| This was the day that I have been waiting for since I met Ryan. Ok so maybe I have not been waiting this whole time for this day, but a long time at least. I guess I should pay a little more attention to the time, because really this happened last night. Since I am not up at Graceland anymore, I will not have a candle passing so I will get tell the story here instead. Last night Ryan and I went to eat with his family. It was nice because not only was it his direct family (mom, dad, sister, and brother) it was also his grandparents. We all went out to eat and had a lot of fun talking and hanging out. I really love his whole family. It was funny because one of his really good friends named Brie worked at the place we ate and so told her boss that she wanted our table. I had not met Brie yet, because she was a friend from high school and I still have not met a lot of Ryan's friends from high school. During dinner I saw out of the corner of my eye her do something and Ryan react, but I had no idea what was going on. I found out later that she was asking him if he had proposed yet, which he hadn't, and Ryan was trying to wave her off. Dinner was really good and a lot of fun. When we all got back from dinner Ryan went to his room to change and fold his clothes he has been washing that day. After he was finished he asked me if I wanted to go for a walk down to the river. His parents don't live to far from the Mississippi river. They live up on a big hill and a few blocks away so they don't have to worry about flooding, but close enough that it is not a bad walk down to the river. So Ryan and I went for a walk to the river, and I could tell that he was thinking about something. A lot of time when we are walking we are just enjoying the time together and talk about whatever comes up, which we were doing, but this time I could tell that he was not really is to the conversation because he was thinking about something else. When we got back to the river he walked us out on this dock. I love water and one of my favorite things to do is sit at the end of dock. To me it feels like I am sitting on the water itself not the dock, because I can only see water around me. Well the sun was setting and so we were just standing there watching the sun set, holding each other, when Ryan asked. "April I have a very important question to ask you, and you probably know the question and I probably know the answer but I will ask you anyways. But first I need a visual aid." He pulled a ring box out of his pocket and got down on one knee. "April will you marry me?" I said "Of course. I love you." We kissed and he stood up. He then put the ring on my finger. It was so cute and very Ryan like. We had been talking about getting married a lot lately and he ever asked me what my finger size was and what I would want in a ring so I knew that he was going to ask me, but I just didn't know when. After we kissed a few more times we turned back to the sunset and just enjoy the natural beauty of it. He had his arms wrapped around me and I was just enjoying being close to him and knowing that I was going to marry this wonderful man, when he turned to him and asked "So that was a yes right?" It was so cute. Of course I told him YES. It was so cute that he just wanted to hear the words. In all the excitement and all I guess all I said was, of course, so I can see how it wanted to make sure that it was a yes. When we walked back to this house everything was just hanging out having fun. We wanted to tell everyone but the whole family was not home yet. His dad was helping a lady from church with some computer things, so we wanted to wait for everyone to be there. Everyone that was home decided to play a game and just have some fun, so I was trying to hide my ring. I didn't want to take it off because it felt so good on my finger so I just tried really hard not to draw attention to it. Kayla (Ryan's sister) knew that he was going to ask me today and was really excited to say something, but was great in waiting till we told everyone at once. When Ryan's dad got home he joined in the game of Catch Phrase that everyone was playing. We were all getting loopy and it was getting harder and harder to play the game so he did a few more rounds around the table before we call it a night for the game. At the end of the game Ryan was like "Well I have one more game for you all." I guess it was going to say guess what is on April's hand, but the minute that everyone saw the ring the game was over. For the next 30 minutes or so everyone was congraduating us and then they all wanted to take pictures. It was a lot of fun. We have had told my parents yet. I don't know that I want to tell them over the phone so I think that I will wait till I go home on the 23th to tell them. It seems like a long ways away but I want to see their faces. I know that they already gave Ryan promission but still there is just something you want to do in person. I have only really told Susie about it, but I changed my info on facebook to say engaged to Ryan instead of just in a relationship with him. We don't have a date picked out yet but the idea is that we are going to wait till he graduates from college first. I am so happy, and can't seem to stop smiling. So that it my news for now. I will let everyone know when the wedding is going to be. Love to everyone. |
