Forever and ever

Engagements are always so exciting...at least for the couple getting engaged. Just like most other girls I have always dreamed of little details concerning my wedding day, and was always excited for other people getting engaged or married, but for the last year it seems all my friends were gettig engaged or married possibly having children, and some all of the above, and here I was happy as could be but wondering all the time when my special day would be. For all you ladies thinking your day will never come, don't think that way. The day of my engagement was absolutely perfect and nobody could have done anything else to make it anymore perfect. Was I expecting to get a lovely diamond ring for Christmas? NO way! But even more exciting is I am now on a journey to spend the rest of my life with Clint and become a Gibson in about a year and a half. 500 and some odd days for those of you counting down. I'm sure you're dying to know how the perfect proposal took place so here goes.....

Sunday December 22, Clint and I went to church and I knew this was a "date day" for us where we would spend the whole afternoon just the two of us... This rarely happens since we live 6 hours apart. Keep in mind it's a rainy nasty Sunday outside... Rained all night and supposed to rain all day. We get out of church and head downtown toward market square to roam around and "find something to do." When we get out of the car the rain had completely stopped. Praise The Lord! As we walk around Clint tells me he has pictures printed from the other day when we had our pictures made with his parents and brother. So I flip through all these pictures being completely too critical about my bad hair days, squinting, cheesiness, and who knows what else when I come to the next to last picture a picture of Clint and I and it says Amanda I love you. Will you marry me? As I look up Clint is down on one knee and about the time he says will you I anxiously blurted out YES!!! The best part however is that his mom was around the corner the entire time capturing pictures of this super special moment!

So for all you ladies still single just be patient, your perfect day will come and it will be so much more magical than you could have ever dreamed on your own. I am so thankful for a fiancé who loves me, his family that raised him to love The Lord, and for The Lord seeing me to be the woman to soon be his wife.