It happened on a Wednesday- April 17, 2013. I was working on a paper and Dan wanted to go on a hike and convinced me to take a break from the paper I had just barely started. We went up to Rock Canyon which is where we had our first kiss back in '09 Freshman year. We started up the trail a bit, just talking about how cool the mountains are and what happened to make the rocks jut out at certain angles and turn certain colors. Typical. We stopped off at a little inlet/niche in the rocks that were completely vertical- like had been turned a full 90 degrees. The wind would catch the leaves just right in this little inlet and it caused some sort of vacuum that raised the leaves and carried them off elsewhere.
We stopped here and just talked. Just talked which is one of my favorite things to do with Daniel. I was getting stressed about my paper so when one conversation ended Dan asked if I wanted to continue up the trail- worrying about my paper I said I thought we should go back down. Dan agreed but told me he had a question he wanted to ask me first. I thought he was joking but he got down on one knee and proposed. And I said yes.
The walk down the trail didn't seem much different from the walk up except that I didn't want to put my hands in my pockets this time, even though it was colder. I had known for a while that Dan and I were going to get married- getting engaged was kind of just a formality. The ring he proposed with was just a stand in- a pretty stand in but not ring he had designed which was still being made at the time he proposed.
It wasn't formal, it wasn't big, there aren't any pictures. It was perfect. It was just me and Dan- low key, nerdy, informal, etc.
I'm so happy to be marrying my best friend- the best friend I have ever had.
D+K forever
The stand in ring
{also the only picture from the actual engagement}
The real deal
We both like the ring
