We're engaged!!!

Saturday April 19th is a day I will never forget. The day started off with Andrew and I looking at apartments in Irvine. On our way to the apartments, Andrew said that he needed my help in showing him what kind of engagement ring I wanted because he realized picking one out was harder than he thought. I was so happy to hear that because for the longest time, he would refuse to go look at rings with me because he wanted to do it all by himself. So we decided that next weekend, we would go look at some rings. After looking at some apartments, we went to pick up Bagels and Brew to take with us to lake Mission Viejo, where we were supposed to meet Erin (Andrew's sister), her husband Jeff and their two kids, Landon and Avery. We were planning to rent a party boat for a couple of hours with the four of them. Well, as we pulled up to the parking lot of the lake, Erin called me and said that unfortunately, Landon has just thrown up and they are heading back home. But she said that her and Avery still wanted to go on the boat and that we should go ahead without them and they would call me in 30 minutes when they were ready to meet up. Well, 30 minutes went by and she still hadn't called. So in the meantime, Andrew and I were cruising around the lake on the party boat, just the two of us. He had me come sit on his lap and said that he had a confession to make. He said "I have already done some ring shopping." I was staring straight out to the lake and was completely oblivious to the fact the he had pulled out a box with a ring and was holding it right in front of me. When I finally looked down, I think I almost fell off of his lap. He said "I love you and I want to know if you will marry me?" I immediately started crying and said "Are you kidding me?" I think I said that about 5 times before I finally looked at him and said yes! It was perfect and I can't describe how happy I was at that moment in time. We headed back to his house so he could change his clothes and then he said we should go by my parents house. Well, little did I know he had another surprise up his sleeve. When I opened the front door to my parents house, I saw about 40 of my closest friends and family in my living room. Of course, I started crying again. I was blown away that Andrew had thought to invite everyone over to congratulate us on our engagement. I couldn't have been happier to see everyone. The rest of Saturday was a blur to me but I will forever remember this day as one of the happiest in my life. I can't wait to start planning our wedding and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us for our future together. I love you Andrew and I can't wait until the day I am officially Mrs. Conners!!!

(If you want to see the pictures close up, click on them. :)