Nicole

I'll start from the VERY beginning. Ryan had asked me about 6 months ago what a perfect proposal would be. I had no idea that he was going to make it come true. My birthday was last friday (December 5th) and Ryan had been planning to take me on a trip of our very own and I was so excited! He wouldn't tell me where, when, or anything. Well, I take that back. He told me he wanted to grill me hotdogs (I love grilled hotdogs). A couple of nights before, he had finally told me what I needed to pack. At first, I thought we were going camping but he told me that he was not taking me camping because we had gone a couple of weeks ago with his family. So I packed my things and was supposed to be at his house around noon so I could help him get our dinner packed and because his parents had a gift that wanted to give me. When I got there, we sat around and talked to his mom for a bit and she handed me a gift to open, which was Iron Man! I love that movie! Ryan then went to get the directions from his computer (I still have no idea where we are going). Finally after we got everything together we were on our way. It didn't take me long to figure out that we were on our way to Oklahoma (he asked me to hand him the Oklahoma map) :). We had so much fun talking and laughing all the way there, we always have something to talk about. When we were getting a little closer to our destination he told me that there might be signs for the location so everytime he saw one he would tell me to duck my head, which actually turned out to be like a fun random game. When he pulled in front of our location he finally told me I could look. There we were. Turner Falls. I was so excited! He told me that we were going to stay in a cabin that he had reserved and that we were going to stay the night. This is what I saw when he told me to look We pulled up to Cabin #2 and started to unpack our things and headed for the cabin. When we walked inside it was so much bigger than it looked from the outside and so cute! We decided since it was already pretty dark that we would sight see the next morning and just hang out and be together that night. Ryan and I had a problem with grilling the hotdogs (Ryan forgot an extension cord haha) and so we microwaved them instead and had chili cheese hotdogs together at the little dining table. After dinner, we were planning on watching Iron Man and opening the gift he had brought for me. Side note: Ryan had taken the ring in the box and put it in the left side of his sweatpants, rolled them up, and put them in his bag. To get me in my pjs so he could get in his, the excuse was, "Well, since we are just going to watch a movie and hang out why don't we go ahead and put our pjs on." I agreed, no questions asked, and after I changed he went in the bathroom and changed. I didn't notice how long he was in there lol. I was sitting on the futon when he came out and I was setting up the DVD player and he came and sat down on my left side with the gift he had brought. I asked him if I could open it and he finally, after teasing me, let me open it. It was Sleeping Beauty. I love that! I was so excited and still didn't have a clue...until.... he goes, "and now for your big present..." then he stood up and bent down in front of me on one knee and told me that he loved me so much and couldn't imagine loving anyone else more than he loves me and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and then he pulled the box out of his pocket and opened it for me to see the GORGEOUS ring inside and goes, "Nicole, will you marry me?" Side Note: While he's on one knee i kept saying, "are you serious?! are you serious?!" he finally had to tell me to let him finish lol. We were both shaking with excitement and of course, I said, "yes.". We huged and kissed and could NOT stop starring at each other. We spent all night cuddling and telling each other how much we loved each other. It was exactly how I told him my perfect proposal would be. :) He made my dreams come true and he IS a dream come true. I love him with everything I have and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with MY handsome prince charming. Ryan, I love you more than anything and I can't wait until the day I get to call you my husband. You mean so much to me and you hold my whole heart in your hands. I love you honey. My sweet grizzly bear :) Love, Nicole (your new fiance)