goin' to the chapel...

Y'all...I haven't been able to wipe this smile off of my face for 4 days.  

Devin and I are getting MARRIED! :)

Saturday night was the best night of my life, hands down, the end.  I have never, ever been so surprised.  Try to stay with me as I explain how it all happened, I'll try to make it as coherent as possible...

D and I were at a couple's wedding shower for our good friend's Kyle and Lindsey.  At some point during the shower he told me that he forgot his chap stick in the truck and he was going to get it.  Sounded legit, the man likes his chap stick. When he came back in from outside he had a weird look on his face and I asked him what was wrong.  He said he didn't have his wallet and he could've sworn it was in his back pocket.  It was super weird, I thought, because I had seen it in his back pocket when we were walking in.   All I can say is it's a good thing I had a couple glasses off wine in me at this point because I just shrugged it off and thought maybe I just saw the outline where he usually has it? Whatever. We concluded he must have left it at the house and we'd go check after the shower was over. Good acting skills babe, who knew...

Mostly all of our friends were at the shower so Devin and I kind of split up at times so we could talk to everyone.  I didn't notice this while it was happening, but every time one of Devin's friends needed another drink, Devin would always go outside with them to get it.  Apparently he was also informing them all that he was going to be proposing that night! Thinking back, I can't believe any of these people could keep a straight face around me after he told them. Nope, everyone kept their cool, and if not, then they just must have been totally avoiding me and I didn't notice?  

So at the end of the shower everyone starts talking about going out to Houston together. I had been texting back and forth with my friend Ashley all night because the plan was to meet up with her and her boyfriend, Eddie, who weren't at the shower, wherever we ended up going.  We decided they would meet us at my house so Devin could get his wallet and we would all go together in the same car. 

Oh such a perfect little plan.

So we get to the house and I make a bee line for the bathroom and expect Devin to turn off the alarm.  Well he grabs my hand and asks me to come outside.  At that point I see through the window flickering candles, and I'm just processing what's going on, when the alarm system starts WAILING! Haha, I was too distracted by the fact that I had to pee, and Devin was too distracted trying to get me to come outside with him that neither of us had pressed in the code! Just a small glitch ;) So after a brief run back into the hallway to turn off the alarm, Devin lead me outside...

There were candles lining the patio, followed by rose petals forming a pathway to the gazebo, which was wrapped in beautiful sparkly lights and more candles.  I was shocked, overwhelmed, in complete disbelief, and about to start bawling.  He lead me out to the middle of the lights and dropped to one knee.  After saying the sweetest, most perfect words I had ever heard, he asked me to be his wife.  After I said YES! it started to hit me that, wait a second?! I've been with you the entire night?! How did this happen?! Who did all this?!

{this pic was taken before we got there so the lights weren't lit up}

Backtrack juuuust a bit...the whole time Devin and I were at the shower, Ashley and Eddie, along with the entire Sweet T Fam had been decorating my backyard with candles, roses, and Christmas lights.  Devin had apparently called Meredith earlier in the day and said, "I want to propose tonight," to which Meredith replied something like, "Hooray! HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE I'M GONNA DO!" Haha, the fact that Meredith took over my engagement does not surprise me in the least!   I am so thankful for her, and this is just ONE of many, many reasons why.  She is an incredible best friend, and her plan was absolute perfection.  Thank you, Meredith, from the bottom of my heart for being my BFFE.  And Ashley, who has been like a sister to Devin since they were little kids, and who I love very, very much, was just the sneakiest little decoy and I will forever be so happy and thankful for her, and that her and Eddie were with us that night. Complete and utter perfection!

When they all came out of the darkness to show themselves, I still just couldn't believe it was them.  It meant SO MUCH TO ME, that Devin knew how important it would be to me to have them all there.  Meredith and I just hugged and cried.  Ashley had a big box of Sprinkles Cupcakes, which HELLO, what engagement is legitimate with out them?! Not mine, that is for sure. It was just so sweet, overwhelming, and words could not explain how happy I was and still am. 

I am so incredibly blessed by Devin. When I think back to being at the shower, I am seriously dumbfounded at how he behaved that night.  Not that I have no faith in him, HA!, but I always thought that he would totally give it away if he ever tried to pull off something like this. I knew that the engagement was "coming" at some point in our nearish future, but I guess I had just convinced myself that it would still be a while. Maybe it was just that I was totally not expecting it, or maybe he's just awesome. ;)  Either way, I could not have asked for anything more "me" or more perfect. (have I said already that it was perfect? It was perfect)  AND, it was an absolute stroke of luck that I, the Queen of Chipped Nail Polish, decided to do my nails earlier in the day AND go shopping for a "I shouldn't buy this but I'm going to anyway" new shirt!

Best friends.  Look at POOR Slade! Sooo past this little man's bed time!

I wouldn't change one single thing about that night, but I do wish that sweet Scarlett could have been there.  I left out all the candles and roses and she was SO excited when she got home the next day and ran outside. 

Ha, my little munchkin, or as she now likes me to refer to her as - my little flower girl ;)

My favorite thing she said when I was explaining everything that happened to her was "Ooh Mom, your ring is so sparkling!" ANGEL!

Perfect night. Perfect past 4 days. I feel so very blessed and loved.  The response Devin and I have gotten from our families, friends, and even people coming out of the wood works on facebook has just been completely overwhelming.  It is an amazing feeling to know that so many people are so genuinely happy for us.  If you are one of those people who have congratulated us, THANK YOU, again.  It means so much.

Life is good.  Being *this* happy once seemed so impossible to me and now I am the happiest I have ever been.

To my sweet FIANCE - Scarlett and I are so lucky to have you, so thankful for you, and so EXCITED to be a little family.  I am proud of you, constantly awed by you, and love you with my whole heart!

xoxo.