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The Proposal | Our Story

The Proposal | Our Story

I often think how lucky of a girl I am because I can truly write an entire blog post on how I got engaged. Though the actual proposal has gotten more elaborate and the expectations higher over the last few years, this wasn't the norm even 5 years ago when I got engaged. It definitely was not a typical thing to hire a photographer either, and I'm so thankful Nathan thought outside the box on this one.

I did know that Nathan was going to propose to me sometime during the summer of 2010. As I talked about in last week's blog we had discussed marriage and decided to move forward. What I didn't know was the date of the proposal or how it would all happen. He would often tease me during the summer because I hated not knowing. Secretly he was having trouble with the ring, from the wrong size coming in to the wrong engraving on the inside. It felt like forEVER that I had to wait…