Sneak peek of the engagement pictures...

The Ring

Okay, here's the pics of the ring and the story. I was looking around to see what kind of ring I liked. I fell in love with this one http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product1%7C10451%7C10001%7C-1%7C530586407%7C19061%7C19061.20805.20837 but Blake thought it didn't look like an engagement/wedding ring. So, I looked around some more, and found another one that I liked. Which was this one:


And so for a while I thought I'd get that one. But then I looked at the original one again and thought of how much I liked it. So, I actually went into the store and looked at the ring. I put it on my finger and was immediately in love. We talked to the guy there, who said that they could actually take out the itsy diamond in the middle and replace it with a bigger one. Then and there I decided that that's what I wanted. So Blake bought the ring (he was in Arizona at the time) and when he got home he took it to his aunt and uncle who own a jewelry business. They got a diamond for us that is incredible. It's F color, which means it's pretty darn near colorless, and has no visible flaws, and it is just stunning. I am so happy with this diamond. Then they set the diamond in the ring. But of course I didn't get to see it yet. And the rest you all know from the engagement post...
Here's the pics:

Engagement!

Today the love of my life proposed to me. :) Blake just got home from Arizona two days ago (where he'd been since April). Here's what some people didn't know though: we have been planning our wedding since he came to visit for a week in June. I got to pick out the ring and everything. I knew he'd be proposing today, since it was the only day left because we are getting engagement pictures taken today. So, this morning he tells me that we need to go pick up the ring (his aunt and uncle customized it for us, they own a jewelry business). He had left the empty box for it in the car, and so he grabbed it and put it in his pocket. On the way there, he says we should take a little detour. We drive down the road that we went down almost every week before he left for the summer, which was in Ogden. And the cross-streets are named after letters, so we saw C Street, and that stood for Campbell, then B Street for Blake, and A Street for Amanda. :) Then we stopped at the Union Station. We had been on the majority of our dates there, and lots of sweet memories. We go swing dancing there every Wednesday night. We walk around outside for a while by all the trains, hugging and holding hands as usual. Then we start walking like we're going to leave. I thought we were going to go pick up the ring. But then he takes me over to the spot on a sidewalk between some trains where we had our first kiss. Then he kissed me again and we hugged just like we did the first time he kissed me, and then he said 'I have a surprise for you' and he reached in his pocket and got down on his knee. He opened the box, and somehow the ring had magically appeared in it! I was so surprised! Then he asked me if I would marry him. I said yes!!! And then there was some cute lovey dovey talk about love and stuff, I won't bore you with that. And of course more kisses and hugs. That was really tricky of him. He knew he'd have to surprise me somehow since I already knew he'd be proposing today. And I think he did a great job! And the ring is gorgeous! And I LOVE THIS BOY!!!!