6 Weeks Post Wedding

Welllllll, it's been six weeks since our wedding day! I can't believe it's gone by so fast; it feels like only a week ago I was coming home after a long day to Hayley asking me to marry her. And it feels like just yesterday we were spending the day apart, anxiously awaiting becoming Mrs. & Mrs.

There were so many days, especially within the last couple months leading up to the wedding, that we just wished it was over. Or that we could get all our money back and go elope on the beaches of Jamaica. Planning a wedding is super stressful.  Seriously, if you ever want to test your relationship with someone, plan a wedding.  You'll know instantly whether you'll last or not. Not, but for real. It was so stressful, especially at the end, and I don't think we ever had a clue. But, of course, it was all worth it in the end.

Okay, get ready for the sap and super cheesy moment. But first, you have to understand.  Hayley and I have been friends since our sophomore year in college, and about halfway through that year we were spending every moment together (and with Erin) that we could. Our junior year, we started living together for the rest of our college days and then even afterwards.  Basically, what I'm trying to get across here is that Hayley and I have spent everyday of the last two years together, and before that we probably spent about 80% of our time together since our sophomore year in college.  So, leaving each other on the night of our rehearsal dinner knowing that we wouldn't see each other for almost 24 hours was tough. It was so hard because you think, this is the most important day of your life, and while most people don't spend it with their soon-to-be spouse, they're (usually) with their best friend(s). But, Hayley is my best friend. She's the person who I want to scream my good news with from the roof tops; she's the person I want to cry to when nothing is going right; she's my best friend.
Thankfully, even though we couldn't see each other (although we did cross paths in the hotel going to the counter in the morning to get more towels for our rooms), we were actually still able to be in each other's presence.  The Obici has this big, beautiful bridal room, where their brides get ready with their bridesmaids. Since there was only one getting ready room, they hung this big curtain/sheet across the middle of the room (much like siblings do when they have to share a room and don't want the other in their space, haha) and so we could both be with ALL of our bridesmaids and we could communicate with each other when we needed/wanted to. While getting through the night without each other was difficult, it made the day A LOT easier.

Even still, the anticipation waiting to see each other was just baffling. Of course, I was already super excited to finally be able to see her in her dress with her hair and makeup done.  But once our bridesmaids were doing their first look with her, hearing them ooh and ahh over her, I just wanted to get somewhere and be able to see her. Luckily for us, (or just for me, really) that somewhere was my favorite spot in the whole house: the terrace upstairs. Side note: the Obici House was the first venue we ever looked at, and even though it was always our venue, I fell in love with it from the moment I first saw that terrace.  I always imagined us having our first look on the terrace and I am so glad our photographer was able to make it happen.

As far as the rest of the night goes, it was all amazing.  I don't even know what else to say to describe it.  I am so totally not a creative imaginative person, so when we were planning everything out, I just couldn't picture it all together in my head.  My math/science brain doesn't work that way whereas Hayley's does, so I just trusted her and our vendors when they said it would work.  Now, I'm completely biased, and if every single one of our guests would have told us otherwise, I would still say that it turned out absolutely perfect.  I think that the food was delicious (seriously, that mac & cheese though), the linens went together so well, and our centerpieces and floral arrangements tied it all together!

 

Six weeks out, and we are still so happy that we are finally married.  While some days I am a little disappointed that our wedding day is over (I may or may not have cried on our honeymoon because it was over), I am so excited with what we have going on in our lives currently and for everything that is to come in the near  and distance future.  More than ever, I am completely and utterly confident that it's true what they say: the best is yet to come.

We are so grateful to our vendors, our parents, our family, and friends.  Our wedding day was everything it was because of all of you. 

I am going to try, whole-heartedly, to continue this blog through the rest of our married lives.  However, don't expect more frequent updates than what we've been doing.  Maybe you'll get lucky, maybe you won't.  I can't promise anything. BUT stay tuned, we've recently bought  a house so there will be an update coming soon!

x o x o ,

Your favorite two Wives <3

The Big Update!

