Marry Your Best Friend

So something kind of big happened this spring break... I got engaged!!! My sweet, handsome boyfriend of 6 years got down on one knee and asked for it all to never end, and words cannot even begin to explain how excited I am for this next chapter of our lives! I cannot wait to marry my best friend! :)

Keeping the minute details between Kyle and I, he proposed on a hike around our favorite lake up in Estes Park, after spending the day up in town like we've done on many a date. He asked me on the rock outcropping that overlooks the whole lake, and it was just perfect! Then we went back home to a reception where he had arranged all of our family and friends to be there in celebration. 

A few snapshots from the day...

I was so oblivious to what was about to happen... the last photo was taken just before Kyle proposed! When I turned around I also somehow managed to miss the photographer hiding just off the trail that he hired to take pictures of the whole thing. Phew! 

It was so nice to have some of my best friends at the reception party he organized... 

And then I enjoyed keeping it enough of a secret to have an special Alpha Phi ceremony and share my excitement with all my sisters!

We are really excited--Kyle because his long period of secret planning is over, me because my wedding-related Pinterest boards will finally be used!-- and excited to start this next chapter in our lives and to see what God has in store for us. He has blessed our lives thus far in many ways, and I know he will continue to do so.

And because I'm sure you're wanting to see a close-up picture of the ring... 

He did such a good job, with the ring, the proposal, with everything! I truly have an amazing fiancé (ahh! such an exciting word!) and I feel incredibly blessed. I think I'll keep him :)

Have a fantastic Monday!

--Caroline