Our Story
Hmmmm...
I suppose the beggining of our story goes way back to when I was 16. I attended Mid Way Baptist church, and on occasion I would see Preacher Upchurch's son, Joseph, sitting with his friends. Obviously he didn't know I existed, seeing as he is nine years older than me! But I had that typical teenage girl crush... cute older boy.
Years went by. About ten years to be precise. Then one night I was sitting with a girlfriend at a local sports hangout. I noticed an extremely handsome man shooting pool. I said to my girlfriend as I pointed at the good looking stranger, "You see that guy? The one in the hat playing pool? I'm soooo going to date him!" Then we sort of laughed and went back to chatting away. Not even 15 minutes later, he walks up to me and proceeds to ask me about the basketball game(as if I would have a clue!). After talking for a few minutes we realized who the other was and had a good laugh. That was in fall of 2005.
Now...I am marrying my best friend.
The proposal
We got engaged December 3, 2009.
After a delicious dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Joseph said he wanted to take me to see Christmas lights! I was so excited because Christmas is among one of my favorite times of the year!
However, when we reached the place where the lights were supposed to be set up, they were closed. Joseph seemed extremely disappointed but I didn't see what the big deal was. Plus, he had been saying all night he was "hot" and "feeling claustrophobic", so I figured maybe he was getting sick and it would be better to do it another night. Little did I know he was having little nervous panic attacks!
We finally got to my house and proceeded to sit on the front porch swing, as we often do to just sit and talk outside.
Then with no notice, and in a split second, he is down on one knee and has managed to produce a beautiful white ring box out of thin air!
I think I'll keep the actual words to myself...all you really need to know is that I said "YES!!!"
