I know, I haven't posted on my blog in forever. I say that every time I re-visit my blog after a long absence. However, this time, I feel like my long absence is warranted. My life has been too exciting to even think of sitting down at a computer to chronicle my life experiences.
It is time to chronicle now though. On October 30th 2015, the school where I work celebrated a special day. We had a grandparents day celebration with a program and carnival booths and everything. I spent my morning playing the piano for the program and then tying those long, skinny balloons so that my boyfriend and a school student could form them into shapes for the children. After two hours of tying off balloons, school was dismissed early at 12:30pm. With raw fingers, me and my boyfriend Dan joyfully drove off to Cunningham Falls State Park in Emmitsburg MD. We had been planning to go and see the remaining leaves while they were on the trees still.
When we arrived at the park, I insisted on hiking to see an abandoned whiskey still back in the woods. It was a nice little hike. Since we wanted to see the falls, I was expecting that next we would hike to a spot by the waterfalls, but Dan didn't express any particular interest in the falls. He wanted to go on this certain hike called the Vista Point. I wanted to argue and tell him that the falls were what we came to see, but I decided to go along with what he wanted, since he had done what I wanted when we went to see the historic still.
We hiked up a hill, and I took this picture of the beautiful leaves.
We kept finding beautiful leaves, and would take pictures of them. We even kept five or six of them.
We hiked up a sort of mountain and came upon this vista point with a beautiful view of the valley. Dan wanted to go out to the edge to take a picture, but there was another couple sitting on a rock, eating a snack.
Normally, I am the one who never wants to take pictures when other people are around.
But today I said,
"Who cares? They won't mind if we take a few pictures. They might even take a picture of us!"
Dan reluctantly followed and took a few pictures.
We sat on this wooden bench and looked over the valley. The other couple sat close by as well, still eating. After a few minutes, they got up and left.
Dan suggested that he take a picture of me with the background. I posed for his picture. Then after this picture was taken, I turned around and looked at the valley, trying to see if I could find route 15. I was thinking about the times I would drive to markets on route 15 when all of a sudden, Dan came up behind me. I turned and smiled just as he got down on one knee.
Of course, the rest is history. Dan asked me to marry him, and I said yes after being so excited I could hardly talk. Here I am with the gorgeous little box he put the ring in.
We posed for a few after-pictures with his self-timer camera.
So now you know about the best day of my life!
The love of my life asked me to marry him and I happily said yes.
Prepare yourselves for coming posts about wedding plans and lots of pictures of me and Dan.
I'm going to be a Mrs!!!!!!!!
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