The proposal story

Im sure most of those who read this blog know the story already, but I want to do a post about it anyway. Andy and I started talking about marriage really early in our relationship and it never seemed odd to either of us. I recently told my sister Kerri that during those nights when Andy and I used to stay up late and talk I fell in love with him. This was even before he asked me to be his girlfriend. So like everyone says, when its right you'll know.
We were visiting his parents in California for our spring break in 07 and had a lot planned for the whole week. We started the week by driving down the coast to visit Hearst Castle. It was a beautiful house, and I remember thinking that if Andy was going to propose on this vacation...some of these spots would be perfect. But we left and no ring.

Over the next few days drove back to Tj and Traceys house and then Andy and I took a day to visit the zoo. Now we must be kids at heart becuase everywhere we go Andy and I are always visiting a zoo or aquarium. The San Fransisco zoo is the best zoo we have ever been to! The animals are all so close, even the hippos which are my favorite.

So our last full day was filled with lots of fun in San Fransisco. We started by touring Alcatraz which was a first for me. It was fun except for a bunch of little kids trapping me in solitary confinement.

So at the end of the day we met back up with his parents to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. Since our first visit to california i have have fallen in love with the bridge and the area around it. For a while I would joke with Andy and hint that it would be a perfect place to propose. After walking all day however the last thing i wanted to do was walk across the bridge. Andy convinced me to walk just halfway and then back, now im glad i did. His dad came with us while his mom stayed in the car (where i wanted to be with my sore feet!) and we walked. It was soo windy up there. There was a lot of fog around the bridge earlier in the day but luckily it had disappeared by the time we got there. And in the middle is where Andy proposed while his dad was taking pictures (Andy knew i wanted pictures of this moment and asked his dad beforehand). It was amazing and perfect for us, although i made Andy do it again since he didnt get on one knee! By then my feet didn't hurt any more and I couldnt wait to walk back across and call my family!