The Proposal

Where to begin?! Ok, so Bryce asked if I wanted to do dinner Friday night, which we typically do, but I was just really happy to hear he had a place picked out. Sometimes I struggle to make a decision of where to eat when I am hungry. Anyways, Friday afternoon, I get a text from Bryce saying to dress up, which pretty much from that point I was completely useless at work! I wasn't sure what to wear. I really wanted a new outfit. But do I go flirty/fun or classy/nice?

After work, I went quickly to a few stores, but nothing was calling my name. I came home and found something in my closet to wear that was classy with some fun. I wore a black pencil skirt with a black skirt, a purple cardigan, blue belt, and nude heels. And the earring Bryce got me for my birthday!

So around 6:30pm, Bryce showed up at my place with two dozen red roses! I loved it. I was trying to play it cool and so put the flowers into a vase and talked about my day. Of course, all I could think about was when and how would he propose! I became suspicious of anything he said or did....haha!

We then headed to dinner at St. Jake, a French restaurant in SE Portland. It was a fun place and the food was amazing. We got tenderloin and bacon salad with bread and butter for our appetizers. So good! Then for dinner we got braised lamb shoulder and roasted trout, which were just incredible. For dessert, we got a hazelnut chocolate cake. It was good, but I did accidentally eat a coffee bean thinking it was a chocolate chip! Those things are nasty and I am pretty sure people throw away the coffee grinds for a reason.

After when we were walking to the car, Bryce told me that our friend, John, had texted him about going over to their place. We hang out with those friends a lot so nothing crazy, but I just figured they were some how in on it. So we headed over to their place and we were just talking and stuff when Bryce told me we were going to make a detour. He turned down this one road and I was trying to think of something that would be down that road. Bryce then turned around. I was really confused until he drove into the park!

**Funny story - Bryce told me later that night that you can't make a left turn at the light for the park so that is why he turned right and then turned around to get to the park. Ha! I just thought he was trying to trick me.

The George Roger City Park is right on the river front and we went there before on the Saturday after Bryce had finished his fall semester. Good day because we actually got to be together during the day because he didn't have to study! Anyways, it is a small, but nice park with great walking paths. So we walked down near the water and luckily it wasn't rainy and the moon was bright. Then Bryce was saying all these nice things. I made a few comments, but then realized I should let him go with it! It was so amazing and then he got down on one knee and asked if I would marry him. YES!

Of course, I had so many emotions in the moment. First, I got a little teary and then I was just really happy and somehow I bit my cheek during it, too! It was just such a happy moment! He then told me that he had written down his little speech for me since he knows how I like to document things. Isn't that just the most thoughtful and wonderful thing!

We then drove back to my place and started the phone calls to family and friends to share the good news!