It was a hot, sticky June evening...........

Ryan proposed on Saturday, June 5th, 2010.

Did I know it was going to happen once he got back from Annual Training for 2 weeks? Well, I had a feeling it would happen in June or July. We had talked about getting married before the end of the year quite a bit, so I figured the question would be coming sometime in the summer. Did I know he was going to do it less than 48 hours after he got home? Ummm nope! I had no idea!

We spent the morning and early afternoon at an FRG (Family Readiness Group) cookout. I was able to meet his ARMY buddies along with their spouses. It was extremely HOT and yes, it was outside. If you know me well, you know that the heat makes me uncomfortable. Feeling that uncomfortable makes me cranky. Me being cranky = one whiny young lady! Well, for Ryan's sake, I wasn't cranky at all that day. However, I did nearly die of heat stroke. (Please ignore the ridiculous exaggeration I just typed).
Anyways, I am just trying to explain how HOT it was that day. And humid, of course. It is Oklahoma after all.

Ryan randomly decided that we should go hang out with our friends Joy and Joe that evening for a game night. I did not think anything of it since we do game night a lot with them, but it was a little random since Ryan never makes plans. He usually leaves that up to me. ;)

So the evening started out pretty normal. We had some cocktails and played Rock Band. I did think it was weird that he brought a Scrabble game with him, but he said he wanted us all to play since him and Joe always play that Words with Friends (similar to Scrabble) on his I-phone with Joe all the time. The boys decided it was time to play and that we were going to play outside. I was not too happy about going outside (refer back to my near death experience earlier in the day with heat stroke). So I put my hair in a ponytail (which I would regret later) and Joy showed me some of her wedding stuff while the boys set up the game.



We went out to the backyard and there was Ryan, in the dark, standing next to the table with candles and the Scrabble board. I walked over and saw that the board said "Will You Marry Me" in Scrabble letters. I had to stare at it for a minute to really "get" what was going on. I started freaking out. Ryan got down on one knee and asked for my hand in marriage. Of course I said yes somewhere in-between the "Oh my gosh" and "What on earth?" and "How did you....?" and "They were in on this??" and "I can't believe this!". Okay and yes there may have been a few expletives in there somewhere...... cut me some slack, i was in shock!



Then there was crying and kissing and crying and hugging, you get the jist of it. ;)



Joe and Joy bought us champagne and had us sign the champagne bottles. I think maybe sake and shots out of chocolate shot glasses may have been involved as well... needless to say we celebrated! It was an amazing and memorable night with people I love. So thank you, Joy and Joe, for helping Ryan make that night even more special! And thank you Ryan, for giving me such an amazing night to remember!



(I know, I know, what is up with all of this cheese?) But you have to love this last picture.... the two engaged girls with their now-empty-pocket fiance's haha.