Wow, so getting settled into our new apartment and then getting adjusted to a new school year has really taken its toll on us and so we haven't been posting as much.  I feel like we've done so much for the wedding, but when you look at it in the big picture, it feels like nothing at all! Here's an update on everything we have done thus far:

Back in June, Hayley and I booked our officiant! For months after us getting engaged, Hayley was constantly telling me how badly she wanted my Uncle Bruce to become ordained and marry us.  He's very outgoing and goofy and she thought that he could be serious about the marriage, while also making everything smooth and comfortable for everyone there. After some convincing, I agreed to this.  Not that I didn't like the idea, but it did take a little bit for me to come around to it. Let's take note that Hayley also promised me we could be the Burgels if I agreed to this (which she is now going back on, so y'all help me out). We decided to do something a little cutesy to ask my Uncle Bruce to marry us so we went to our local craft store (our second favorite place to shop behind Ross) and got some supplies to put together a small box for him.  We painted the outside of the box like a tux and then wrote "Will you be a key part of our wedding and be our officiant?" on the inside with a big key inside the box.  It was super cute, if I do say so myself. And, after having to explain what it is to him, he agreed! Officiant: Check!


We have also asked another one of my wonderful uncles to play for us during the ceremony.  He played at my parent's wedding and my sister's wedding, so it's pretty special to us that he plays at ours.  And we have picked out the perfect song for him to play as we walk down the aisle!

We have also picked out our bridesmaid dresses.  Since there are so many bridesmaids, Hayley and I went to the store first to get some ideas of what we liked so that way it was a little less crazy when we brought all of our girls to pick their dress. We took to Pinterest for our inspiration and both really loved the mis-matched dress look. We also liked that, since all of our bridesmaids are different shapes and sizes, we could put them in a dress that would best flatter them.  We ended up picking out three different style of dresses and two different colors.  On the day that we had all of our girls come with us, it ended up working out perfectly.  Everyone picked the dress they wanted and it ended up being a pretty even amount for each dress.  They all picked the same color, so we ended up just doing one color dress instead of two.  I would love to post a thousand and one pictures of them in their dresses, but 1) I don't have any and 2) we want there to be at least a little surprises on the day! I will say that I am absolutely obsessed with them though! It did cause us to change our color scheme a little bit, but I think I'm liking where it's going even better than what we planned originally.

Speaking of dresses! Hayley and I have both picked out 'the dress.'  I have heard that Hayley looks absolutely GORGEOUS in hers, so I cannot wait to see. 

Next. I'm not even a big sweets person, but my favorite part of this process so far: Our cake tasting!  We found the perfect person to bake our cake (Thanks, Lizzie!) Her name is Chelsi and she is the sweetest person I think I've ever met.  While some of our bridesmaids were in town this weekend, we got together and she brought all the cakes and fillings and icings so that we could pick our cake.  She brought eight different kinds of cake and six different kinds of fillings/icing. I was actually surprised at how easy it was to pick our cake. Of course, we had to try every possible combination... because, I mean, who wouldn't? Calories don't count when it's a tasting for your wedding, right?  But, with us having two completely different kinds of tastes when it comes to sweet thing (Hayley loves anything chocolate, whereas I love anything with fruit) we were able to compromise pretty easily!

Last, but not least: OUR NEW VENUE!  We were very heartbroken when Holly Ridge Manor didn't work out, but we are so excited to be getting married at The Obici House in Suffolk! This was actually the first venue we looked at from the start and we both immediately fell in love with it, but being the first place we saw, we decided to keep looking. It is just so beautiful.  I really wanted a place that had water and my favorite part of the Obici is the balcony in the back of the house that overlooks the Nansemond River.  I am so looking forward to having our first look in this amazing spot! And for those of you that know Hayley you know she was born in the wrong era, so the Obici House is perfect because it has such an old, antique-y feel to it that fits her personality perfectly.

