The Proposal {not the movie}

First comes love, then comes marriage. But wait you need to get in engage. In the spirit of celebrating my ten years of marriage to Mike, I must document the proposal.
Like any girl in love, she dreams of the perfect guy and of course the perfect ring. After Mike and I met we both felt this thing that we wanted was the right. Now to find the perfect ring. I wanted something simple but big and pretty. I also wanted a platinum band. At first I wanted white gold but was told that it wouldn't look white forever so I changed my mind and said platinum. If this was a ring I was going to wear for the rest of my life I wanted it to be AWESOME.
During Spring Break, Mike was able to come to Arizona to me the whole famdamily. I mean the whole family. We are like the mafia. Aunts, Uncles, cousins, Grandparents, sisters and parents. He also had to meet all my close friends. I sure it was pretty overwhelming but Mike took it in stride. Everyone wanted to met this man of mine. Well, at least I wanted them all to meet him so that they could have a chance to say something. It's a funny thing in my family. I'm the oldest grandchild and I have always brought any boy I had interest in to meet the family. I think that is why some of my relationships were not every long. I also showed him some sites of Arizona. Downtown Scottsdale and Mesa, Natural bridge, the Zoo, the Temple and Matta's.
We also went to look at rings. I hadn't seen any I liked. Mike had been sending me pictures of rings via Internet but none that I really liked. Plus I didn't know my ring size. So we went to Fiesta Mall to a jewelry store. There is was a little ring that was platinum and had a very simple design. The diamond was a circle and I really wanted a princess cut diamond. I left with hope that might be the ring but didn't think it would be since Mike was leaving soon and he hadn't asked my parents yet.
Wow talk about awkward. My parents knew why Mike was coming to visit but it made it none the less awkward to say it. Again Mike handle the situation great.
After we talked to my parents. I remember we took a walk around my neighborhood to discuss what we were going to do next. We both had school and I didn't know when were going to be able to see each other again. We talked about how I was going to come up to General Conference and see him again. My parents like this idea. My dad was going to Michigan for a job interview and so with my sisters, my mom and I we drove to Utah. I actually drove half away with a friend and my mom was with my sisters. We met up at Glen Canyon dam where my sisters and mom and spent the night. We finished driving and made it to Provo. While we were in Utah, we were also going to search for the perfect wedding dress. I couldn't find something modest in Arizona. Everything I found, was something I was going to have to add sleeves to. After trying on six dresses. I found the perfect one. We bought it and I was so excited. I called Mike to find out when he wanted to meet. He was working so we agreed to met there and then we would go to where my family was staying. When I met him at work he was really nervous. I tried to give him a hug and I remember it was a really awkward hug. I couldn't figure out why, he wasn't hugging like that before. He was dressed up in his nice Sunday clothes. The plan for the evening was to get ready, Go to dinner and head down to Provo for a Mission reunion
When I was done getting ready we headed off to what I thought was dinner. We drove up past the Capital Building. We went to this church that he had taken me to before. This Chapel sits high on the hill over looking the Valley. I was curious as to why were here. But just went with it. Mike wanted to open the door of the car for me so as I was waiting to get out of the car. This little old lady came driving in the parking lot. She was asking Mike are you proposing? Mike was a bit embarrassed. He told her to shut up and leave. He looked deflated since I did hear that. He walked me up to the stairs of the Chapel and said "Rhiannon Marie Patterson, will you marry me?" He showed me the ring and I couldn't believe it. It was the ring that we both liked from Arizona. But how did he get it to Utah with everything I wanted? I was shocked and I kept him guessing for moment. Actually, I wanted to try it on first but he said "you have to respond to get it." I said "yes" I put on the ring. It was a perfect fit. We drove back to the hotel because I wanted to show my mom and sisters. I later found out that while I was getting ready he had already show the ring to my sisters.
Then we went to his parents house to tell them. It was quick because we didn't want to be late for the mission reunion. Mike was excited to go because he had planned to meet up with some old buddies. But they didn't show. During the reunion, which felt more like a fireside, we had to stand up and introduce ourselves. Mike stood up and said that I was his fiance and we just got engage. After the reunion we went back up to Salt Lake. I think we stayed up way to late. I just remember General Conference was really hard to pay attention to the next day. We went to the morning session together with my family.
I was happy I had the man, the dress and the perfect ring. This time leaving Mike was really hard. Knowing that I wasn't going to see him for a few more weeks. Driving back to Mesa was really hard.