Giving In!

I've officially given in to the blogging world and all of its temptations! Aaron will just simply be along for the ride and, more than likely, give me a hard time for talking endlessly about the wedding. Does he realize I've been dreaming of such a day since...birth?


As I am creating this first entry, (lots of pressure by the way!) I am watching this:

Aaron and I absolutely love Christmas time and this is one of our favorite things to watch every year, over and over. We love it so much that Aaron recently bought a Charlie Brown Holiday Set! I was so excited. Since we are 3 hours apart we don't usually get to watch everything we would like to watch together. Now we get to enjoy our holiday cartoon anytime we want! I love the opening song when all the kids are ice skating!

The Proposal! Aaron proposed on November 28th, 2008, the day after Thanksgiving. He completely took me by surprise and it couldn't have been more perfect! On Black Friday, Aaron and I took off to Little Rock to go to the LSU game. If anyone didn't know, Aaron and I are die hard Razorback fans and NEVER miss a single home football game. Aaron and I left the game early because he was "cold". I knew this was kind of strange because he never, I mean NEVER gets cold.

So, we left the game early and drove up to Fayetteville to stay at his house. We had plans to go to the Fayetteville Square like we do every year and take pictures. When we got to Fayetteville we put on some nicer clothes for pictures and were off to the square. When we got there it was freeeezing, so we opted to not take pictures and just enjoy the 'short' time we would be out there.

Finally, we sat down on a bench in the middle of trees and bushes beautifully decorated with lights. The bench was facing the area for children's pony rides. Aaron and I kept laughing at the kids and their parents, who were trying to get the "perfect" picture. He kept saying really sweet things to me, but as usual, I kept rambling on about who knows what. Realizing that I wasn't getting the hint, Aaron stood me up and turned me around to face him. That's when I realized what was happening and the water works started flowing! I know he said some really sweet things and he got down on his knee, the whole nine yards, but that is about all I remember through all of the crying! Of course I said yes and stood him up to give him a hug. That is when the people standing in line at the pony rides started applauding. A guy yelled across the way, "What'd she say?" It was just like a movie!

Aaron then gave me a card that he had written in, quoting the entire proposal speech, since he knew I would be crying like a little baby :) We sat down so I could read the card when I noticed a person with a black jacket and hood on staring at us. I pointed him out to Aaron and it turned out to be Aaron's roommate (also known as Bubba Hog from the Razorback games!). Here is Austin as his alter-ego BUBBA HOG!

Aaron had him take pictures of the entire proposal! Amazing memories to have in pictures!

The next day we went to a Razorback basketball game and then began the 3 hour drive home. Aaron kept emphasizing that he really just wanted to drive straight through. Thinking nothing of it, I agreed and agreed to go to his parents' house first. When we pulled onto his street I realized there were way more cars than normal. I blew off this observation because I didn't recognize a single car. As we walked up the sidewalke to the front door, I saw my neices through the window and then realized there were lots of people standing around. I started crying and Aaron couldn't stop smiling. I just remember telling him that he was in so much trouble for making me cry MORE! He had, apparently, planned an entire Surprise Engagement Party in advanced to be waiting on us when we got back from Fayetteville! My family, his family, and some of our friends were there to greet us.

His mom and my best friend decorated this amazing table for us!

These were all of our wonderful friends and family who could make it! We were so happy they were all there and I was to excited to be able to share such an exciting time with them.

Come back every once in a while for more wedding details! I can't wait to share more with you along the way!