Only a little over 6 months until the big day and we are more and more excited every day! I absolutely cannot wait to marry my best friend!  Keep us in your thoughts as we try to buckle down and finish the rest of all this planning soon!

 

 

x o x o x o ,

Your Favorite Two Brides



The Dress

Every girl thinks about her wedding day at least once in her life before it happens. She has an idea in her head of how it is going to be. It could be big. It could be small and quaint, but either way she's thinking of her dream day. It has to be perfect to the last detail. The more I plan and think about every aspect of the wedding I feel like a lot of it isn't for me. I feel like a lot of it is for the guests. I mean my main goal is to marry the love of my life, but the second big goal is that my guests enjoy themselves. I don't think that is a bad thing. I want to be hospitable, but I find myself worried about that more than I expected. The only time I didn't think about my guests even a little bit was when I found the dress. Now, I HATE shopping. Shopping is quite the chore when you have a butt like mine. My biggest fear was that I was not going to be able to get what I wanted. I wanted that magical, princess feeling. What girl doesn't?  I mean come on... of all things, the across the board feeling a bride wants is beautiful. So I took myself to the David's bridal and tried to put on my positive, big girl panties. I walked in, walked around, had my entourage showing me dress after dress. Then I saw it on the mannequin. It was perfect! I fell in love with it at first sight, so that must exist if you were wondering because it indeed did happen. Then the big question came... is it in the budget? The answer was no, so we tried to find a similar one. I tried them on trying to convince myself that it was as nice as the mannequin one, but they weren't the same. I wanted the one on the mannequin. So my mom caved and told the sales associate to go get it. Then the moment came. I was in. I was laced up. I was ready to see it. I walked out and looked in the mirror and knew I had found it. I had found the dress. I was elegant, and beautiful. I was a princess and I wasn't leaving the store without it. This dress was mine. It didn't matter if the guests liked it. It was my decision and my dress. I am in love with my dress. It is truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I just want to wear it everyday. And it is so satisfying that it is mine and all mine. Now I can focus on the menu, the venue, the décor, the music, and alcohol of course. And all that can be for the guest. But the moment I say I Do is for Sam and I and the dress is mine and only mine. So brides to be, find comfort in knowing that you will make the people you love happy, share the beginning of your life long adventure with the love of your life and you will still have a little, tiny piece of the day just for you. That's a recipe for perfect if you ask me!

101 in 1,001 Challenge

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone has had a relaxing weekend.  We apologize for not blogging in such a long time.  We've been bogged down with moving and other things.  This won't necessarily be a wedding post, but don't fret those will be back very soon!

 

We first heard about the 101 in 1,001 Challenge from my best friend, Lizzie.  She did the challenge on her blog probably about a month ago and it inspired us to make one ourselves (cross that off you list, Liz!).

 

The challenge is to create a list of 101 things (small or big!) you hope to accomplish in the next 1,001 days (about 2.75 years). We created this list trying to keep in mind all of our big goals for our life together, but still wanting to try new things and spend time with the people we love most. Once a task is completed, we'll strike through it. If a task is in the process of being completed, we'll bold it. We will also try our best to make blog posts on as many of the big and exciting tasks as we can!

 

Start Date: August 16, 2015

End Date: May 13, 2018

 

