We're Engaged!!

Hi this is Melanie....and Sean! We just got engaged on January 23rd! I was completely shocked! Sean did a good job of surprising me. We had never actually talked about getting married so it was a big surprise. Sean told me we were going downtown to watch the Joseph Smith movie with Joe and Aprille. We had been wanting to do that for awhile. Their ward got tickets and everyone was dressing up and we were tagging along....but it was all a lie! I had bought the ring exactly a month before. So I just kept it in my closet so no one would know about it. I had picked the date I wanted to propose then. I don't know why January 23rd seemed like a good idea but it is what I chose. I made reservations two weeks in advance for the dinner. I wouldn't tell Melanie where we were going. When Sean turned into the Joseph Smith Memorial Building parking I knew he was taking me to the Roof. I thought he might have told me to dress up for the movie just so we could look nice for dinner...but I was not thinking anything else. We went to the Roof and ate dinner and during dessert at 6:50 her dad walked in with the video camera and I knew it was time to pop the question. He didn't even seem nervous during dinner at all! We had the perfect table right in front of the temple. It was so beautiful! It was the second most scary thing I had ever done. The first being asking her dad if I could ask her. When I saw that her dad was in place to record I asked Melanie if she was wearing the watch I had given her for Christmas. I bought it for the purpose of using it in this moment. She said no, and then I asked if she knew why I had given that to her. She of course said no. He told me he gave me the watch for a special reason and I was trying so hard to figure out what it could possibly be. I was trying to think what it looked like....maybe there was something on it....I couldn't figure it out. I then said that I bought the watch for time, then I reached my hand in my pocket, stood up, got on my knee with the ring and said, "I got this for time and all eternity." I was so surprised I could not even say anything. I just sat there staring at Sean and the ring. Seriously, I didn't even say a word. I just couldn't believe it! She was so shocked! She didn't even say anything for the longest time. I didn't know what to do or how to react to her reaction. Finally he asked if he could put the ring on me and I said yeah. I saw a flash and turned and saw Sean's dad across the room. A minute later I saw my dad with a video camera. Everyone knew about this except me! I had absolutely NO idea he was proposing....and that he had a ring for so long! Not everyone knew. Only our parents and my sister Aprille knew about it. The ring is beautiful! I love it! Sean did such a good job picking one for me! We went back to Sean's house and my family came over. We told everyone and celebrated with root beer floats! We're getting married!! I'm so excited! Best day ever!!

I put a little video together that you can watch. It's a little shaky but it's still fun!