We're Engaged!

It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks of Kerwyn and I deciding to get married and then actually becoming engaged. It's been killing us both to keep it somewhat bottled up until it was "official" but today he proposed. While not the most extravagant proposal ever it was very "us".

Here's the somewhat brief version...

Several weeks ago we were talking about marriage and engagement and I alluded to the reality that I wasn't quite ready. Afterwards we had a couple of conversations that convinced me that I want to spend the rest of my life with this man. So a couple of weeks ago I said, "so when are we getting married?" which surprised him (subtlety has never been a strength of mine). We talked about it and actually set a date while he went about the search for the ring and proposal setting that he wanted. I knew he was planning a trip to NYC for us (only because he couldn't keep it a secret) and figured that he would propose there (he's planning a carriage ride through central park- it sure seemed obvious to me).

Today the ring came in the mail (another secret he couldn't keep) and was clearly burning a hole in his pocket. His first scenario didn't work out due to some timing issues so when we got back to his house from looking at a reception venue he got down on his knees and asked me to marry him. He said some nice things, none of which could I recall, but it was beautiful. We spent the day together finding a wedding venue, talking, and then went out to celebrate at Ruth's Chris. I was quite underdressed for such a location but I was dressed for comfort since I wasn't expecting a proposal. We made the mistake of telling them that we had just gotten engaged and so they put rose petals on our table. That wasn't the problem, but the rose petals are apparently their cue that a couple is celebrating an anniversary. Throughout our meal we had an unending stream of workers asking how many years we'd been married and congratulating us which got a little comical. They did give us complimentary champagne though.
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We're getting married this summer in Indianapolis. We are so excited! I never would have imagined it possible to love someone this much. These next few months of preparing to be husband and wife will be a great period of growth for us. Thanks for all of your support and prayers as we ramp up for a huge life transition.