Wedding Craze

     I'm so excited that Ryan and I have finally taken that next step and gotten engaged. I am also really glad we're not actually getting married until 2015 because I don't think I could get all this planning done in a year! People that follow that rule are super talented and have got to be busy all the time! I've already been planning though...it makes me happy :) Of course, I'm happy every time I look down at my ring too, but duh.
     For those of you haven't already heard, here's the story: we go to an arts festival every year. My family has since I was in utero and I hate to break tradition! I love it. Kentuck Festival of the Arts. There's live music, fair food (like funnel cake and blooming onions) and ART ART ART!! There's also crafts...so every year for three years Ryan and I have made little cast iron squares together. Well this year, he told me mine was a surprise so I couldn't watch him carve it. He carved "Will you marry me?" into it, got down on one knee and pulled out the ring. It was beautiful. During this, the lady across the table from us figured out what he was doing and borrowed my mother's phone and took pictures of the whole thing! Here's my favorite one:

He just looks so happy! It makes me smile to look at this one. I totally cried and looked awful when we took a picture that wasn't candid, but I couldn't care less. This was the most unexpected and beautiful surprise anyone has ever given me. I will remember it forever and best of all I get to keep the cast iron square that says that 4 wonderful words on it. I couldn't be more impressed with him. He's amazing.