Church, Surprises, and Bling

So lets face it; we all want that fairy tale romance. The one girls fantasize about since they were little: tall, dark, and handsome, riding in on a white horse, yada yada yada. Needless to say that's not exactly how most people end up. Most of them get their "fairy tale," just not exactly like that. We all want that one person who will stand by us no matter what. I finally found it! :D

Mr. Groom proposed earlier today, Sunday, in church, in front of our entire church congregation. He has made me the happiest girl in the world. So here's the story:

Church is a big part of our life. We met at church, we built our relationship on God and prayed together and separately before deciding we were the one meant for each other. I knew something was up today when he told me I needed to drive to church myself since he usually picks me up. But when he told me he was upset at Brandon (our pastor), I didn't know why and I didn't think much of it. Church continued as normal; the worship was great, the message was great, and we had a great time. At the end of the message, the band went up to do a commitment song. The lesson was about love, and after the commitment song, our pastor Brandon stood to give the announcements. But when Brandon said "And speaking of love, my good friend and our campus drummer has an extra special announcement," I knew for sure something was going on. He always tells me everything, and he didn't tell me anything about him making an announcement. I had this look on my face like, what is he doing? So he stands on stage in front of God and everyone else, and makes a speech. He spoke about him coming to our campus in June of 2009, and how he met me and how amazing I was (I know, I know, what was he on?). He then went on to explain how he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. By this time, he's standing in front of me, and it hits me what's going on. I start bawling. He got on one knee and held out a beautiful ring, and asked me to marry him. I was speechless. I was crying. Finally it hit me that I was supposed to say something, but I could because I was crying, so I just nod my head a lot and hug him, crying into his shirt. The whole church congregation erupts in applause and is so taken by surprise (along with myself). Needless to say, I said yes. Next up: I do. No date set yet, but I thought it'd be a nice way to start off a great engagement.