3 years engaged

3 years ago today, I made one of the biggest decisions of my LIFE. Mike proposed and I said "yes". I have thought back on that day many times and often wonder what in the world we were thinking! Poor as church mice (i guess we still are!), super young (i had just barely turned 20!), and still going to school (we had a looong road ahead of us). And yet.... saying "yes" is the best decision I have made in my life so far. 

Here is the engagement story:

I knew it was coming.<----mike will tell this story very differently, but since he is not here to defend himself, i will tell it my way! I had given mike the green light (that i was ready when he was) and we had picked out some rings (i chose 3 i liked and let him choose out of those 3). I anxiously awaited the big day. I was completely stressed out of my mind. GETTING ENGAGED IS A BIG DEAL! were we ready? was he "the one"? would i regret my decision? was i old enough to make this kind of a decision? what if we stopped liking each other in a year? what if...what if...what if... 

I am a bit of a worry wart if you couldn't tell.

Alas the big day finally came. Mike said we were going out to dinner and that i should wear something nice---not a giveaway because we often ate at fancy restaurants while dating (mike was trying to seal the deal remember). He picked me up from my apartment and gave me a single rose with a ribbon around it. -----apparently while I was getting my shoes he showed all my roommates the ring!------ We drove to Salt Lake and had a lovely dinner at the Roof in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. well......sort of lovely.

Mike was SO fidgety. He acted as if we were late for something and was not eating hardly anything. this is coming from the guy who usually likes to extend dinner for 2 hours! I kept asking if he was okay and he kept checking his phone (apparently our families were texting him like crazy to hurry up). ----------this is where our story differs. Mike will say I had no idea. I totally did. I knew it was coming!

After dinner we stopped off on the Mezzanine to walk off dinner. He asked me to sit in a chair...then chickened out and took a picture of me. We walked over to the window and Michael (mr. distracto boy at this point) said he needed to ask me something....HERE IT COMES....i thought. He knelt down on one knee and asked me to marry him. just like that. short, simple, sweet. I said yes and we hugged (probably kissed too but I don't remember). 5 minutes later both sides of our families came up the elevator to congratulate us. it was beautiful:) totally not how i expected. Mike has a flair for the dramatic and i was anticipating fireworks while riding in a hot air balloon, mike would give a romantic speech about not wanting to live life without me, i would cry, he would propose, i would cry. Instead, we laughed....a lot! we giggled like little kids until i was shaky and lightheaded. It was beautiful in its simplicity:) Looking back I cherish that day. wow....3 years ago, how time flies.

the beginning of our self timer expertise....before he popped the big question

To celebrate the event this cutie made reservations for us at the exact table we sat that night. We had a lovely time eating, lingering, discussing business ideas, and laughing. 

note: time/age really has been good to us despite what you see in the pictures below.

close enough right?