two things

that I learned from Seth are not inherently evil:

1. rap music

2. caffeinated beverages

our engagement

Monday, June 6

4:30 Seth and I meet up for a lunch break during work.
5:00 He finally decides for sure that he wants to marry me.
5:15 He goes to his bank to withdraw the payment for the ring I had shown him.
5:30 He leaves work early to pick up the ring.
6:30 We have this text conversation:
             Seth: I don't feel like making dinner tonight. Let's go out to eat.
             Me: That sounds like fun, but I don't mind making dinner. How about taco soup?
             Seth: No, I really want to try this restaurant my friend recommended.
             Me: Well, I'm not going to get home from work until 9:30 and we were going to go to the gym, too.
             Seth: Let's skip the gym and get dressed up and go out. I'll make a reservation for 9:15. Text me when you're on your way home.
7:00 My imagination starts running. I have this text conversation with Chelsea:
             Me: I think tonight might be the night!
             Chels: Stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
             Me: [I recap the conversation Seth and I had] But I don't know what time I'm going to get home.
             Chels: Just leave work! Do I need to come get you??
7:45 Seth calls my team leader (his roommate) to ask if we can all leave work early so he can propose to me that night.
8:00 My team leader calls and says we're leaving early.
8:05 I text Seth to tell him that by some "miracle" I'm on my way home 30 minutes early!
8:20 I do my makeup in the car (don't worry; I wasn't driving) to get a headstart on getting ready for our date.
8:30 Seth remembers that he hasn't asked my dad yet for his blessing.
8:35 Seth remembers that he doesn't have my dad's phone number.
8:40 He goes to Chelsea and Trent's house to get the number and shows them the ring.
8:41 Chelsea almost dies.
8:42 She tells him that I've been texting her and I'm on to him.
8:45 They come up with this plan to throw me off:
8:50 Seth texts me and says that he needs to stop at Walmart, so he'll be a minute late picking me up.
9:00 Chelsea texts me and says she has bad news: Seth saw Trent at Walmart and he invited Trent and Chelsea to dinner with us. That's not a good sign if he intends to propose.
9:01 I text her back and tell her I hate her and everything else.
9:02 She says she knows.
9:06 I finally get home and put on a cute outfit.
9:15 Seth picks me up and we go to dinner.
9:30 At the restaurant, he orders us a smoothie. We never have special drinks.
9:40 We hear a girl at the table behind us call her grandma and tell her she had just gotten engaged. Seriously.
9:41 Seth asks if I'm disappointed that we're not engaged. Very sly.
9:42-10:15 Seth is especially sweet and charming.
10:20 We go to a spot on the mountain that overlooks Provo.
10:22 We get out of the car and he stands behind me and puts his arms around me. I feel his heart beating super fast.
10:25 He starts talking all romantic.
10:30 We kiss.
10:35 More romantic talk.
10:40 He asks if I'm ready to go to sleep with him every night and wake up with him every morning.
I say yes.
He says "prove it," gets on his knee, and pulls a gorgeous ring out of his shirt pocket.
I laugh and kiss him.
10:42 We're engaged!

big announcement

I thought my big announcement on my new blog would be that I was 

engaged.

But then a month passed, and since I never made time to blog, 

I thought the big announcement would be our

elopement.

But now two months have passed since our wedding,

so the next exciting announcement is that

we're buying a house!

We're closing on our Orem townhome on September 27...
and until then we're living with Seth's parents enjoying a 4-week mountain getaway in Midway.