A plate of cookies!

So ladies and gentleman it is my extreme pleasure to announce my formal engagement!

:)

Jase had plenty of opportunities to propose to me in a very romantic and traditional way, but as is totally in step with the humor in our relationship, he chose something a little more fun and playful.

He had taken me on a wonderful horseback ride several weeks ago that ended with a great dinner and movie.... no ring...

We had a very low key New Years eve just the two of us.... No ring....

We went to a wonderful dinner at The Melting Pot on Saturday just for the heck of it and had a wonderful time at the restruant that we celebrated our one year anniversary at back in August and I thought, surely it will be tonight... yet no ring was forthcoming...


So tonight, on this nothing special of a Monday night, I had worked hard and long and Jay had put in two hours of overtime himself. We both arrived home late and we were both tired. I fed the horses and put the trash out and was laying on the bed looking at a magazine that had come in the mail...

Jay walks in with something behind his back and a giant beaming smile on his face. He says:
"Couuuuurty, Do you love me?"
"Yes Jay" I laugh
"How much do you love me?" He says playfully
"Very very much, why?" I ask, suspicious.
"Cause I have something for you." He pulls out a giant plate of chocolate chip cookies from the Great Cookie Company, a tradition we have when he is feeling particularly considerate and sweet.
I reply "Awwww, how sweet!" I, very unsuspecting, at this point cause he'd disarmed me with familiarity, picked up the central cookie.

And low and behold a giant shiny rock shone back at me!!!

I squeaked and bust into ecstatic laughter.
He dropped to one knee and said, "Then will you marry me?"
I wrapped my arms around his neck laughing and laughing and said yes about a zillion times. I told him, "you are so silly!!" He chuckled and said "you knew that, that's why you love me! It wouldn't be right to do it traditionally and this way just came to me one day."

So we are officially engaged.
The wedding is now OFFICIALLY planned for the 10th of October of this year at The Hurst Family home in Bulverde. It won't be a large gathering but elegant and fun.

I'm positively beaming and so very excited! And now I will get to share more planning fun in my blog!

Cheers!!

Oh PS- the central diamond belonged to my grandmother! Jay had to go get it from my mom prior to ever talking to my dad or brother. He wanted the ring to be able to take with him when he talked to the men. So the first person he had to go through was the momma bear!!!