The Proposal!

A week ago today on March 19th Mark proposed to me :) Total surprise! So here's the story.

First, Mark had been tricking me into believing that he wouldn't be proposing for a long time. So there were a couple things that he had said or done that made me believe this. I'll get to those later.

We had wanted to go on a double date with Marks sister Nicole for a long time. So for seriously like two weeks we had been trying to plan a time to double. We finally decided we would go on Monday. Nicole had been acting SO excited for this! She would Facebook and text me saying how excited she was, and Mark would also say how stoked she was. So I was totally expecting this date to go through.

The plan was to meet Nicole and Drew in Salt Lake at one of our favorite places "The Dodo" for dinner. After that we were planning to go over to Nicole's to have dessert.

Mark picked me up around 6 and we were on our way. We had joked a lot before that he was going to get me a ring pop one day until he could get me an actual ring. The day before we had been joking about this and I told him that he'd better get me one soon! So....when Mark picked me up he said "There's something I think you should have" and reached into his pocket and pulled out.....the ring pop. haha!

SIDE NOTE: Like I mentioned, Mark had told me so many things to throw me off. One of these started last week. Mark had told me that his Grandma knew someone that worked with rings and could hook us up so we should go meet with him sometime. When he told me this I honestly thought "ya right, this is just to mess with me." I was really confused about this because I knew he wanted to surprise me so I felt like maybe this was a decoy.

But on the way to Salt Lake Mark made a fake phone call to this "friend of his grandma's". He set up a time that worked for us both and said we would be there Thursday to meet with him! This really threw me off and I was kind of bummed thinking that he REALLY hadn't even thought of ordering my ring!

So we got to The Dodo and arrived before Nicole and Drew. Another side note: This Drew kid had already been on the fence with Mark and I (especially mark) because of previous "stupid boy" moments. When we got to dinner Mark called Nicole and she said they were about to leave. A few minutes later Nicole sent Mark a text that said something to the extent of "Drew and I just got in a fight and he straight up left. I'm so mad. We obviously won't be coming, I'm sorry" I read this text with my own eyes so I knew that Nicole really did send it. Mark was furious! He seriously acted SO mad that this kid would ditch his sister like this. Mark called Nicole to see if she was ok and she wouldn't answer. Mark left her a message and said we'd come see her still after we ate. So we had our yummy dinner and even made a funny note to cheer Nicole up....

When we finished eating Mark called Nicole and asked her if she was okay, and talked to her for a minute. Their conversation was so real, and exactly how Mark would talk to her if this really had happened. Little did I know, this was Nicole's cue for "We're coming, get things ready..."

We were almost to Nicole's place and Mark called her to get the code to get into her place. This also apparently was a cue for Nicole to "Leave!"

We walked up to Nicole's door. Mark knocked and opened the door and all her furniture was moved, candles lit EVERYWHERE, Rose peddles and Roses ALL OVER, tons of pictures of us all around and romantic music playing! I definitely thought something was up :)

There was a cute table set up with two chairs and yummy pie (from the dodo) in the center. These pictures don't even do justice!! But thanks for getting some good ones Nicole!

We went around and looked at the pictures that were placed around of us, and then Mark said there was one more thing. This was when he got down! He said the sweetest things, and expressed how much he loved me. Then he showed me the ring and popped the question! I was SOO excited!! I was so surprised with the ring. When he was about to open the ring box I had no idea what ring it would be. We had gone shopping TWO weeks before and he had a good idea of what I wanted. My favorite ring had to be specially made and would take FOUR weeks, so I figured it wasn't that ring. BUT.....it was :) He had done a whole lot of work in these two weeks to get that ring! I was so excited and I absolutely love it!!

We ate some pie which I couldn't eat much and I don't know if it was because I was so full from dinner, or because I was so happy and excited! Or maybe a mixture of both! But we ate a bit and then he had one more place to take me.

We went downtown and hopped onto a carriage ride around the Salt Lake Temple. I've always secretly wanted to do this so I was really excited. It was so sweet and so romantic and I just loved it! Even though I had to wear Marks big coat and beanie, the picture still turned out pretty cute! :)

Mark put so much thought into this! He had been planning this for SO long and he did such a good job! I was so surprised :)

Mark is the greatest guy ever and makes me so happy. I always knew I'd marry my best friend and I can't wait to do so. We're getting Married on August 4th in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple and I can't wait for that day to come :)

Thanks Mark for everything. I love you more than you could ever know!!

Love Bre