Thursday, October 4, 2018

{throwback thursday} The Proposal & Engagement Story

I guess I should also share our engagement story during what I'm now dubbing "wedding week" on the blog. I had Christian write up the story for you all to enjoy:

Proposals are no easy task.  People have romantic dinners, the Eiffel tower is in the distance, and a soothing quartet has to be nearby. Except none of this happened.  While camping in Vermont, Megan showed Christian the Overlook after a 1 mile hike.  The view was wide open and full of trees down below.  After spending the rest of the day enjoying various camping activities, Christian discussed his desire of capturing the sunset on camera from the Overlook.  Of course Megan would support him, but it seemed a couple others, her brother and cousin, wanted to join in this venture!  Panic started filling his mind as to what to do now.  Fortunately, they were very willing to skip this evening after he had a quick talk with them.  The time came and off they went.  Saying the mosquitoes were doing their best to muster the troops to attack us would be an understatement.  The second hike in one day was much harder than the first, as well.  Sweaty, aching, and covered in itching bumps, we finally reached the top.  Christian decided to take his time setting up and risk losing sunlight in order to give them time to get their breath back.  After carefully setting up the camera to capture the orange sunlight spilling across the hills and trees in the distance, Christian asked Megan to check on some other equipment across from him at the edge of the cliff.  A few moments passed, and Megan turned once she heard him start to speak.  The camera captured everything.  The sunset was only one part of Christian trying to secretly capture the moment.  Surprisingly, she said Yes, and here we are.
After I said yes, we sat up on the cliff together for a bit soaking in the view. Then we called our parents to tell them the good news before going back down to the campsite to see our vacation buddies. My 2 brothers, aunt, uncle and cousin were all there and were very excited when we shared the news.

We were actually supposed to go camping alone for the 4th of July (our anniversary week) but changed it when we had a family reunion to go to that same weekend. It just so happened that there were campsites open when my aunt and uncle were going on their yearly trip so we decided merge our trips. My extended family on my Dad's side used to camp here every Summer when I was younger and then I continued the tradition with my 2 best friends.




5 comments:

  1. That's a memorable engagement story --- mine was me casually suggested to my helpmeet that US immigration law around me getting him into the US on my student visa when I went to Yale for 6 years was such that, if we didn't want to be long distance for a significant chunk of time, we should probably just get married. Not that romantic, I know, but here are 12 years and 1 kid later!

    Courtney ~ Sartorial Sidelines

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    1. Haha, such a good story though! :D And yep, as long as it lasts, who cares how it was brought up! Some people that get crazy proposals are divorced shortly after

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  2. Oh what a sweet proposal! So nice that you had photos to capture the moment as well! I have been enjoying 'wedding week'! :)

    Hope that you are having a good week :)

    Away From The Blue Blog

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  3. Such a sweet story! I love that he captured it all on camera, and made it so special just for you.
    Chic on the Cheap

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  4. Awww that is soooo cute, minus the mosquitos.
    The box and the message inside are just so thougthful.

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