!)...and obviously by the look on the poor guy's face he wasn't sure what I meant either.

So...I explained myself to him and let me explain myself to you...so I don't sound so horrible. It's just that I was expecting a little more of a lead-in to THE BIG question...you know...a little bit about why he wanted to marry me...isn't that how it's supposed to work ;) So after making myself and my rediculous comment clear...as well as saying YES! He proceeded to tell me why he wanted to marry me and then asked me 'You said Yes RIGHT?" :) Poor Guy! and I said "Yes, I said Yes!"

We of course shared some giggles and a few tears (me) in the mist of all this - with him promising NOT to let me forget my response for a long time :)

So -here's a picture of the newly engaged couple - seconds later :)

And the couple - showing the ring and the beautiful scenery!

Along with some congrats kisses from the puppies :)

And the BEAUTIFUL ring!
So after taking some pics of us and having loaded up the pups in the GG's truck, he says to me - 'Hey...I know this moment is about us and all...but would it be okay if we take some pictures of the truck.' :)



Now for those of you who know GG and his love of Ford Trucks...you will get a good laugh out of this!


So, after harrassing him about 'loving' his trucks more than me (this is something we've joked about our whole relationship) he says - nevermind...and I'm like 'No, I'm just joking :)" Afterall that's why I thought he was so insistant on getting out into the mountains all weekend anyway...so he could take some more pictures (we took pics. of his old truck in the Mtns. last time we were home) - didn't realize he was actually going to propose! :)

So, here's the pics we took of his new truck under the covered road just 25 yards away and the beautiful scenery engagement site. Typical boy and his toys!!

So that's the story :) and while neither of us were necessarily 'good' with our words this day and in the moment - it makes for a good story we won't be forgetting anytime soon :) and just shows us that we both love each other despite our quirks and silly comments :) :) and are looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together.

I told GG - on our drive back up to KY and OH - how much it meant to me that he proposed at home in my mountains not only b/c it is absolutely beautiful and an area that I love, but most importantly because I was able share the experience with my family and see their reactions face to face :)

Thanks for sharing in our excitment! We are still working out details (It's only been a week!), but we are looking at a June 09 wedding (of course that all depends on getting the church/hall/etc.)

I'm gonna try and get better at this blogging thing...then hopefully I can share my wedding planning with you all. I missed some other big events on here - turning 30 and my TRI in Hawaii...and upcoming TRI in DC...so maybe I'll share those stories later as well. I'm just happy I'm getting this posted one week after George proposed :) - but I wanted to share my excitement with those of you who I haven't touched base with yet!

See ya soon!