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ENGAGED!





Well...if you hate love stuff go ahead and exit out of here.  But for my own sake, I want to document this moment that I just experienced on May 19th, a moment I think every girl thinks about throughout their lives, boys probably do too.

On May 18th, my now fiancé, Alex and I hit the road to head east out of the city, out of the hustle bustle and to a National Park, Joshua Tree.  I had always wanted to go, it's in our back yard after all and it's a NATIONAL PARK which seems like a big deal, no?  ANYWAY...we made a couple of stops on the way there because I used to live in between LA and Palm Springs so I wanted to show Alex my old house, my favorite places to hang out and my old stomping grounds.  We finally got out to the desert and checked into our cute little Air BNB called The Lost Coyote Cabin.  Our evening progressed as it would on any get-away, we got food, we got drinks, we explored and then went home to our cabin where we lit a fire in the backyard in the fire pit and enjoyed seeing a sunset and STARS which you never see in LA.

Fast forward- Saturday we did the park, we hiked we drove we took photos, we explored, and it was awesome.  We got dinner then headed back to repeat the night before.  I would have been content hanging at the cabin the whole weekend! It was so relaxing.


MAY 19 (Royal Wedding and Misty's Engagement) THE MOMENT--- ok so as sunset was happening, Alex started setting up his camera which is nowhere near unusual for him.  He had a tripod and took a bunch of photos of the sun going down and of us.  Then he set it up right behind us and I guess hit 'play' to record the moment...I was sipping my drink, enjoying the fire and the sunset and the next thing I knew he was on a knee in front of me holding a ring and said the words, "What if we got a photo of me proposing to you?" It was very Alex, and I knew immediately that he was so relieved because he gets so nervous with these types of things.  I only know what happened next because we got it on camera.  My jaw dropped, I stared at him and the ring and asked if he was serious and then began sobbing.  I was so happy, I am not even sure I said yes but the tears and hugging and kissing and slipping that ring on my finger was answer enough.  

I couldn't believe it! I knew we would eventually get engaged but thought “not right now” constantly.  We live together and were working to save money to buy a home in the future and I didn't think engagement would happen for a while.  I was SHOCKED, and I am a hard one to surprise.  He succeeded! We basked in the moment and then started face-timing, calling and texting those that we loved.  Then we enjoyed the rest of the evening celebrating and I couldn't stop starting at my hand! 

I'M ENGAGEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's all.

Xoxo.

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