Here it is, the story of the best day ever! Told with pretty photos and lots of love :)
One gorgeous fall Saturday, not too long ago, John and I decided to go hiking. We do that a lot, especially if waterfalls are involved. The leaves were absolutely beautiful and I was taking lots of pictures. To me, it was just a lovely day for a hike. I had no idea what was about to take place! And John had started off the day saying that this could be one of the best hikes we'd ever taken ... little did I know.
On this particular hike, on this very special Saturday, we had planned to see 2 waterfalls! And the first one was Upper Whitewater Falls. This picture doesn't do it justice. It was huge and so very pretty!
After we saw the first falls, we headed down the trail, through the crunchy leaves, over rocks and bridges, through streams, and past multiple groups of young boy scouts on a camping adventure.
We stopped for a yummy snack on some rocks in the middle of the river.
Then we headed down the foothills trail again on our way to the Lower Whitewater Falls.
It was gorgeous!! Such a beautiful place with the colorful leaves and rushing water. We sat down on the overlook platform to rest our feet. We even chatted for a second with another couple about some of our favorite hikes in the area. After they left, I was sitting on the platform eating an apple and John stood up to "stretch". Then, while he's standing he tells me that he has something he's written and he wants to read it to me. (and honestly at this point I still did not catch on because I had NO idea about what was going to happen and had no idea that John had even thought about planning such a thing. Plus, John is a romantic and he likes to write sweet things to me. That's one of the many reasons I like him :) ) So, he starts reading the poem and I'm impressed with all the rhyming. And he reaches his hand into his pocket and that's when it clicked. OMG! Is he going to propose?? No way!! Then, he gets down on one knee and asks me to marry him and he has the ring laying in the palm of his hand. My first response was Oh my gosh! Are you serious?? No way! haha I was so surprised! And then I immediately jumped up and said Yes! Of course! and gave him a huge hug. I just couldn't believe it. How wonderful!
So while John was down on one knee, these two men came walking down the trail and I could see them but John couldn't. So they walked up on the platform (while I'm freaking out!) and start discussing amongst themselves what a lovely view it is. Then they notice John has a NCSU t-shirt on and they start talking about football. Football! I kindly point out that Guess what?! We just got engaged! And they said 'Oh, that's what y'all were so excited about!' haha. Then they took this picture of us, the ring, our huge smiles, and the beautiful waterfall.
speaking of ... here's my ring! isn't it gorgeous??
I'm so surprised!
And so excited!
That's the story.
And now we're getting married! YAY!
I love you John. Thanks for making this day so special!
