Yes people I am excited to say that after all these years Colton and I are finally, officially, getting married! I am so happy and excited that it has finally happened that I can hardly contain myself. So here's the story...
Saturday Colton and I were planning on going to my cabin for the afternoon/evening. He'd asked me if we could so that he could cut down some trees for my grandparents. I was reluctant because my Lloyd grandparents were here from Oregon and I didn't want to ditch them. But they said that was fine so that was the plan. Well Friday night was a bit of a rough night for me. I had a dress fitting (yes I already have a dress which is a story for another day), and it was really hard to go in and realize I'm still not really engaged and I felt like my chances of actually getting to wear the dress were pretty slim, along with being excited about how much I loved it and not being able to say anything to anyone put me in kind of sad mood. Then I get home and find out two more people I know are engaged and that kind of sent me over the edge. So needless to say I went to bed pretty upset at Colton, and he knew it too.
Saturday morning I woke up still pretty upset. I didn't really want to go anywhere with him that day but didn't want to back out on our plans. Well, because of the major fire that was going on down in Eagle Mountain, and the high winds, Colton decided it would be better not to go to the cabin, but instead go to Lagoon. I didn't really want to, but he said we could go swimming which I'd been craving to do all summer. My mom and grandma told me I should go, and my grandma was really on me about being nice to Colton (which should've been my first clue that something was up). So we left for Lagoon and I have to admit I wasn't the nicest. We stopped to get something to eat and I was really on him about the fact that certain people had gotten engaged before us. I remember him saying "good things are on the horizon" or something like that, and my response was "I'll believe it when I see it".
Once we started swimming I began to be a little happier. While it was super hot, the wind made swimming kind of unpleasent, so we didn't swim very long. As we were walking to the car to put our swim stuff away we ran into Brad and the babies. We decided to hang out with them and after we put our stuff away. I have to admit, hanging out with Colton's nieces always boosts my mood, which was probably good for him. By dinner time I was a much happier person then I'd been that morning.
A few things happened that should've given me clues that he was going to propose, but I wasn't really paying attention, or I tried to talk myself down so as not to get my hopes up. First of all I kept staring at his pocket. He was wearing cargo pants and had big pockets, which could easily hide a ring box. I seriously kept looking at his pocket thinking, "he could totally have a ring in there" but then kept telling myself he didn't so that I wouldn't get my hopes up. There was also this conversation with Melissa about the Ferris Wheel. Colton had told me that he wanted to propose on the Ferris Wheel at sunset. I hate the Ferris Wheel so I wasn't exactly a fan of this idea. But for some reason Melissa brought it up at dinner and was really trying to push going on it. But I refused. Also, Brad kept saying "you guys don't have to hang out with us, you can go do your own thing". I didn't really think anything of it because he usually says that when we go to Lagoon with them, he was just saying it a lot more than usual. But like I said, I was kind of clueless.
Well after one of Brad's "you guys can go", Colton says he needs a drink and to use the bathroom and we'll meet up with them in a little bit. I remember suddenly getting this wave of like butterflies and thinking "he's going to propose", but I quickly dismissed it and told myself he wasn't going to, no need to get my hopes up. Well as we started walking back from the bathroom, Colton started walking really slow and wanting to take detours. At one point he stopped and said he needed a hug, which I thought was weird. Then a little ways farther he turned me around and got down on one knee! I was shocked! I was so excited and shocked I barely remember him saying, "Aleigh, will you marry me?" of course I said yes! I was so happy I just kept hugging and kissing him. I couldn't believe it finally happened!
Honestly, I still can't believe it's actually happening. I've been waiting for this for so long, and now we're finally getting married. I really am so happy. I'm excited to plan our wedding, I've been looking forward to that for as long as I can remember. But I'm even more excited to be marrying my best friend, and getting to spend eternity with him!
