Wedding Wednesday: Our Engagement Story

Dec 23, 2018 we planned to travel to Justin’s parent’s home in Paris, TN to get our family Christmas festivities kicked off.  Now I’m a girl who loves a plan and finds solace in having a plan and executing it, but JK is the opposite.  He called mid-afternoon and wanted to move our departure to Christmas Eve morning.  Immediately I start questioning, “isn’t that rude if your parent’s are expecting us?!?”  He assured me it was fine and we could exchange gifts before leaving to save room in the car. 

Christmas Eve we woke up early and as usual, I was so excited for him to open the gifts I had wrapped.  He loves waffles, but has a gluten intolerance BUT I found a GF mix at Williams Sonama and wrapped it up with a waffle maker.  I also scored Justin Timberlake tickets and tucked them in JT’s new book.  Since we are going to Orange Theory together, I snagged a new pair of Nikes he would love.  Justin wrapped a jean jacket I’ve been eyeing from Able and a new pair of FRYE boots.

After exchanging gifts, Justin said, “I do have one more small gift for you!”  He slowly opened a drawer on the TV console table, and pulled out a small box.  I was sitting on the sofa next to the table and said, “Is this really happening?!?”  He got down on one knee, said the sweetest, most loving things I always dreamed of hearing, thanked me for waiting for him to be ready for marriage, and asked me to marry him.  The morning sun was shining through the window and illuminating him in the most special way, I will never forget the way he looked in that moment.  It immediately hit me, unlike the ladies on the Bachelor, I don’t have a speech prepared!  So I went with a simple, yes.  

After hugging and kissing and crying I couldn’t wait to FaceTime my parents and my sweet sister.  They were so excited and happy for us and could not have been more supportive and kind.  We packed up the car and hit the road to Paris to celebrate with his family and kick off the holiday season.