Engaged in Maui!

My oh, my it has been too long since my last post and I hope that not everyone has lost interest in the romantic tale of my engagement. Well I will jump right to it.

Our story starts back in April when we decided the trip to Hawaii was definitely going to happen. Fast forward 5 months of waiting and it was finally time to board the plane to Maui! We took two flights over, with a layover in Phoenix. After 10 hours of travel we finally arrived in paradise on Saturday September 15th at about 3pm (their time 9pm our time). Found our way to the hotel and settled in for a few hours. Showered then headed down to Front St. which is the "downtown" area. I am telling this because this entire time Jared was extreme quiet and sort of short with me (found out later he was extremely nervous). Then I had no clue why he was acting this way but it wasn't making me happy. I thought he was going to be cranky the whole vacation, which would have been no fun. Anyways we got dinner and headed back to the hotel, we were absolutely exhausted. We hit the sack early and woke up extremely early! There is a 6 hour time difference. This meant that we woke up at 5:30am (11:30am), starting our day early. Jared went for a run, watched some football, ate breakfast at the resort, lounged at the pool for 2 hours, showered and were ready to adventure out all by 1pm. Jared wanted to look at the sights and since there was a coastal highway right near our hotel we just took it West to see where it would lead. This is where the story gets fun. We had a travel book with us and Jared kept telling me to find lookout points or waterfalls to see. Which would have been easy if I didn't get car sick if I just look at a book let alone trying to read anything. So we had o pull off the road a whole bunch to look at the sights (and allow myself to read). Finally we found a look out point that was supposed to be awesome at sunset and had a pretty light beacon.

From then on we were just driving and loving every second of it. The ocean water crashing on the cliffs was breath taking. Around 4:30pm we were getting close to the spot but weren't sure if we were going in the right direction. Jared kept asking me how far, if we were on the right street, how much longer. And I kept thinking your guess is as good as mine. I was getting slightly annoyed but now it makes sense why he was asking. Once we reached McGregor's Point it was sunset and it was just as pretty as the book describe. There were a couple other cars there but no people in sight. Jared got out to check out the terrain. Because most the lookout points were too dangerous for me to get out of the van I mostly stayed in and just looked out the windows (which was fine with me, I am not into rolling down cliffs). He came back and told me to get out, I was slightly confused because I could see all the sights just fine. But I did what he said, I thought maybe he wanted to show me something. I got out. Jared pushed me around the van and just stood behind me. I was a little confused again, I asked him if he was alright and he said "yes, I am just thinking about how happy you have made me these past 2 years. I made a joke about not buying him ice cream when we first met. We said some other things but I can't remember anymore (shock from the moment I guess). Next thing I know he is in front of me down on one knee asking me to marry him with this huge ring. I was in complete shock. Obviously I said yes and couldn't form sentences for at least 10 minutes. No tears just too much shock.

The view of where we got engaged :)

First photo as an engaged couple!

It was an incredible moment and I couldn't be happier with our moment. Not many girls get to say they not only have the man, ring, and engagement story of their dreams but I can. Well there it is, our engagement story. Completely unforgettable.

Update on the wedding planning: I am taking the GRE next week and haven't done much planning other than the super important things. We have set a date August 10th 2013, have our reception venue and our photographer. Picked out our enormous wedding party and colors. But that is all we have so far. Once this GRE is over the flood gates will be opened for my planning!