I’m Engaged!!!

Hey everybody!

So for those of you that have already read Noah's blog you may know, but for those of you that haven't heard, read, or otherwise seen, I am ENGAGED as of Sunday, March 16th, 2008!

 

Here's a quick story of how the day went:

Lydia and I prepared a snowshoe trip with our best friends for this past Sunday (in reality, I was planning the day to ask her, and everyone else who went knew except for her). So we went up to Breckenridge on a simple and beautiful trail off of Boreaz Pass Rd. We strapped on our snowshoes and started hiking into the woods. We had a blast, pushing each other over, stepping on everybody else's snowshoes, and trumping through the pristine, fresh, two feet of powder. We sat down for lunch, ate, and then continued onwards.

 

When we came upon a clearing with a beautiful view, I knew it was the perfect location to ask her. We took various pictures of everybody there, in order to keep her from thinking that we were the only one's getting pictures, and then, after taking a few pictures of us together, Lydia thought we were done and started walking away from me. But I pulled her back, fumbled to get my pocket unzipped, pulled out the ring, kneeled down, (but ended up sinking down to two knees because the snow was so soft and deep) and simply said "Lydia Randerson, will you marry me?"

Of course, I had been working on a little longer speech and question for the previous three weeks, but when I got to the actual moment, it didn't seem right, so instead, I told her what I wanted to say to her later. Obviously, she said YES! immediately and was speechless from then onward. :D

I put her ring on her finger, taking extreme care not to drop it into the snow, and we took a few more pictures and then hiked back off the mountain because there was a storm moving in quickly.

 

We spent the rest of the day in Breckenridge, hot tubing, and eating a wonderful dinner at Eric's Downstairs (which I highly recommend for their scrumptious pizzas)! It was a perfect day for both Lydia and I and now we are beginning the processes of planning our wedding for May 2009. Thank you to all of you who have said congratulations! It means so much to me.

 

Benjamin