On Friday evening December 18th Joshua Segraves asked me to marry him. I said yes, of course (and I squealed, of course). : )
Here’s how it happened:
Joshua asked me to dinner for Friday night, but didn’t tell me where we were going. We both went to the fitness center after work. I had brought a bunch of stuff to get ready and I curled my hair (quite the undertaking but he was taking me on a mysterious date).
We drove to the Bentonville square which is all done up in white lights. He told me that we were going to eat at Table Mesa which is one of our favorite restaurants. Josh parked on the far side from the restaurant, told me he had a present for me and sat me down on a bench with a wrapped gift. I could tell by the feel of it that it was a picture frame. So I slowly unwrapped it wrong side up to buy him some time since he’d gone to his car for a moment. He came back and I opened this:
On the matting he had written, “Marry Me” with the date and his signature. I practically yelled, “YES!” and when I looked up he was kneeling with the ring box opened. I squealed– loudly. Joshua laughed and said, “I haven’t asked you yet.” Me: “But it says right here!” He laughed again and said, “I love you. Will you marry me?” To which I again replied yes, laughing and held out my hand.
Once that was settled he sat down beside me on the bench and we kissed and laughed. Joshua told me how he had been running around for the past two days prepping. We enjoyed the lights and then realized that we were both really hungry so we headed over to the restaurant.
Just as we walked in the door who should we see but Derek and Kiplyn Horn. Derek is the pastor for the single’s ministry at our church, Fellowship Bible Church. So we went over and shared the good news.
Dinner was wonderful we had an appetizer, carnitas and cocktails. Derek and Kiplyn were very kind and had desserts sent over to our table. Joshua wanted to start planning right away so we talked wedding planning a bit over dinner.
To cap off the evening we headed to Borders for some Christmas shopping (I also picked up a Bride’s magazine, naturally). Then we met up with our friends the Barans and the Burtons. It was fun to share such a wonderful event with people who are so dear to me.
It looks to be a whirlwind engagement– I’ll keep you updated. I am very blessed!
Joshua: Thank you. I am looking forward to spending the rest of my life with you.
megstar
jdsegra
That’s super cool. Congratulations!
WAHOO!!!! Congratulations! So excited for you two. (and the ring is beautiful – picture of it on your finger, please
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Lovely retelling of the tale.
It’ll polish up and gleam even more with retelling as the years go by.
[...] In other news . . . . Meg and I are engaged! Please excuse the previous long absence. Engagement is hard work. Nothing like planning a wedding in 3 months (engaged Dec 18, wedding March 27!!). It’s been non-stop, which is good, because I’m ready to get the show on the road :D. If you’d like to hear about how the engagement happened, and see a picture of the ring by your’s truly, check out Meg’s post here. [...]