Nick and Brooke's Proposal

On Monday, we went to a jeweler to look at rings for him. Then they kicked me out of the office so they could discuss rings for me. When they came out the jeweler said it would be another couple weeks before my ring came. I am not going to lie, I was a little miffed. I had been waiting for a long time and he had told me it was going to be sooner than it now appeared. Little did I know, he was setting me up for his ultimate proposal.

Then came Saturday, the big surprise. He told me he was going to do something special to make up for the long wait on the proposal.

After taking a few lame tests Nick met me at a local Winterfest. While we were watching the skiing, I was taking some photos with his camera. He told me he had something I could take a picture of and pulled out a hideous ring straight from a nightmare I had a few weeks ago. It was a jimmy-rigged ring with my name in block letters. It was hilarious. I couldn’t stop laughing. He told me it was to tide me over till the real deal came. Anyway we stayed a while longer then left to get ready to go to a mysterious place for dinner.

We started driving up the canyon and he made me close my eyes. I was able to mentally navigate myself up part of the way, but then got lost. A while later we parked. I opened my eyes and we were at a beautiful ski resort. We checked in the lobby and then went on a 15 minute gondola ride to the top of the mountain where another restaurant was. The ride was so beautiful…a layer of fresh snow covered the valley, etc. As we entered the restaurant we were amazed at the incredible atmosphere. The lodge was remarkable with a gigantic four-sided fireplace in the middle of the room. They sat us in a romantic little booth with a high arched back to provide some privacy. The food was a delicious gourmet buffet.

When we could eat no more, he said he needed to use the restroom and asked if I wanted to go too. I said yes and got up to take my coat and purse. He said I could just leave it and so I decided to leave it while he finished taking care of the check.

While I was in the bathroom, Nick was preparing for the deed. The maitre d' kindly provided a beautiful rose to enhance the moment. He anxiously waited for me by the fireplace as his heart practically pounded out of his chest. He asked the piano player to play a little softer so that I could hear him.

I came up the stairs and saw him waiting for me in front of the fireplace with the rose. He said, “Look what they gave me to give to you for Valentines,” (the rose). He then gave me a little pink bag and said something to the effect of, “Here is something to tide you over till the real ring comes.” I opened it and it was a necklace. I was hesitant to let him put it on me but when he was pretty persistent about taking off the necklace I was wearing and putting this one on, I consented. This was one of the fears Nick had that could potentially thwart his amazing plan. I turned around and Nick was so nervous. He was shaking so much it took him a while to get the little hook off. I, still clueless, thought it was just because his hands were so big and the hook was so small. Then it took longer to do up the even smaller hook on the new necklace. He was beginning to think that this unexpected nervous reaction was going to destroy hours of thought and planning. Luckily he was able to get it on; however, just before connecting the hook, he slipped the ring on the necklace. As I turned around, the necklace felt heavier than just a few little hearts. I looked down and sure enough, to my surprise, there was the ring. I was speechless and so surprised!

I looked up at Nick and he was right there smiling down at me. He knelt down on one knee, told me how much he loved me and asked me to marry him. I said yes.

Nick took me home and I had another surprise waiting. There were rose petals leading from the stairs up to my bedroom. Inside were five dozen roses strategically placed in my incredibly messy room. On my bed lay a single red rose and a delicious small platter with chocolate covered strawberries and pretzels.

It was the perfect way to end the perfect day!

He Made It!!

So Monday 12.21.09 was our family Christmas party so allll my family was there. And his dad played Santa so Matts mom and brothers came also to ‘watch their dad play Santa’. Matt told me I was going to be getting a present from Santa, he wanted the kids to have a cool experience showing that Santa travels around the world and everything! Santa shows, some kids cry, some are way excited! Its good times all around. Matt’s youngest brother showed up late and grabbed my laptop out of my room.. totally true to travis and kept telling me he was on facebook and forced to be there. Lol so the kids all get done and then it’s my turn and Santa tells this spill about traveling everywhere and that he talked to someone very special in Japan who sent a present back with him for me, but I can’t open it yet. So im thinking of course like for the kiddies, I cant open til Christmas.. then his mom comes over with my life-size cardboard cutout of matt that has envelopes on it that say read this one first. Then Travis sits right next to me with my computer and Matt has been on video chat the entire time.. that’s when it hit me I’m getting a ring. Then I have to read aloud this beautiful poem that matt wrote me while our song is playing in the background. So I get through the four envelopes and the last one is like Lindy I love you so much and want to show you for the rest of my life.. straight up, will you marry me? And below in parentheses its said, remember if you say yes you get free health insurance and get to travel the world with me. Hehehe So I said yes and it was amazing! Come to find out my entire family knew it was going to happen!! He called everyone of my siblings to ask for my hand after talking to the daddy. Lol Here is the proposal on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYizWdllJw

Lindy

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"Button, Button, Who has the Button? "

Button, Button, Who has the Button was the game played with my family the night I was proposed to by my husband. This game is an "old fashion" game where there is a single button. Each person holds their hands out in front of them, palms together. One person starts out with the button in their hands. That person goes around the circle sliding their hands through those of the other players. When the person has chosen which player they would like to receive the button, they most carefully open their hands slightly, allowing the button to fall into the hands of the new chosen player. The player that started continues around the circle until each player has had the chance to receive the button. Once the button has been placed into the hands of a new player you say, "Button, Button, Who has the Button?" Then each person takes a turn guessing who has the button in their hands. Once the button is found the games starts over with the person who had received the button. Well that night my husband had set the whole night up so that my little sister had said she wanted to play this game. So my family all gathered together in the living room. I had noticed that my husband was clammy and yawning a lot but thought nothing of it. My sister started the game. She had a button in her hands and around the circle she went. She gave it to my other sister who gave it to my husband. My husband started and went around the circle. As he approach me he dropped the button on the floor and switched out the button in his hand for the ring which was hidden in his sock. He then continued with the game sliding his hands through mine and dropping the ring into my hands. I (being oblivious to what was happening before my eyes) continued to play the games as though I didn't get the button while my husband continued around the circle. As I held the button...ring in my hand, I had no clue that it was a ring because the diamond was resting in the crease between two of my fingers. I was unable to feel that it was a ring. My Husband remained there "on one knee" until I realized what was in my hands. He then asked me to marry him and well I said yes! We were later married on February 27th 2004 in the Salt Lake Temple. That game yet so simple has a special place in my heart and to this day I still have the original Button.

~Annie