The Proposal.

Alright so I know you guys are just dying, and if not dying then just curious to know how Kyle "popped the question." Kyle and I have known for a LONG time that we were gonna get married. I mean, we're perfect for each other and it didn't take us very long to realize that. But marriage was the last thing on my mind! I was 18 when we met! I refused to talk about marriage with Kyle cause I didn't want it to happen...yet. Finally I realized I couldn't deny it anymore and had to come to terms that I had met Mr. Right very early in my life. We wanted to get married but our school situation was so messed up. We finally worked it out so we could go to the same school in HAWAII! While he was in Hawaii and I was in Texas we missed each other ALOT. It's true what they say about distance making the heart grow fonder cause in June we set a date to get married! We decided December would be too hectic of a time and summer was just too long of a wait so we picked Friday, November 23, at the Laie, Hawaii Temple! (AKA Black Friday, one of my favorite holidays)

Honestly, when Kyle called me to tell me he had set a temple date I panicked. I thought to myself, no I am way too young, I wanna go on a mission, and what's the rush?! Well, that weekend I went dress shopping at David's Bridal with all the ladies in my family. There they have this tradition when you find "your dress" they give you a bell to ring to make a wish for your future marriage! So she gave me the bell and instantly I choked. I just burst into tears because I was so happy of the thought of being with Kyle for the rest of my life! I couldn't deny how right it was! And after that is when I stopped freaking out about getting married and actually got excited!

So this dress I "picked" was very beautiful, immodest, too expensive, and had some beading(yuck) so I was not in love with it. The sales associate was very displease with my decision to "wait" but geez B I am not going to make a rash decision on MY WEDDING DRESS. Long story short, I ended up ordering my dress from a Chinese wholesaler online (scary sounding I know) because I didn't want to have to add sleeves, I needed it quickly, and I didn't want to break the bank. It came in the nick of time before I left for Hawaii and it is amazing! The quality is so much better than I expected and my cousin Julia even took some bridals before I left :)

Wow, so a temple date, wedding dress, and bridal shoot later...I finally get a ring! So the second day I came to Hawaii I was playing with Kyle's phone camera and ended up looking at the pictures. Soon enough I came across a picture of my ring! The ring I had shown him while we were online shopping that he could tell I loved so he got it, ring! The ring that he said wouldn't be coming in for another month! BULL! I barely glanced at it and went to the next picture. I was mortified. What had I done?! I ruined everything. Well, I felt so guilty that I told Kyle that I saw it. He got super bummed and told me I shouldn't have told him but I couldn't help it. The poor thing. Since he found out I saw the ring I thought he would wait a month or two so I would forget about it and be surprised. NOPE. The next day was Saturday and he had a big date planned for us. Now, this wasn't suspicious to me because he always plans big dates. I know, I have a keeper. We went to breakfast then we went to Hanauma bay. So we were snorkeling and having a great time then we came back on the beach. Out of nowhere Kyle finds this HUGE seashell that he showed to me and I told him it was fake. He was like, "nah I bet there's something in there!" and gave it to me. I looked at it, shook it, felt something heavy inside, thought it was rocks and sand, and said "nope, nothing in there" and gave it back to him. You'd think I'd be suspicious at this point but it didn't even cross my mind. So he keeps fiddling with the seashell...ON HIS KNEES...and then I see this GORGEOUS ring fall out onto his hand. My first thought was, "Wow I can't believe we just found a beautiful ring on the beach! Some one was probably gonna propose!" Then the next thing I know he says, "will you marry me?" I WAS SHOCKED. I was like oh...I'm the one getting proposed to. I was seriously so shocked and speechless I made it awkward. Here my boyfriend goes out and plans out the most perfect proposal and I don't even have a good reaction! I felt so bad. I even saw the ring on his phone and I didn't put two and two together when I saw it! Anyways, it just goes to show that marriage proposals aren't always like the movies. Even though everything else that Kyle does is like the movies. I could've elaborated and said I started crying and was all emotional but I hate lying so that's what it is. I'm sure so many proposals have gone like that though.

All that matters is that I am FINALLY, OFFICIALLY engaged and don't have to hide the fact that I'm getting married! WAAAHOOOO!!!

Breakfast at Moena Cafe

Hanauma Bay

My Ring