Our engagement pictures

My friend Kathy Taylor took our engagement pictures. She brought some pictures into work that she took for her daughter and I was impressed with them. We went over to her house and had our pictures taken around the farm. We had a lot of fun although it was super cold. At least it was sunny.

Mike proprosed!!!

Mike and I had talked about getting married last weekend. On Tuesday we went ring shopping. We found two things that we liked. Mike asked when I could go ring shopping again and had set a date for next Thursday. We had a date on Friday night and at the end he gave me a big black manilla envelope that read mission impossible. Inside was a picture of a child and a CD. I listened to the CD on the way home. It told me that there were plans for a knock list to be stolen and this man needed to be stopped. It indicated the photo enclosed was a little outdated of the suspect but it was the only they had. I had to choose to accept this mission and needed to wait for a phone call for further instructions.

The next evening, I receive a phone stating that someone would be at my place of residence to pick me up for further information. Mike then took me to Gringos for dinner. We were at the booth looking for what we wanted to order when all of a sudden he declares that he needs to go to the bathroom. I started to become anxious when he was gone for what seemed to be like a long time. I got up to go to the bathroom and returned and he still wasn't back. The waitress came to my table asking if I was ready to order. I told her that I needed to wait for my boyfriend that was in the bathroom. Another waitress comes to my table and hands me a big black manilla envelope. I open it up and there are a set of car keys, three photos of Mike in a wig with an outdated dress coat suit on, and some instructions for me to follow. I was to go to Arby's. (The funny thing is that on the way to Rexburg I noticed that Mike was using his spare key and being curious asked why. I found out soon enough).

I walked inside of Arby's and it took me a second to spot Mike since he was dressed in his gidup. He had a tablecloth laid out with two candlesticks. He told me that he needed to be seduced for more information concerning the crime. Since I didn't know what a knock list was I didn't really know what to do. He helped me of course. We both agreed that we weren't sure if he was a good guy or a bad guy so to take precautions I needed to be dressed in a disguise as well. We went to his secret warehouse (the D.I.) for my disguise.

We went bowling in our disguises since we needed to waste some time before our culprits would be in town. It was so fun!!! Mike told me that there was no way that anyone could recognize us becuase of our disguises. One of the first things that happened when walking inside the door was....IS THAT ANGIE JENKINS?

Afterward, we went to the Romney Building. One of our previous dates was going there and shooting nerf guns at each other. He hid nerf guns in the building and my job was to find them. I was unsuccessful so once again he had to help me. The object was to shoot the other three times first. So it happened to be that Mike was a bad guy. I won shooting him dead (although he let me win). When I was being held captive by Mike's other split personality character, he got down on his knee, and proposed. Thinking that he wasn't serious, I didn't answer him. When he opened the ring box and I noticed there was a real ring, I was speechless. He sat there for a few moments waiting and finally asked what my answer was.

I got home and had to wake up my parents. My mom was like, "Oh that's nice sweetie." I was disappointed with that answer and showed her my ring. Then she understood what I was trying to tell her.