Engagement Story

Well, Charlie and I are engaged! I'm so excited to be (finally) planning our wedding! Charlie proposed on Sunday, September 5 and we've set the date for January 28, 2012! Just a short FOUR months away! YIKES!!

So it went like this...

We had decided to go up to Callaway Gardens for the Hot Air Balloon Festival. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate and so there weren't any balloons, but we had decided to go visit the Cason Chapel and the Discovery Center, because we were thinking about having our (hypothetical) ceremony & reception there. Jenny & Ricky Strickland, our friends, came with us. We had a nice lunch at the Mountain Creek Inn Restaurant and set off for the Chapel a short while later.

When we got to the chapel, there was an organ concert in progress. We all sat on the back row and eventually, well, I had to pee. (Side note: I drank like 5 glasses of water during lunch and my bladder is the size of a pea...). I whispered this to Charlie, and he was thinking oh crap, I've got to do this quick, fast, and in a hurry because to leave to let me potty & come back would have been awkward. So, he gets up and goes over to the organist and asks her if its okay (while she's taking a break) that he propose to his girlfriend.

Then, he calls me up on the stage to "take a picture"

This is our "before" pic...

Then, he turned me to him and kissed me, and said something about how he loved me and that he was so glad God brought us together (I really don't remember what he said...) and then, he got down on one knee, pulled out this truly gorgeous, perfect ring and asked me to marry him!

"Will you marry me?"

This is where he is attempting to put the ring on my middle finger, instead of my ring finger... :)

So happy! (Notice, I'm checking out my finger... while he's saying "yes! I got the girl!"

One of our "after" pictures!

I'm really excited about our big day! You can find out information & details on our wedding web page (Charlie thinks its dorky, but I don't care!) at: Charles & Brooke

See? This is our "before" shot....