It was our six month anniversary, August7th. We had already picked out the ring a week or so ago..and, I'll be honest with you, I was expecting a proposal. I knew Logan had planned a date, which hardly ever happens. Its usually something like this: "So..what do you wanna do?" "I dunno know, what do you wanna do?". But this night was different, premeditated! I was trying not to get all worked up, only to be met with disappointment. So I kept telling myself, "he just wanted to plan something nice for our anniversary".
Anyway, I'll get on to the good stuff. He picked me up at my house. He gave me a rose, with a kiss on the cheek, and said happy anniversary. I was about to go back into my house to put the rose in water but he told me to hold onto it.
We drove to the Wilk on BYU campus. In the parking lot he gave me another rose because that is where we had our first kiss. We went inside and downstairs to the bowling alley. This is where we had our date when we first became "official", so he gave me another rose. We bowled and had a lot of fun. Logan didn't even fall once ;)
After that we walked through the Wilk to a spot across from the bookstore where he gave me another rose, this being the place we first saw each other. We then walked outside to a bench in front of the library where I received another rose because this is where we first held hands.
Then we went to the dollar movie and saw The Hulk, which we didn't like so much. But this is where we had our very first date..so another rose there.
After the movie we went to dinner (this was a long date!). We ate at Chili's which was also part of our very first date so I got another rose there.
At this point I had 7 roses. We drove up to Mt. Timpanogos Temple where he gave me another rose. Then we started walking around the grounds. It was such a nice night, the weather was perfect and the temple looked gorgeous.
When we were walking toward the temple Logan said he had something to tell me. He then preceded to tell me that, even though I was probably expecting it, he wasn't going to propose tonight. He said that he had really wanted to, but he didn't have the ring yet because one of the stones on the side was loose and he had to send it back to be fixed. At first I was pretty disappointed, my heart dropped. I was trying really hard not to show it. But then I started thinking, "we're going to get married eventually." Here I have this wonderful boyfriend, who planned an amazing date for me...I should just be grateful and enjoy it. Little did I know, this perfect boyfriend of mine was lying to me ;)
So we walked further and reached the temple. We started walking around it. We went a little way and then stopped, he pulled out another rose and said "this is in hopes that we'll be here (at the temple) together soon". We walked a little bit further, stopped again, and he gave me another rose saying "this is for the children we will have together".
We walked almost all the way around when we stopped again and he gave me my 11th rose and said "this is for the life we will share together".
Then we walked all the way down the lawn so we could look back and see the entire temple. He pulled out the 12th, and final, rose. Around the top of the rose was my ring. He said "and this is in hopes that you will spend eternity with me". He then got down on one knee, took my hand in his, and asked "will you marry me?" I was shaking so badly as I said "yes" and he slid the ring onto my finger. He stood up, we kissed, and he held me.
It was the most perfect night anyone could ask for. I can't even begin to describe the feelings. I actually think I held it together pretty well. I didn't start crying until the car ride home. I can't believe how lucky I am! Logan is more than I could ever ask for, he is so good to me and more than I deserve. I have finally found true happiness and I can't wait to spend eternity with the man of my dreams.
