The Rationale & Proposal

I suppose I've journaled since the sixth grade - my intermediate and high school years are all really well documented - and I tried the blogging thing for a few months at a stretch throughout high school, but I totally fell flat on my promise of a blog for my study abroad in Morocco. I suppose a wedding is a pretty valid end point for such a blog, so maybe I can pull this one through...

Well, now I'm engaged to my darling Matt. I created this little montage to the right using poladroid and a random picture I found in the Wedding Blogging Complex somewhere. Sorry for the lack of credit - if I find it again, I promise I'll attribute. Anyway, the photos of Matt and I were taken on New Year's Eve by my MoH Pamela at her boyfriend's parent's house were we all celebrated. The little sparkler heart is courtesy of David, and the hospitality his family showed us was incredible! I love staying with his parents because they are the sweetest, most inviting people.

Finally, on New Year's Day, Matt took me on a date in the Woodlands. Did I know it was going to be the night? Yes. Haha, I know it's supposed to be a suprise but somehow matt and I just don't work like that. So we went to the Waterway and were going to have dinner at the Goose's Acre but they didn't open until 7pm. Enjoying my brand new camera (a sony t77) that was gifted to my by my Daddy on christmas, I suggested a walk along the waterway for some pictures of pretty pretty lights in trees. Well, as we reached the end of our trek to the point where the Waterway taxis turn around, I snapped this picture and said "you know, I don't really think I'd like to live in the suburbs with a big yard to mow and what not. I really like the idea of urban condos, or just condos in particular. Still, it's really hard to know where we'll be after we graduate what with the State Department vs. D.C. or just back to Houston..." and I turned to snap a picture of some lighted "snowflakes" in trees and Matt is at my side, on one knee, holding his proudly purchased ring box with my mothers diamond in a setting we had picked out and he said "I don't know where we will be either. I just know I want to be there with you, no matter what. Mely, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"

And I said yes.