The Last Hurrah!

As I was perusing my blog, I realized that I never finished our little love story. So here goes. We were dating. 2 weeks in he said I love you. We talked about getting married. Fast forward to June. In June we went to "look" at wedding rings. Notice I said "look", well we ended up buying one. The first one I tried on we bought. It was a strange experience really. We went into Spence Diamonds because of all the radio ads, it sounded like a good place. So in we walk. They were really nice, helped us out and said just walk around and try on rings, if you find one you like, hold on to it. Well we walked around the whole store. The very first one I picked up I loved.... every single ring after that didn't quite measure up! So we picked the ring, we got to pick the diamond and check it out under a microscope. Pretty cool if you ask me. Well after that they said it would be a few weeks wait to get it set up and all ready. That was it.

Minutes after we were engaged!

One unsuspecting day Matt got a phone call, I was in the car with him. The ring was ready! He didn't want me to know this so he pretended like it wasn't a call about the ring, but something completely different. He then proceeded to wait before proposing.. just kidding! He did it the night he got the ring. He took me out to look at puppies (I'm a sucker for puppies) and then asked if I wanted to go out to the North of Calgary to check out the Temple site. For those of you reading who might not know what a Temple is, it's a really special building to members of my faith. It is a symbol of purity and is a place where many people come to worship our Savior. It's a really amazing place. Well they had just broken ground for the building and we were going to go take a look at where this beautiful building would stand.

One of my favourite engagement pictures!

So out we drove the half hour drive out to the site. We stood on top of a hill and looked out over the city of Calgary. It was a gorgeous view! You could see soo much of the city and a beautiful view of the mountains. So as we stood and looked out on this gorgeous view I started to get really cold (Calgary isn't really your typical warm destination, even in the summer). So Matt, being the awesome guy he is went back to the car to get a jacket. After putting the jacket over me I stopped to give him a hug. He hugged me back for a minute and then stepped back a bit and said "Hey Em", I looked up from my hug and he was down on one knee, "Will you marry me?". The easiest question for me to answer. I quickly said "Yes!" and the ring was on my finger. We kissed and stood there for a few minutes looking out over the city, I was probably crying, I can't quite remember. It was absolutely perfect! We were engaged June 28th, 2010. After some pictures and hugs we got back in the car and called my family first. Matt's family next and of course my best friend Brigitta. It was an awesome night.
Well we were married October 16th, 2010.

A really cool wedding picture.

After only 3 months of planning, and no help from Pinterest we were hitched! Seems like a short span of time but it was just perfect. I know I made the best decision of my life that day and I would not change a thing! Our wedding was great. I loved every second of it (minus a minor mishap with a hairdresser not showing up and my groom almost not making it to the wedding because of a major car accident). Our colours were Navy and Lime, we had a brilliant photographer who took both our engagement and wedding photos, our families attended (all that could) and we had a blast!

We took our Honeymoon in Vegas, saw 2 Cirque du Soleil shows (yeah I'm spoiled.), went to a Blue Man Group show, saw some lions up close, ate a lot, went for a ride on a gondola and just spent time together.

We have been married for almost 3 years now, it's been tough getting used to another person's little things, the way he loads the dishwasher isn't the same way I do it, he can sleep anywhere, I have to have the exact right environment.. things that aren't really important and neither of us are wrong, just sometimes you need to get used to the way the other person does things.


I am soo happy with our life. Hopefully we can add to our little family in the future, but we will cross that bridge when it comes.

I hope you enjoyed our little love story. I know it's my favorite.


<3

Emily