Wolfgang and I are ENGAGED! whoo hoo! But it's not like I'm excited or anything... ;)
So this is when I sort of wish I was more creative and elegant with my words as I report the engagement, but then it wouldn't sound like myself, so I'm just going to tell it how it is :)
So we have known for several weeks now that we are going to get married, and so it has been an exciting time for us both. We decided to be selective on who to tell, because we wanted to wait until it was official, but once I told my family (especially mom...love you mom) I'm sure a good chunk of Page knew within a few days.
As many of you know, I have a struggle putting on big girl pants when it comes to making important decisions. I don't know what the deal is, they just never seem to fit right! So instead of keeping them on, and waiting for them to stretch a little until they fit right (you know what I'm talking about...jeans right out of the dryer? no good at first...), I decide to either A. don't even bother putting them on, or B. slip them on, but feel a little weird in them, then promptly take them back off. Well anyway, you get the idea.
So several weeks ago, I decided to put on the big girl pants, and keep them on this time. I had struggled for months knowing what was the right decision. I won't get into ever detail, but I know the Lord's hand was in it the whole process.
Remember that blog post about our date to Sunset Beach? Yep, that's when I told Wolfgang I wanted to marry him (He has known for a long time now, and has just been waiting so patiently with me, I consider myself one LUCKY girl, I know many others would of not been that patient.) We were both so excited, that we went ring shopping two days later. We were hoping to find two or three we liked, and then for him to pick one out on his own, but we narrowed it down to one that we both really liked:
some pictures Wolfgang took of the ring before the engagement
Ever since then I was way too anxious for the real deal, even though we set the wedding date at the temple within a few days or so after that. :)
So I may be a slightly difficult person to give a surprise to, because I always suspect something and come up with every scenario possible, so I can usually clue in on when it going to come. A few times Wolfgang temporarily tricked me into thinking he was going to propose, one time being when we was really cute and left me this on my bed:
What a guy!
So yes, that confused me for a few minutes, thinking that it was leading up to the engagement, but it did not. That was also the day he told me that the ring was going to take longer than it was suppose to, so I was bummed about it, because I was really looking forward to us being official within a few days.
Then a couple of days ago, Wolfgang insisted on us going snorkeling on Thursday (yesterday), because he had the day off. At first I pretended to have self control about my schooling and told him no I could not, because I had a lot of school work to do, but he kept being persistent, so I gave in. I was a little skeptical when he kept wanting to SO badly, but I didn't want to read into it too much.
So then yesterday my roommate Janelle, him, and I went to a new beach over on the southwest-ish shore that we hadn't been to before. I noticed that Wolfgang had with him his backpack which he NEVER brings to the beach, so I started to suspect something again, but again I didn't want to get too excited, because he DID say the ring wasn't coming in until the following week...
When Janelle and I came back to the beach from using the restrooms, I noticed a burried bottle in the sand right next to my beach towel, with only the mouth of it sticking out of the sand.
I was pretty curious, because I didn't remember seeing it before, but once again, I didn't want to look too anxious and it end up being and empty bottle of someone's good time at the beach, so, I left it there for a while, although the looks on Janelle's and Wolfgang's faces were a little suspicious. Then came along some random local guy and his wife and toddler, and he was very nice and warned us of the high theft in the area, and to make sure we didn't leave valuables in the car, which we were already aware of, then he proceeded to tell us everything else possible he could think of on the spot, and of course I listened to him for at least....20 min, with the bottle still siting in the sand. Poor Wolfgang, he probably was about to explode with excitement, and here I am talking to a local bum about his life story.
Finally I strategically got the guy to leave, and got back to the lonely bottle, and thought "eh, what the heck", and dug it out of the sand, and inside was a message! :) At this point Janelle is now documenting it on her camera, which I did not catch on until a few minutes later, then I felt slightly awkward, but proceeded. It was kind of hard to get the message out, but within a few minutes I got it out and it was this cute "message in a bottle" Wolfgang had written to me, and he even burned the edges for the full affect. :)
While I was reading it, he then pulled out the ring! He even really liked the "Kay" bag that the ring and box came in, so he brought it along too, haha. Then he did it, he expressed his undying love for me, told me how perfect and flawless I am, how there is no one in the world better for him than me, I'll be the best mother of his children....and put the ring on my finger. Ok, maybe not really that extreme. :) All in attendance were Janelle, and also random diver that had just gotten out of the water just in time, and even congratulated us as he walked on by.
Here are some pictures that Janelle took
Our "awkward engagement photo" poses, complete with "hand on the chest" to show off the ring
Although like I mentioned earlier that I was slightly awkward during the actual proposal because it was being recorded, here is the video of it that Janelle took. I'm very grateful that she was there and did that for us, because now we have it and can also show it to our kids one day :) (woah, what a weird thought...) Thanks Janelle!
I promise I'm not abusive... the random pinches were because he lied and said the ring wouldn't be done until next week :)And there you have it! Sorry that was such a long post, but hopefully it was more enjoyable than painful. We will be getting married August 21st in the St. George, Utah temple, and will have a reception that night in Page, AZ. We are both so excited we can't hardly even handle it. Although this is cheesy and I try not to show my cheesy side to others, but every day we tell each other, "we're getting married!" and act like little girls about it... :)
I love you all and thanks for all of your support! We'll be sure to keep you posted on plans and the wedding planning process...oh boy...
