Remember when I used to blog like . . . all the time?
Me too.
Life got a little crazy.
like getting married.
But there's so much that happened before that.
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We got engaged on May 11th
i look crazed. but it's okay. i'm engaged.
and it was MAGICAL. and i was completely surprised. kaleb did really well because i HATE surprises and he HATES keeping surprises from me.
We had been talking about going to the Tulip Festival for months and the week before we went he nonchalantly asked if I wanted to go because "we haven't been on a 'nice' date in a while".
sure. okay. i won't say no to a "nice" date.
and the week before, i went and got my nails done on a lady date with my old roommate Elise. sly dog.
~i'm going to interrupt for a funny story that will make sense later~
Kaleb and I had been recently reminiscing about the day he finally held my hand. i told him how nervous i was because i thought my hand would be sweaty. ew. (don't worry, it wasn't) and he is proud to say that his hands don't get sweaty. i was way jealous because my hands get sweaty ALL the time. its gross.
~back to engagement story~
So, we go to Thanksgiving Point gardens and I'm stoked out of my mind because I've heard nothing but GREAT things about this tulip festival. We step outside and I already know this is true. It is just GORGEOUS. The colors, the scenery. It's all so perfect.
We start walking around and look at a map and I point out the various gardens I would like to go check out. He agrees with all my choices and tells me that the "Secret Garden" looks way cool and should head that way. Okay. Cool. Sounds good.
I'm so distracted by all the colors and pretty flowers that I don't notice Kaleb freaking out. (At least that's what he told me.) I kept stopping, wanting to take pictures and go to these other gardens and he is being so amazingly patient with me and even humoring me and jumping into the pictures I wanted to take.
But i didn't mind too much because Kaleb was on his phone almost THE ENTIRE TIME. I was getting annoyed but right when I would say something, he would put his phone away. Sneaky man.
such a good sport.
We finally made it to the secret garden and I noticed that Kaleb's hand was SO sweaty. (remember my story earlier???) I commented on it and he just told me it was hot...which it was. it was REALLY warm that day.
This garden is beautiful! there's an archway for you to enter before you get to the actual garden where there's a fountain and beautiful trees and flowers. There were people in the garden, especially around the fountain. There was a little boy playing with the water so a lot of the bench surrounding the fountain was wet. We sat down at the fountain and took some pictures. We were sitting right in the sun and I was getting too hot, so I suggested that we get up and move to a different corner of the fountain, in the shade. and so we did.
I should have noticed how the garden was filled with people and then suddenly they were gone. but i didn't.
Kaleb rested his head on my shoulder and whispered "I really love you" in a low, shaky voice to which I replied "I love you too!" in a happy, chipper voice. Should have caught on to that. oops.
He then lifted his head up and said "Deanna, I love you. But, sometimes words fail to express how I feel."
cue Kaleb suddenly on one knee in front of me.
"but, Deanna, right now the only words I can say are will you marry me?"
While he was proposing to me, I asked him "ARE YOU PROPOSING TO ME?!?!" not only once. but twice. i slapped my hand over my mouth in shock and whispered "Yes!"
at that point, Nik, Josh, Joey, and Schuyler all popped out of random places within the garden. They got it all on video! And the people that were in the garden was ushered out by the boys and came back in to applaud and congratulate us. I am a crying wreck and hide my face in Kaleb's chest, trying to figure out if this was all really happening.
and it was.
PS, Kaleb was on the phone with the boys telling them our location. don't worry, he's not a jerk and on his phone when he's with me ;)
and here's the video of our engagement!
thanks again, boys!
and i'm now married to the man of my dreams!
my life is magical.
*post about the wedding coming soon!*
