We're Engaged!!

On Friday, February 17th, we made our way up to Traverse City, Mi to escape from Chicago a bit and celebrate our 4 year anniversary.

After driving about 5 and a half hours, we checked into our hotel, unpacked, and headed to the lakefront. We planned on briefly checking out the Winter Wow Festival and then getting some dinner (since we were both starving).

I should have known something was up when Erik suggested we look at the ice sculptures down by the lake before eating (after being so starving? suspicious...), but I had no idea he was nervously trying to make sure I didn't see the ring box bulge in his pocket.

We looked at the sculptures and then spent some time staring out at Lake Michigan. It was perfect - the sun was setting, there were ducks, little boys were wrestling on the grass about 50 feet away. We were about to head to dinner when Erik said he had to ask me something (this part is all sort of a blur). He got down on one knee (he says...I don't remember) and asked me to marry him. I said "duh" and then started crying. We immediately went and got Mexican food. Not telling anyone for the first few hours felt really special and I'm so happy that we didn't immediately call everyone we know.

The rest of the weekend was full of brunching, antiquing, shopping, beer-tasting, and constantly saying, "OH MY GOD WE'RE ENGAGED". It was a great trip and a wonderful way to start the next chapter in our lives together.