So I realized that not everyone may know about the proposal story (ahem..Steph) So here we go...
First off, I'll share about how long it took for Justin to ask my father for my hand in marriage! This was one of the funniest things they shared with me about all the lies they had told me over the previous months. Justin had bought the ring in November and came home with me to see all my family at Thanksgiving. He had called my dad the day before to ask him to go out to breakfast. At that time, my dad knew what must be coming. Casey took me out for coffee in the morning so I wouldn't know the two of them were going to breakfast. However, at breakfast Justin could not find the courage to ask him. My dad was waiting for it the entire meal so when he didn't ask he told my mom that maybe Justin just wanted to go to breakfast.
In the afternoon of that same day, Justin was going to ask him when they were out chopping wood. However, my brother Ryan decided to join them and Justin thought it wouldnt be a good idea to ask him while the dad and the brother had axes in their hands!
So, finally that night when my dad was going to go pick up pizza for dinner, Justin jumped out of his seat and volunteered to go along. Finally, as they were pulling back into our subdivision, Justin finally asked his permimssion to marry me. My dad said later that it looked like the weight of the world had been lifted from Justin's shoulders when he finallly got the words out. Of course, my dad said yes!
It was the weekend of finals week in December. On Friday, I was completely exhausted from the previous week of studying and was very upset that my parents had called and said they were coming to visit that weekend for some "last minute Christmas shopping". A visit from my parents includes a top to bottom cleaning of the condo and it was currently a mess due to my negligence of the intense previous week of studying. Saturday, I was supposed to babysit all day anyways so I did not see a point to them visiting. Meanwhile, they were scheming behind my back, planning a way for them to be in Iowa to share my meaningful night!
The family I babysit for changed plans so I would be off earlier so Justin called me and suggested that we go for a walk in the park with Spud. It was a beautiful day and big snowflakes slowly started to fall. It was the first pretty snow of the season so I was so excited! During the walk, Justin was being very romantic, and I thought it was odd. He asked me what I wanted for Christmas and was slightly aggitated that he hadn't even thought about it 5 days before Christmas!
After the walk, Justin took me over to his parents house for hot cocoa where my parents had just arrived. Justin's dad asked us all if we would mind watching a video he had made for a marriage conference for church. This was not unusual, I do this for his dad frequently so when the video began, I started criticizing the size of the font! Instead of a church video however, Justin had made a video of pictures of him and I with Brad Paisley's song "Wrapped around her finger". I was so confused because I had made a video of us to a different Brad Paisley song that I was planning on giving to him for Christmas. He had pictures from my camera on the video and the entire time I'm confused and keep looking at everyone to see what's going on. I did not expect a proposal for at least 3 more months. I thought I would be able to predict when it was coming because I knew he couldn't slip away for 1/2 day and go ask my dad. I still had no idea that Justin would propose until the very end of the video when the words..."Christi, will you marry me" popped on the screen. He got down on one knee. Meanwhile, I'm peaking around him to read the tv screen again and am saying "Nu huh" "You are not doing this!" When I finally shut up, he asked me to marry him. There is a video of my reaction to prove just how shocked I was.
First off, I'll share about how long it took for Justin to ask my father for my hand in marriage! This was one of the funniest things they shared with me about all the lies they had told me over the previous months. Justin had bought the ring in November and came home with me to see all my family at Thanksgiving. He had called my dad the day before to ask him to go out to breakfast. At that time, my dad knew what must be coming. Casey took me out for coffee in the morning so I wouldn't know the two of them were going to breakfast. However, at breakfast Justin could not find the courage to ask him. My dad was waiting for it the entire meal so when he didn't ask he told my mom that maybe Justin just wanted to go to breakfast.
In the afternoon of that same day, Justin was going to ask him when they were out chopping wood. However, my brother Ryan decided to join them and Justin thought it wouldnt be a good idea to ask him while the dad and the brother had axes in their hands!
So, finally that night when my dad was going to go pick up pizza for dinner, Justin jumped out of his seat and volunteered to go along. Finally, as they were pulling back into our subdivision, Justin finally asked his permimssion to marry me. My dad said later that it looked like the weight of the world had been lifted from Justin's shoulders when he finallly got the words out. Of course, my dad said yes!
It was the weekend of finals week in December. On Friday, I was completely exhausted from the previous week of studying and was very upset that my parents had called and said they were coming to visit that weekend for some "last minute Christmas shopping". A visit from my parents includes a top to bottom cleaning of the condo and it was currently a mess due to my negligence of the intense previous week of studying. Saturday, I was supposed to babysit all day anyways so I did not see a point to them visiting. Meanwhile, they were scheming behind my back, planning a way for them to be in Iowa to share my meaningful night!
The family I babysit for changed plans so I would be off earlier so Justin called me and suggested that we go for a walk in the park with Spud. It was a beautiful day and big snowflakes slowly started to fall. It was the first pretty snow of the season so I was so excited! During the walk, Justin was being very romantic, and I thought it was odd. He asked me what I wanted for Christmas and was slightly aggitated that he hadn't even thought about it 5 days before Christmas!
After the walk, Justin took me over to his parents house for hot cocoa where my parents had just arrived. Justin's dad asked us all if we would mind watching a video he had made for a marriage conference for church. This was not unusual, I do this for his dad frequently so when the video began, I started criticizing the size of the font! Instead of a church video however, Justin had made a video of pictures of him and I with Brad Paisley's song "Wrapped around her finger". I was so confused because I had made a video of us to a different Brad Paisley song that I was planning on giving to him for Christmas. He had pictures from my camera on the video and the entire time I'm confused and keep looking at everyone to see what's going on. I did not expect a proposal for at least 3 more months. I thought I would be able to predict when it was coming because I knew he couldn't slip away for 1/2 day and go ask my dad. I still had no idea that Justin would propose until the very end of the video when the words..."Christi, will you marry me" popped on the screen. He got down on one knee. Meanwhile, I'm peaking around him to read the tv screen again and am saying "Nu huh" "You are not doing this!" When I finally shut up, he asked me to marry him. There is a video of my reaction to prove just how shocked I was.
haha, I love how unprepared you were =) I got your save the date- love it! Annnnd the bridal wear is SO cute. I feel like I had another question but I can't remember....some other day =) Love the blog!
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