1. Come up with 1,001 things.

2. Get married.

3. Buy a house.

4. Do a Paint Nite with our friends.

5. Treat a friend to a meal 5 times. (1/5)

6. Have a dinner party.

7. Purchase a bedroom furniture set without having to put it on a credit card.

8. Have dinner on the Spirit of Norfolk

9. Donate $100 to a charity of our choosing.

10. Work out five days a week for a whole month.

11. Go see a movie and have dinner at the Cinema Café.

12. Give 10 random acts of kindness to strangers.

13. Paint pottery.

14. Visit 5 wineries and/or breweries. (1: Williamsburg Winery, 2: O'Connor Brewing)

15. Leave a 100% tip.

16. Get Hayley a new car.

17. Go on a vacation for just the two of us.

18. Get a real Christmas tree.

19. Go back to the drive-in where we had our first date.

20. Spend a weekend unplugged.

21. Attend 4 MLB games.

22. Go to Atlantic City.

23. Get tattoos.

24. Give ten "just because" gifts.

25. Read ten books.

26. See a musical.

27. Start a family.

28. Take a fun class together.

29. Get up the first time our alarm goes off in the morning every day for a week.

30. Send out Christmas cards.

31. Go through our closet and throw away shoes we don't wear.

32. Treat our mothers to a day of pampering.

33. Take the GRE.

34. Try 10 new restaurants in our area. (1: The Grilled Cheese Bistro)

35. Go to the beach 10 times.

36. Celebrate our 1 year anniversary.

37. And our second.

38. Walk the dogs every day for a week.

39. Apply for Big Brother (Sam).

40. Decorate each room in a house that we buy.

41. Cut out all fast food for a month.

42. Register to vote.

43. Vote in a non-presidential election.

44. Vote in a presidential election.

45. Try a new recipe every week for a month.

46. Meet our weight loss goals.

47. Learn how to do something new together.

48. Watch all of the Harry Potter movies.

49. Open a Roth IRA account and make monthly contributions.

50. Make two new friends out of our bubble.

51. Change our last name.

52. Improve our credit scores.

53. Go on 30 cool/out of the ordinary dates.

54. Buy a country mega ticket.

55. Go to the Virginia Aquarium.

56. Enroll the dogs in a training class.

57. Go to 5 Tides games.

58. Acquire a new (nice) set of pots and pans.

59. Complete 5 DIY projects from Pinterest.

60. Go kayaking.

61. Get 20 pedicures. (2/20)

62. Get our hair cut every 3 months for a year.

63. Paint a mermaid at the mermaid factory.

64. Go to the state fair.

65. Invest in quality makeup.

66. Start a good skin care regime.

67. Meet someone famous.

68. Pay off our living room furniture credit card.

69. Set aside time to spend with our friends at least once a month.

70. Enroll the dogs into daycare.

71. Pick pumpkins.

72. Make a gallery wall for our living room.

73. Start a new tradition.

74. Build up our classroom libraries.

75. Send a care package.

76. Buy a Fitbit.

77. Go Labor Day camping.

78. Enjoy a staycation.

79. Make our own healthy dog treats.

80. Eat at the kitchen table every day for a month without the TV.

81. Get our own phone plan together.

82. Get a professional massage.

83. Take a hot yoga class.

84. Purchase a laptop.

85. Purchase a new tablet.

86. Go without soda for a whole month.

87. Go to a drag brunch show.

88. Wash, fold, and put away laundry every Sunday for two months.

89. Frame and hang our college degrees.

90. Donate to our sorority's foundation.

91. Join an alumnae chapter.

92. Send out thank you's from all our wedding events within one month.

93. Learn two new hairstyles.

94. Go to an amusement park.

95. Go on a road trip.

96. Have a housewarming party when we buy our own home.

97. Combine bank accounts.

98. Speak only positively of others for a week.

99. Do something to surprise one another.

100. Go to a Carrie Underwood concert.

101. Put $10 in savings for each task accomplished.

 

Keep us motivated to cross each and every item off our list by 2018!

 

x o x o x o ,

Your Favorite Two Brides

Bridesmaids? We've Got 'Em

Hi again! We were so grateful to receive so much positive feedback on our last post.  We have the best friends, family, and support system behind us going into this journey and it is the best feeling. You guys are awesome!

For our second catch up post, we wanted to share with you all the details of how we asked our amazing bridesmaids to stand beside us on our big day and a little bit about each of those lovely ladies!

