a day for the books

today is a big anniversary for weston and me. exactly 4 years ago, weston asked me to be his wife :) awwww ....

a tiny bit of backstory - we had dated for years and years (on and off, of course) and after his mission we were still on and off - what a nightmare! :) but we were finally in a really good on period. weston had been slacking off at work (we worked at the same place and i knew how much work he had been missing). he hadn't been working much and had been shopping a lot - which really bothered me because we had talked a bit about getting married and there were hangups about affording a ring. i thought - well maybe if you were at work more and you weren't buying crap you didn't need {!} then maybe you could get me a ring! what a brat i was :) apparently all those days of missed work were spent in and out of jewelry stores learning all he could about diamond shopping {awwww}.

so a few days before he popped the question, he had called my parents (2 hours away) and left a message saying he was on his way down to see them, wanted to talk to them, and hoped they would be home by the time he got there (of course i was at work). my mom got the message when she got home and by the time weston got there, my dad had arrived as well. my mom was terrified (when she heard his message) that he was going to really end the relationship and needed help getting me through it {oh brother!} :)

my parents were both completely pleased and surprised when weston told them he was there because he loved their daughter and wanted to ask me to marry him. he even tells me they all shed a tear or two {awwww!} of course my parents were eager to give him their blessing and after a quick dinner, weston was back on his way to provo to meet me when i was finished working.

a few days later, on february 3rd ... he picked me up from work so we could run a few errands and spend a few hours together. i needed to get to target before 10pm to pick up some supplies for a lesson i was presenting the next day, but he didn't seem too worried about what i needed to get done (obviously he had other things on his mind at this point!) we ended up at the old tabernacle in provo. i was just baffled at what we were doing walking around the grounds in the snow - it was freezing and he just kept saying, "i just want to look at something." i finally asked him, "are we here to look at skate stuff?" :) we stopped at this point where there was an overhang on the building and just talked for a minute. he pulled out his latest roll of developed film and asked if i wanted to see his pictures for his assignment. of course i said i did, even though i was still thinking about the things i needed to do before 10 o'clock :) i started flipping through these pictures, trying to be interested in each one. at the end of the roll, there were a couple of his sister and then the last four were these: when i was looking at this last picture, i was confused for about 2 seconds - then it hit me :) when i looked back at weston, he was down on his knee with the ring box opened. he told me how he felt about me and all that mushy stuff we love :) then he asked if i would marry him and be his wife forever {awwww!} of course i said, YES!!! i threw my arms around him and we hugged and kissed and i just couldn't believe it :) but it was perfect and amazing and an actual dream come true. he's the best man for me and my best friend in the world. so, happy anniversary! :)