Want to hear the news?

Ryan PROPOSED!!!!

AND SHE SAID YES!!!!!

He is now engaged to an amazing girl, Bri Ashley Ward.  We LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!  

He just proposed Saturday night and I'm so happy for them.  Living with a house full of girls Ryan knows he better get a good one because all of his sisters will have a say in it.  =-)  But he really did get a great catch!  Good job Ryan and congrats to you both!

So here is what went down.  Ryan took Bri to "THe Roof"  (a nice restaurant in Salt Lake that overlooks Temple Square) for dinner reservations at 7.  Then they took a romantic carriage ride around the city where the sparks just started flying.  Bri started to suspect something all night.  Ryan tried to mislead her all week and told her that he was saving money for the ring ect when he really had already bought it.  So of course he was dodging questions and things all night trying to keep the night going according to plan.  They drove back to Orem and then called us to come over to play "video games" (sounds romantic right)  so of course Bri's hopes for a pretty ring on her finger were crushed for the night.  Little did she know that earlier that day ryan "went to work"  but came over to Russ and I's house for her little surprise.  We were setting up a tent for his special night right in our driveway, so unexpected.

I had work off and so I helped him set up this tent and the decor on the inside! The plan was to take her over our house to hang out after a nice night together (which they come over all the time so it was nothing out of the ordinary) and our landlord's conveniently had a party that night. So Russ told ryan on the phone that the neighbors had put a tent in our driveway (they live above us) so bri would see it and think nothing of it. So you walk in and on the inside wall of the tent was "i love you" written out with pictures of them.

 There was a trail of rose petals and hearts leading the way to a table sitting in the middle of the tent.


There were candles, roses, a framed pictures of them and a music jewelry box sitting on top of it.

There was a little note on top of the jewlry box that said....

Inside the jewlry box was a ring box.  But no ring.  only a sweet note.  So while she is fixed on the note reading it Ryan gets out the real ring box, gets on one knee and pops the question!  It was so cute.  And her ring is beautiful!

So that is the exciting news! I just can't wait! You will be hearing more as things progress. They are thinking getting married in July but nothing for sure yet. HOORAY FOR RYAN AND BRI!!! WHOO HOO! THey are very cute together. WE LOVE THEM. THE END.