So, Hayley actually found the idea of making a Bridesmaid Box from Pinterest (where we find all our good ideas, really).  It took us a few weeks actually to get all the boxes. We wanted to get the same boxes for all the girls.  However, after going to every Michael's in the Hampton Roads area, we realized that wasn't realistic because the boxes we originally wanted were being discontinued so there weren't many left.  Luckily, we found two similar types of boxes and we used one for my side, and one for Hayley's side. They were very similar, except one was more square-like than the other.

We wanted to keep the boxes very simple, but still very cute and girly. We started by painting the outside of the box all white (and then later putting the initial of each girl on the outside, hence the "S" on the one in the picture). It took a couple layers of paint to get it covered really well and then later on we put their initial on it with a paint pen.  The inside we painted a blush/pink color, because that is the main wedding color.  Once we have everything painted well, we could move on to everything we wanted to put inside of it!


At the time (surprise bridesmaids! Because you may not know yet), our colors were blush, navy, and gold.  Since then we have changed it: the navy is no more and we are adding in a few different shades of pink and nudes. So we first cut out big circles and made it confetti-like to put in the bottom.  Since the inside was already pink, we only made navy and gold confetti.  We also found a pack of different patterned gold foil tape and make a rectangle/square in the lid of the box, and wrote "Be my bridesmaid?" or "Be my maid/matron of honor?" inside of it.  At our local Wal-Mart, we picked up paint chips to put inside of the box so we could share our wedding colors with our bridesmaids.  You can't really see the design, but we clipped all the paint chips together with a gold-decorated/patterned clothespin we found at Michael's super cheap!


Last, but not least, we each stuck in some pictures of us and the bridesmaid inside and tied them together with a gold ribbon.  And we put a little info foldable in there as well.  We wrote about our day on the first card, which included our venue (which actually isn't our venue anymore, more to come on that in a later post!), our date, and just little tidbits about what we want the day to look like.  The second card had the role of our bridesmaids, and the third had all of our bridesmaids and a little fun blurb about each of them.  You can also see in this picture, a little bit, we put a small wine bottle inside with a baby wine glass with their names on it as well.  We think they turned out really well and hope that our girls love them!


So, we have kind of a big bridal party.  There are just so many people who we really love and who have been there for us both individually and as a couple that we couldn't have left out on our big day. There are five girls on each of our sides, which we know that's a lot.  Especially considering that they're all girls, but like I said all of them are just so important to us that it wouldn't have felt right if they weren't there with us!  We're gonna start with Sam giving a tidbit about her side, and then Hayley will do the same with her five bridesmaids!

Sam's side:
My matron of honor is my sister, Casey.  She was really just a given in my brain to be my maid/matron of honor ever since I could remember.  She's the only sister (biological) I had and she's always been there for me.  She was actually the first person I told in my family about Hayley and I and she's always been supportive.  Plus, I was her maid of honor, so it's only fair, right?!
Madi's my first bridesmaid. She is a sister in my sorority. Funny story because when she pledged, she absolutely hated me for whatever reason (and I had no idea who she even was). But we became super close our junior years and she's seriously my long lost twin.  She's one of those people who you just click with automatically and then the rest is history.
My Lizzie is also one of my bridesmaids.  We've been best friends for, wow, 9 years now.  Ever since we met in an interior design class our freshman year in high school and we both had our highlighter organized in rainbow order on the first day of school.  We spent many years being a package deal.  No matter what, I knew there was no way I could have a wedding with her not standing beside me on that day. She's just that important to me.
My little, Emi, is another one of my bridesmaids. Clearly, she's also a sorority sister of mine.  Although she is my little, she's really been my best friend ever since we met. She's my camo-loving, tanning-addicted, outback-hating mini-me.  She's brought me so much joy in the last couple years and I know she'll keep me smiling throughout this whole journey.
Last, but certainly not least, is my Bigggggggie!  All my years of college/sorority life, she's been there for me like no one else.  Whether it was a place to do laundry for free, someone to cart me to the store, or bring me grilled cheese when I was sick, she always was happy to do it.  After all she's put up with over the years, she totally deserves to be in my wedding. Without her, I would have been such a mess in college.

