the story.

yes, it happened, and i am officially engaged to be married to the most amazing man i have ever met.
he makes me swoon like a freshman girl in high school ogling over the senior football team. 
he makes me feel like the prettiest girl in the universe.
he's the reason i get out of bed before 10 every day. & he knows it.
so, without further adieu, this is how it happened.


December 24, 2010 started out as any other Christmas Eve does.
Nick came in to wake me by wrapping up in a blanket next to me (he was staying at our house for Christmas.) 
we chatted, he probably kissed my nose and the day began.
it was a lazy day and we didn't want to do anything.
so first, my mom tells me to take a shower because i smell bad. 
i've never heard that one before. 
then she gives me a grocery list {it turns out to be a fake list, she was just trying to get me out of the house.}
and tells me and nick to go pick up some things for her. 
so i hop in the shower. i take an extra long shower, just because i can.
in the meantime, nick runs to his car, drives to meet his parents who had just picked up the ring in Cedar City that morning. he runs back to my house, gets in the house, sits down, and i'm finally done with my shower. 
i get out, get cute, and get ready to leave. 
so we're at a grocery store getting the fake groceries, and he tells me that he wants to get me flowers just because.
i pick a handful of pink Gerber daisies and i'm thinking, "i'm the luckiest girl in the world."
on the way home, he goes "hey let's go to the temple and just sit and talk."
i was chill with it, and we made our way to the timp temple.
we sat on the bench right in front of the grounds, something about st. george
then
things got quiet.
"hey steph, you know that tradition our families have where we open a present on christmas eve?"
he said, as he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a small, green box. small enough to fit a ring in.
"well, i was hoping you'd open this one."
as he got on one knee and asked me to marry him.
i was stunned, shocked, speechless.
all i kept saying was "omigosh omigosh" because nothing was coming to mind and my heart was beating a million times a second as he slid the ring on my finger and kissed me. 
you think you know when it's coming.
you think you know exactly how you're doing to act, what you're going to say, but you don't.
no matter how prepared you think you are for your "engagement" moment {even though i was completely caught off guard, mind you} you just can't help yourself.
i could feel the tears welling up in my eyes {i never thought i'd cry when i got engaged, but trust me, i was so happy that's all i could do.} and i wrapped my arms around him as tight as i could & thought, "i'm never letting go."


So, there it is. 
December 24th started out as any other day: i just happened to be dating the most amazing man in the world. 
this Christmas Eve gracefully left me with a fiancée in my arms, a ring on my finger, and the promise of happiness in this life and the life to come. Forever and ever. 
The end.