Ryan and Carlee: October 2010

I'm finally engaged!! It only took 5 years 3 months and 25 days to get a ring!! Haha not that I'm counting! The day Ryan proposed we had plans to go to Sundance. I didn't suspect a thing I thought it was just another date night. Ryan isn't very good at surprises, so the fact that this was a total surprise is really saying something. We got up the canyon and it was the perfect day. The weather was so nice and the fall colors were so pretty! We walked around a little bit, then we decided to take the ski lift up the mountain. We were one of the last people on and it was almost closing, so we barely made it. It was such a scenic ride up but at first I was just scared. I have a little fear of heights, and we didn't see the bar to put down in front of us on our seat. Ryan said maybe they didn't have a bar to put down!! So I was basically freaking out and the higher we went the worse I got. Then we saw that the people on the other side had a bar in front of them. We eventually figured it out, or I might be telling a different story! I finally calmed down and started to enjoy the view. I felt bad afterwards because I almost ruined the moment with me being so paranoid! We kept talking and then Ryan started saying some really sweet things about us and our future. I remember thinking wow he is really being nice today! LOL. He kept talking and I had no idea that he was proposing. Then I saw the ring!! I was in total shock, I kept thinking holy crap! In fact I think I said that over and over! I kinda fazed out a little bit and he kept talking and talking, saying all these sweet things. Then I started crying! I was totally lost in the moment, it was so perfect, he is so perfect, and my ring was just so pretty! Ryan said that he was so nervous all day long, and it was one of the longest days ever!!! It is so fun being engaged, it feels just so different. We have always talked about our future, but now it feels so real! I am really excited to take the next step and get married!! Even though planning a wedding is going to a difficult journey itself (especially with my mother). We haven't set a date yet, but we were thinking maybe spring or early summer of next year!