Hayley's side:
My Maid of Honor is my very best friend Erin Frye. Erin and I know each other mostly from our sorority, but she was actually on of the first people I ever spoke to at Longwood. We just happened to sit next to each other in the very first class we ever had as college students. So I guess we were just destined to be friends. I knew I needed a strong person who could help me keep myself together no matter what came my way through all the craziness that is wedding planning. Erin has been there for me through many years and I am honored that she agreed to take on this role for Sam and I's wedding.
My first bridesmaid is my younger sister Amanda aka Mandie. I have had the privilege to watch Mandie grow into the adult that she is today. She still has a while to go before she's full grown ;) but so far she has become one of the most non judgmental people I have ever met. Something that I think should be truly admired in a person. She has always been supportive of me and I am very excited to have her stand next to me on this very important day in my life.
My next bridesmaid is my cousin Jessie. Jessie is someone that gets along with everyone. She is beautiful inside and out and she has been nothing but excited since I asked her to be a bridesmaid. She is constantly assuring me about everything and has offered to help so much already. I don't think my wedding day would be the same without her sassy positivity.
Moving on down the line the next maid is Lauren Griswold. Lauren is also one of our sorority sisters. Lauren has an element of fun that I personally do not posses, but I do enjoy. She lives her life and doesn't let anyone stop her from getting what she wants. I can only try to steal some of this energy that she puts out. She has been supportive and understanding in some of the hardest times in my recent years. I am very glad that she has accepted the position as bridesmaid.
And last, but not least Brittney Wright. Brittney is also a sorority sister. Shocker I know. She was always there to listen and give good advice when were in college. She is so humble and kind and I am glad that I got to know Britt Britt throughout our years at Longwood. She is a very unique person and I am excited to have her sassiness and sense of style on my side. ;)

I know that each of these people have made a big difference in each of our lives. Some of them may know it. Some of them may not, but all in all these are the people we felt that we couldn't make the biggest commitment of our lives without. So thank you ladies and know that we love you!

 

x o x o x o ,

Your Favorite Two Brides

Will You...? x2

So, now that Hayley and I have been engaged for (almost) four months, I'm really regretting not starting this blog sooner.  Luckily, not toooo much has happened that we can't catch up on.  Our first few posts will be "catch-up" posts though and then we will do our very best to update at least once a week!  So for our first post is where this exciting adventure began, OUR ENGAGEMENT! Obviously, we are not your 'normal' couple and so there were lots of questions once we announced the news. Most we answered, but hopefully this will help.  Plus it will give us a chance to relive it, which is really the best part.

I had actually been preparing and planning for months to buy Hayley a ring.  Unfortunately, being so new into the adult world, my credit did not allow me to go out and buy Hayley the ring she deserved.  I ended up buying a setting and then getting a diamond put on layaway that took me 3-4 months to pay off.  Once I had it all paid off and it was officially mine, (well, Hayley's) I had big plans for it.  However, Hayley did beat me to the punch. I was definitely surprised when Hayley proposed to me.   I had to stay at school late that night for a PTA Carnival Night all the teachers had to be at, so I didn't get home until after 8.  I had talked to Hayley on my way home and she just said she had spent the afternoon watching Netflix waiting for me to get home.  I didn't suspect a thing.  When I got home and walked up onto the porch, I saw a piece of paper on the door.  Let me also tell you, that it was April Fool's Day. So my first thought was, "This girl is going to play a trick on me that she's lost or something crazy and I AM NOT coming to find her." We basically live like two streets over from the ghetto and it was dark so there was no way I was going to have a trick played on me standing on my front porch.  But it wasn't a trick.  There was a note on the door that said "Let's take a walk down memory lane." I don't even know what went through my head at that exact moment; I wasn't sure what to think. 
I opened the front door and saw the most amazing thing and I think I stood there frozen for a minute, calling Hayley's name waiting for her to come around the corner. Once I realized that she wasn't anywhere to be found, I began to follow the path she had formed with candles and flower petals.  The path went through our whole house, and there were pictures of us from all our big moments (when we met, became friends, started dating, getting our dogs, etc.) All of this lead to our back door, where there was a sappy little love note Hayley had written me that lead me to shed one or two tears (I'm not a super emotional person, so that was plenty for the occasion).  When I opened the back door, there was Hayley with even more candle and flower petals, a sign asking me to marry her, a ring, and wine (of course).  I was just so shocked and excited and overwhelmed with joy and just every feeling in the book. This sounds so sappy, but honestly it was like a dream or something out of a movie. It was so perfect. Seriously, I don't know how she even came up with that but it was better than I ever imagined that moment would ever be.  She definitely won between the two of us; I don't think mine was as great.  But I'll let Hayley tell you about that below (:

