Archive for September, 2009

Today was an awesome day!  We traveled to Georgetown for a stop at Evan’s Orchard.  Julie is an apple connaisseur and Evan’s is one of her favorite places.  On top of this, it was a beautiful morning and Razor Russets – Julie’s favorite type of apple – are in season.

First, a little background information.

I had planned on popping the question at some point today, but I didn’t know when or where.  As we left Julie’s place, I put the ring box in my pocket and then slipped it under the driver’s seat when we got in her car.  Once we arrived at Evan’s and started walking around, I knew this would be a great place to ask Julie to marry me.

Julie quickly filled two small bags.  She asked me to go back to the shop to get a bigger bag.  I realized this would be my best opportunity to get the ring, but since Julie drove to Evan’s, it meant I’d have to ask her for the car keys.  I knew this might make her suspect something, and it didn’t help that her roommate predicted I’d pop the question today.

I ran back to the shop to get a bigger bag, and then went to the truck to get the ring.  Once I got back to Julie, she asked me to pick an apple for her.  I said, “what if I picked you a diamond ring instead?”  I took the ring out of my pocket and got down on one knee.  At this point, Julie is jumping up and down saying, “I knew it!  I knew it!”  I opened the ring box and asked, “will you marry me?”  I was lost in the moment and didn’t realize why Julie kept saying, “it’s upside-down, it’s upside-down.”  It then hit me that I’d opened the ring box upside-down.

After I finally turned the ring box right-side-up, Julie said yes and bent down to give me a hug and kiss.  It was an amazing moment!

We spent the rest of our visit to Evan’s taking pictures, enjoying the moment and filling our bags with apples.  The staff at Evan’s was very excited to hear the news, and we are supposedly the first couple to get engaged there.  They gave Julie a free t-shirt and took our picture.  It will always be a special place.

We can’t wait to start planning our wedding and spending the rest of our lives together.  God has truly blessed us both.