Brandon proposed to me earlier today, March 8. We had lunch at one of our favorite picnic spots – Lake Lily. After lunch, we took a walk around the lake where he read me a love letter he had written. At the end of the letter he asked me to be his wife and he got down on one knee and proposed. It was absolutely beautiful. We are both very happy.
Here's how it happened: Last Thursday he picked me up and took me on a picnic at one of our favorite spots - Lake Lily. It was a late lunch - we got to the park around 2 and there must have been a birthday party at the gazebo near where we were sitting that started at 3 so it wasn't long before there were a bunch of kids running by and it started to get noisy. In the meantime I was cross-stitching and Brandon was reading (or at least trying to). After a while Brandon said that it was too noisy so we decided to put the stuff in the car and take a walk around the lake. On the opposite side of the lake from where the gazebo was, we stopped and sat on a bench. He told me that he had written a letter to me so he got that out of his backpack and read it to me. In the letter was a poem. Halfway through the poem he starts saying "I want to always be with you, in this life and beyond. I promise to lead you, to comfort you at your side. I promise to be your love, with whom you can confide. I promise to... I promise to.." At this point I'm thinking "ohmygosh ohmygosh" and we both start to cry. At the end he says "These things I offer to you, if you would have them as my wife. (he gets down on one knee) Kathleen Elizabeth Floegel, will you marry me?"Of course I said yes so we spent about half an hour just enjoying the moment before going to 7-11 and getting slurpees :) And the rest is history. :) I still can't stop smiling. :)
Here's how it happened: Last Thursday he picked me up and took me on a picnic at one of our favorite spots - Lake Lily. It was a late lunch - we got to the park around 2 and there must have been a birthday party at the gazebo near where we were sitting that started at 3 so it wasn't long before there were a bunch of kids running by and it started to get noisy. In the meantime I was cross-stitching and Brandon was reading (or at least trying to). After a while Brandon said that it was too noisy so we decided to put the stuff in the car and take a walk around the lake. On the opposite side of the lake from where the gazebo was, we stopped and sat on a bench. He told me that he had written a letter to me so he got that out of his backpack and read it to me. In the letter was a poem. Halfway through the poem he starts saying "I want to always be with you, in this life and beyond. I promise to lead you, to comfort you at your side. I promise to be your love, with whom you can confide. I promise to... I promise to.." At this point I'm thinking "ohmygosh ohmygosh" and we both start to cry. At the end he says "These things I offer to you, if you would have them as my wife. (he gets down on one knee) Kathleen Elizabeth Floegel, will you marry me?"Of course I said yes so we spent about half an hour just enjoying the moment before going to 7-11 and getting slurpees :) And the rest is history. :) I still can't stop smiling. :)
Love, Kathleen