Sam and I both wanted proposals. And honestly, neither of us should have had to give it up. We just had to be a little creative. I chose to propose first basically because I was tired of waiting. I would say I am a fairly patient person, but when I know what I want I need it to happen immediately. I had looked and saved for months and I had finally found the perfect ring. I wanted Sam's proposal to be special for Sam, but Sam didn't have her dream proposal planned out like me. I thought that it was normal to know exactly how you wanted it to happen, but I guess I was wrong. I had this idea in my head of exactly how a proposal should be. If you've has seen Sweet Home Alabama then you pretty much have seen my dream engagement in action. Walk into a room of yellow roses and candles, find a note, turn around and see your fiance with the ring. Sam knew exactly what I wanted, but when I was trying to plan her engagement she couldn't tell me what she wanted.  I couldn't get this vision of a surprise with candles and flowers out of my head though. So I had to decide to either be surprised with an idea Sam came up with on her on or basically plan my own engagement and let Sam execute it. Note that, along with being pretty patient, if you know me you know I like surprises. So knowing what was going to happen at my proposal wasn't exactly my style. I was in a unique position though... If I couldn't get my own Sweet Home Alabama proposal then I would do it for Sam and make it just as perfect. It was cool being on the other side of it. I was so excited waiting for her and it was just as perfect as if she had done it for me. I wouldn't trade that feeling for anything.

Given that I proposed first I knew a proposal from Sam was coming. Just now, that I used my idea to propose to her, I was going to be completely surprised and it would be a little more special because Sam would think of it on her own. So the Friday beginning our spring break I was waiting for Sam to get home. When she walked in she wasn't alone, shout out to Lauren Griswold for being there. She handed me a basket full of Easter eggs. I started opening the Easter eggs and pulling out puzzle pieces. I was really looking for the ring at that point thinking it was in one of the eggs, but I was directed to put the puzzle pieces together. So I started to try to put the puzzle together. Yes I said try. I would like to tell you that the children's puzzle was easy, but for some reason I struggled. SO with the help of Sam and Lauren we completed the puzzle. (I know, how many girls does it take to put a children's puzzle together? Well in this case 3.) However we were successful... finally and on the puzzle was a letter from Sam asking me to marry her.

Then I looked over and Sam handed me a golden egg and in this egg was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen. Now I don't want to be too dramatic, but it did kind of take my breath away. It was honestly perfect and I can't imagine wearing anything else. Now I am not sure who Sam thinks she is claiming the best proposal, but I would argue that mine was the better one. It was cute, thoughtful, and intimate just like I wanted. And best of all it was a surprise! I don't really think it mattered how she did it, it was the fact that I felt like it was so right that made it the best proposal. From that point on I could think about nothing but the future!

We can't wait to share what has happened since our engagement and to keep you updated on what is to come throughout our wedding planning!

 

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