Last summer Andrew went and worked for his uncle in Washington and his uncle encouraged him to set aside some money in a CD so when the time came that one day he was ready to buy a ring, he'd have some money saved up for it. Well little did he know that he'd be needing that money so soon. The money could be taken out at the end of any six month interval, so the first six months was up at the end of February. We went and picked out the ring last Wednesday. We just picked out the diamond and the setting, so it still had to be mounted and wouldn't be ready until Friday afternoon. Well, I knew he wouldn't be able to wait very long to propose so I figured it would happen that weekend.We'd both been wanting to go to Tepenyaki, a hibachi grill like Benihana's, so we had planned earlier in the week that that's where we'd go out to eat on Friday. Earlier in the week he had also planned for us to go to a comedy show on campus with another couple in our ward. So Friday when he picked me up I had a feeling that it was probably going to be the night.
We went to Tepenyaki and had a delicious dinner then we headed over to BYU for the stand up comedy show. Well we were a little bit early so we just walked around for a little bit and then we got to the Maeser Building, which is one of my favorite buildings on campus. Then he was like, "wouldn't this be a cool place to get engaged?" Then right as he said that the other couple that we were going to the show with came walking up the hill, so I guess he decided to postpone his proposal. So we all went and watched the show. Then after it was over, the other couple asked if we wanted to go get ice cream. Andrew kind of hesitated because he was probably trying to figure out how he was going to propose, so he told them that we would meet them at Cold Stone. So on our way back to the car we took a little detour through the new building on campus, the Joseph F. Smith Building. Right outside the building there's a really pretty fountain which is especially beautiful at night time. At this point I figured that's where he was going to do it, and I could tell he was kind of nervous so I got out some pennies and was like "let's make a wish," thinking that this would help ease some of his nervousness, but apparently it didn't help because later he told me that he didn't even make a wish because he was too busy thinking about proposing. So anyway after we, or should I say I, made a wish we sat down and he told me how much he loved me and he pulled out the pretty little ring and asked if I would marry him, and of course I said yes!
Here we are at Cold Stone.
Jessica was so excited for me that she brought me a cute little goodie bag of wedding magazines and a cute red fluffy pen.
It was fun to look through all the bride magazines and get some ideas. I'm pretty sure I just want something simple. So we'll be married on August 17th in the Salt Lake Temple. We're really excited for our big day!