Our Engagement

Justin and made a committment to our future with each other on 25 May 2009 when Justin asked me to Marry him.

I was in Washington that weekend to see my little sister Courtney graduate from PLU and commission. Justin had just finished BOLC II and had arrived at Fort Rucker, Alabama on the 22nd. We were both pretty upset I could not be there when he finally made it down here after 8 months of seperation.

In any case. I called and had told Justin I would be home later than I really would, just so I could surprise him. I came home all dressed up to find Justin was in the process of trying to set up a romantic candel light dinner for us. It was chinese. Ha ha, I know it sounds corny but it is a little tradition him and I share every year for Valentines day so it was special to me. After we had dinner, we danced to our song I need you (Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) in our empty home... It was very sweet. Then Justin had me sit down and said he was going to get desert which was cheese cake, my favorite. As I sat with my back to the kitchen he walked around the corner and came back around on his knee. I looked at him for a minute cause I thought he had dropped something. I did not realize what he was doing until he began to tell me how much he loved me. I was so excited I tackled him, knocking him on the floor. He was looking for the perfect way to ask me and that was it. I did not see it coming for a minute. I was very surprised. And that is how Justin and I officially began the rest of our lives together.