He Put a Ring on it!!!

Now for the post everyone has been waiting to read about! How Matthew Proposed!!

Matt and I at Red Rock State Park

Since, our two year anniversary was onMonday, September 30th, I had taken the weekend off from work. We both decided that we wanted to do a trip and spend some quality time together. Matt planned and decided on taking me to Sedona, Arizona. I have never been to Sedona in all the years that I have lived here, so I was super excited to go.  We were going Saturday through Sunday. After we drove up we immediately went to Red Rock State Park. Before we were able to get there, we definitely got lost and ended up on someone's private property (dang siri gave us the wrong directions). We hiked through the many trails and had so much fun taking pictures and enjoying the views and beautiful weather. After hiking we went into downtown Sedona and explored the cute little shops. We had to stop at the Black Cow Cafe and get ice cream and a root bear float to share! We finally went to the hotel, and I was tired so decided to take a nap! While taking a nap he texted and plotted, he actually ended up texting my two best friends to let them know that he was about to propose (aw so cute, right?!). Also right after getting ready for dinner, he told me he wanted to get ice to he could have a cold glass of water! Really while he was getting ice, he was meeting my parents in the hotel lobby to give them the ring!

The text Matt send my best friends 30 mins before he proposed

Early in the day he told me we had dinner reservations at the Golden Goose Cafe. He said he picked this because of the great reviews! As we drove up, Matt kept saying he hopes it is good and that it is actually a nice place. I kept telling him not to worry and that I am sure it will be a perfect place to celebrate our anniversary! (Later this made sense as to why he was so nervous about the venue choice)  We were sat outside, but instead of sitting at a table that was small for two people, we were sat at a 8 top table!! Of course, in my confusion I had no idea what was going on and kept talking about how weird it was they would sat us at such a big table for only two people. We ordered Sangrias (that's my favorite) and continued talking like any other dinner we would have together. Then the waiter walked up with our doggy, Bentley, in her arms and said we found this dog. This was extremely weird and surprising he was there because he was supposed to with my parents because they were watching him for the weekend (even more confusion ran through my head). I gave him a big squeeze and that is when I noticed he was wearing a shiny sparkly collar and attached to the collar was a black jewelry bag.  Matt turns to me and says Bentley and I have a gift for you, he went on to of course saying all the romantic wonderful loving amazing words and sentences every girl dreams of hearing. He got down on one knee and said those four magical words and my words immediately came to me. YES. Tears came to my eyes and pure joy came rushing over me. This moment was something I not only dreamed about for my whole life, but also dreamed about Matt asking me most of all. After he proposed he told me our parents were there and sure enough they had been watching and taking pictures the whole time. It was the most surreal moment I have ever experienced. After tears and hugging we all sat down together and enjoyed our first meal as a family together.

Matt proposing (secret pictures my parents took)

We had to take a picture next to the Golden Goose Sign!

My family altogether<3

Matthew made the happiest woman alive on Saturday September 28th, 2013 (still am the happiest person ever)! I am the luckiest person to be in love with my best friend and also be engaged to the man of my dreams! I have a Fiance now and still have to pinch myself each morning I wake up and see my beautiful diamond ring on my left hand. Let the planning begin!