For those of you who haven't already heard, I'm ENGAGED!! My wonderful now fiance surprised me this weekend :) Here's the story of how he asked...
Travis flew me home this weekend so I could be with my family for Thanksgiving. He was really excited to surprise my family by bringing me to Thanksgiving, and little did I know, to surprise me. I had told him a long time ago, that I really wanted to be surprised when he proposed to me; which was quite the task considering we live 1600 miles apart and only see each other at specific times. But he pulled it off!
I flew in to Minneapolis Wednesday night and he picked me up at the airport. I was staying at his house for the night since my family still didn't know I was in Minnesota. He seemed a little off as we were driving to his house, but I just figured he was tired from a stressful day at work or something :) I really was not expecting him to propose because he kept telling me how nervous he was to ask my parents' permission and that Christmas was a wonderful time of year to get engaged. We got to his house and went downstairs, I was assuming to put my stuff in the spare room. When we got to the basement I thought the TV was on because something was glowing; after putting my stuff down I turned around and realized it was candles. This is what he had set up:
I didn't really know what was happening, but he told me I needed to go look at it. I walked over and read, well sort of read the poem he had written for me. By this point my mind was spinning and I wasn't really sure what was going on; so I sort of skimmed it and turned around to look at him and try to figure out what was going on :) He told me I needed to look at the back of the frame the poem was in. On the back it said, Becky Kaye Parkinson will you marry me, Love Travis. I then turned around again and he was down on one knee holding out the ring. He asked me again if I would marry him and of course I said yes!!
This was perfect in and of itself and I cannot believe I am engaged and I'm so excited, but it made this weekend even more special to surprise my family today. I had called them last night and told them I was engaged, and they knew it was happening since Travis had asked their permission and told them he was going to ask me around Thanksgiving, but the whole time they thought I was in Arizona! The look of shock on their faces when I showed up at the door with him was priceless and I'm so thankful I got to share this special time with them!
So now I'm engaged to a wonderful man who I love so much and am so thankful I get to spend the rest of my life with! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!!
P.S.- This is the poem Travis wrote for me; I read it again more carefully after saying yes and it is so sweet:
I love who you are.
I love that you are giving.
I love that you are caring.
I love that you are encouraging.
I love that you are dedicated.
Dedicated to God.
Dedicated to your job.
Dedicated to your family.
Dedicated to our relationship.
A relationship that teaches me how to love.
A relationship that shows me how much I am loved.
A relationship that I am willing to give my all for.
And my all is what I pledge to give to you.
All my heart,
All my life,
All my love.
I love you Rebecca Kaye;
and I vow to love you for the rest of my life...
