Saturday, December 05, 2009

Engaged!

If you are curious how we got to this point read the last post "Our History..."
               So for me it all started on Wednesday in class.  My friend Ashley sent me a note in class saying that we should go out for a girls night out on Thursday night to celebrate taking this huge test that day.  Then my friend Emily said that she had a great idea.  That her father-in-law gave her a gift certificate to this really nice restaurant in Scottsdale that had a great view looking over the entire valley, called Hilton's Tapatio Cliffs Resorts - A Different Point of View.  So we should all dress up because we never get a chance to look girly any more and have a girls night out there.  That sounded like a good idea to me.  So Emily said that she would pick me up since I usually drive and she knew where the place was so it would be easier for her to drive.
             Normally me and Nathan will text each other throughout the day to see how each other are doing.  But Thursday afternoon he texted me and told me he was at the library and was turning his phone off so he wouldn't be able to get my texts for a few hours.  He had his Senior Thesis due on Friday so I believed that he would be at the library trying to finish it on time.  He also asked what my plans were for the night.  I told him about the restaurant and our girls night out.  He asked if we had to dress up and I told him that we were going to.  So he asked me to send him pictures so he could see us all dressed up.
              So Thursday night Emily came to pick me up and we went to the restaurant.  Ashley called and said that she was already there that she got there early because she didn't realize how close it was to her house.  When we got there Ashley met us at the hostess desk with a video camera.  She said that her boyfriend Jimmy had bought it for her today and she was trying to learn how to use it.  She said it would be fun to video our night out and we could send it to Nathan to see.  Which I thought was a good idea.  When we sat down at our table we had the waiter take our picture with my phone and I texted the picture to Nathan so he could see.  Then the waiter took our drink order.  I didn't even notice the waiter when he brought our drinks out to us.  But then I heard someone say "Amber."  I had no idea who would know me there.  So I turned around and there was Nathan dressed like one of the waiters standing there.  I was so surprised!  At first I thought, "That waiter looks a lot like Nathan..."  I was so confused and surprised.  Then he gave the sweetest speech that he could barely finish because he was starting to choke up.  It made me cry.  Then he got on his knee and asked me to marry him.  And I said yes.  :)  Then he put the ring on my finger.  I was so shocked I couldn't even look at it for a while.  
             Then he sat down at the table with us and they all told me how they had been planning this since Monday or Tuesday.  Ashley and Emily had been avoiding me all day because they thought that they were going to give it away and I would know.  Then Emily was driving super slow on the freeway (she was going like 40 mph on the freeway with a line of cars behind us LOL).  She thought we were going to be too early and they wouldn't be ready so she was going slow to waste time.  And when Nathan said he was at the library, he meant "I'm on a plane", and "I'm taking a break" meant "I just landed".  LOL  He is a good last minute planner.  They thought of it on Monday or Tuesday, he got the ring Wednesday, and flew out and proposed on Thursday, and then back to MN and finished his Senior Thesis on Friday.
              Then he told me that he had reserved a room for us at the Hilton there so we could spend time together.  So I stayed there with him and then he drove me to school in the morning.  So Emily went to my house and got my scrubs and stuff so that I could change at the school in the morning.  So then Emily and Ashley left and we ate dinner at the restaurant.  The views were amazing, you could see the entire valley lights.  And then from our room you could see all of North Phoenix valley lights.  It was a perfect and amazing night.  :)  And the ring is beautiful...He went to Jared! lol  He picked it out himself and he did an amazing job.



We do have video of the proposal so we will get it on here soon so everyone can see it.


1 comments:

Kim said...

Love it! Thank you for sharing! I'm so happy for you guys, excited for another sister! :)

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