Engaged!

We are officially engaged! It was perfect. A lovely picnic on Lake Otsego, where we met, was followed by a huge surprise for me! Matthew went "to the bathroom" before we left the lake for dinner, and came back with his backpack.

"Why do you need your backpack??" inquisitive little me asked. "I bought you something for our anniversary." he says. We NEVER buy each other gifts. Uh-oh, I think. I knew I should have bought those John Mayer tickets he was begging for!

"If you want it, you have to close your eyes". Ok. Done. I open them, and see this perfect, sparkling diamond staring back at me. "What are you doing?" I ask. He looks at me, as if he cannot see anything else in the entire world, and simply asks, "Will you marry me?" I scream "YES!!" and hug him so tight we both fall over into the grass. It's the happiest moment of my life.

After he finally gets me into the car (I cannot stop staring at the ring) I realize I need to call my mom and tell her the good news! We're on our way to the restaurant for our anniversary dinner. He won't let me call! He keeps making up lame excuses that I know aren't true..."I need you to tell me how to get there" (wrong, being from Cooperstown both of us know exactly how to get to Cherry Valley)..."you'll have plenty of time when we get there" (wrong, you set the GPS yourself silly, which is telling me we're actually going to be 10 minutes late). But I play along and assume I'll call when I get to the restaurant.

Once we get there, I walk inside to both of our families sitting at a table for a surprise engagement party! It was a perfect evening...the first of 70 years of perfect evenings to come