The Engagement (According to Jon)

This past week has been INSANE crazy. Let me just start with how I came to find the ring.

About a month ago Kim and I went ring shopping. To two stores. She didn't tell me which ring she wanted but she gave me an idea of what she wanted and what she didn't want in a ring. So after the two stores, that was all the input I got. For the next month, I searched stores in the mall, around town and online looking for the ring. I actually had the top three picked out and I realized I hadn't checked out a place which was on my way to school every day. So I get off work early stop in there on Thursday night and browse around. I spent about 45 minutes looking at rings and then saw one that I thought was PERFECT. All the others that I had looked at I had to get used to and I worried that she wouldn't like it. This one I loved at first sight. I bought the ring and they said it would be ready Friday night. I thought that was OK since I would be out of town with Kim for the long weekend and for Valentines Day.

While I was gone, I got a voicemail saying that something was up with the stone and they had to cut it. Since I was with either Kim or other people literally the ENTIRE weekend, I couldn't call them and tell them to go ahead and do it. Instead of doing it, they waited for me to call them back. I picked up the ring on Wednesday and it looked awesome. That night I stayed up till about 2:00 taking pictures of it with my camera.

Friday came and it was probably the longest day of my life. In the morning, I went and picked up my friends Curtis and Anna, who are dating. I took them up to my brother's place and we started setting everything up and cleaning up a bit. We put lights up, set the table, swept, mopped, vacuumed and brought in some music. After I had dropped them off, I went and picked up some flowers and then went into work. The entire time I was at work, I wanted to go and finish getting ready. I was texting people and setting things up.

On my way home, I stopped by my buddy Dave's place in Orem and picked up his LoveSac so that we would have a place to sit after dinner. I actually had to borrow his X Terra to get it over there because it wouldn't fit in my tiny little Civic. I went and picked up Curtis and Anna again because they were going to cook and serve us dinner. Curtis worked at a nice Italian place here in Provo called Gloria's Little Italy, so he cooked some bomb Italian food. We got to my brother's place and finished setting up and Curtis started cooking. I was running late so I called Kim as I was leaving and told her I was on my way.

When I got there, I took her out to the car, which was still the X Terra (I hadn't had time to return it yet! Dave actually let me borrow it the entire night! Freakin stud...) and blindfolded her. I took her up to my brothers place, which is where we had our first kiss. She hadn't been there in a while, but just to be sure she was ABSOLUTELY lost, I told her that we were headed to Orem and took a different way than I have ever gone. I actually almost got lost on the way. When we got there, she asked if she could take it off and I said no, but instead came around and opened her door and walked her over to under the tree where we had our first kiss. I asked her if she had any idea where we were, but she said that other than outside, she had no clue.

I told her to take off her blindfold and look around. She realized immediately that we were at my brothers place. I forget what else I said, but I remember making sure that she knew we were where we had our first kiss. Once she knew that, I knelt down and asked her to marry me. After she said yes and as I was putting the ring on, I thought it was too small! I didn't think it was going to go on but it did.

I took her down to the basement where the table was set with the candle and flowers. We had an AMAZING dinner, all to ourselves with music playing in the background. We were able to be alone, which is what I wanted and I knew she wanted.

I don't ever remember being so happy in my life. The entire night, I just kept looking at Kim and asking myself how did I get so lucky to be able to marry my best friend, who also happens to be the most amazing and beautiful woman known to man? I couldn't stop smiling and I've hardly stopped smiling since. I keep telling myself and saying, this is really gonna happen! I get to marry this woman! We're both stoked!

And yes, I really think I am the luckiest man alive...

The Proposal (according to Kim)

So during the week Jon had mentioned that he had gotten us some tickets to go see a show and a dinner for Friday night. He said that it was a surprise and that I would not find out until that night what "show" we were going to watch.  He arrived at 7:35pm to pick me up, he was running behind schedule, as he said that he would pick me up at 7:15pm and the show was going to start at 7:30pm. A few minutes before he arrived he called me saying that his car had broken down and that he just borrowed his friends xterra.  I asked him why he hadn't called me that we could just take my car. He shook it off saying he had borrowed his friends car because he was closer to where his car had broken down. I found that to be a bit strange but I didn't make much of it...         

He finally arrived to pick me up.  While I waited for him I was watching House sitting on the couch. He  had a different look in his eyes that I hadn't seen before, he had "smiling eyes".  He sat next to me and I told him that I was ready to go.  I'm an extremely perceptive and intuitive and by this point I knew he was up to something!

We got into the car and he said that he was going to blindfold until we got to the "show" up in Orem. We took off and drove for a several minutes, and then he pretended that we where in the parking garage, he parked the car and I asked if I could take off the blind-fold and he said not yet. ..

He got out of the car and and opened my door and told me to come out and we walked about  20 yards and he asked me if I knew where we where. I said that it was outdoors because it was a bit chilly since it had been snowing the day before and that day. I could feel the breeze being outside. I responded are we at a park? or a mountain? he was like nope. He then proceeded to take off the blind-fold and asked me again if I knew where we where. I looked around and we where under the tree where we first kissed.  He said "You know what I have" and I recall him asking me at least twice if I was sure I wanted to do this... He then got on one knee and pulled out the ring box and said "Kim will you marry me? " I of course said yes!!!    

He said there was more and we went downstairs to the basement of his brother's house where he had set a table for two in the living room area. The room was decorated with Christmas lights around the wall. The table had a gorgeous arrangement of flowers with Stargazers and Orchids, two of my favorite flowers! There was also a candle and a very fancy set-up, even the napkins where nicely arranged.  His good friend Curtis and his girlfriend Anna where so cute and nice of them to cook and serve us a full Italian 4-course meal! The meal was beyond delicious, he had previously worked at an Italian restaurant, so only imagine how exquisite the entire dinner was!

During the dinner Jon was glowing! I don't think I have ever seen him so happy and excited! He kept smiling from ear to ear! He kept on staring at the ring and smiling! I think he stared at it more than I did! (not that I didn't think the ring was gorgeous, because I absolutely love the ring he picked out!) but I was just beyond happy and I was just enjoying watching him be overly happy!

Despite all the little inconsistencies before the "show" I was still surprised because he had told me that he didn't have the ring yet that same day and I actually believed him! Wow, what a "Show"!!! I feel extremly blessed to have Jon in my life! I truly feel like the luckiest girl on earth to be able to marry my best friend! I'm beyond excited and I can't wait till our big day!!!

Wedding Date Updated

K so we changed the date of the wedding to accommodate our school schedule. We changed it from the 28th to the 21st of August, so not that big of a change but, we get to share an anniversary with my parents! We also have added a couple of gift registries over on the side, so if you have questions, check it out there. We will both have emails here at this domain hopefully by the end of the week. You can email us at jon (at) or kim (at) kimberyandjon dot com (can you tell we hate spam?).