LoLz...Bun can u beleevs we were at teh zoo last year today?

Indeedz... I do haz a happy!

Shawn and I were engaged precisely a year ago, give or take a half hour!!! Here's the story that you can find on the proposal page, in honor of today!

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Shawn had asked me the previous week to take off the 9th and 10th of August to "look at some houses to buy." The plan was to both have two weekdays together to drive by some houses and then Tuesday hopefully look through some. Shawn also said there would be more than enough time to go to the zoo on that Monday, as we LOVE to frequent the zoo.

He dressed up a little, which made me dress up a little, and we left for the day. We got there and looked at several exhibits before Shawn made the suggestion to me that we go to the butterfly house, which is my favorite. I happily agreed and we made the long journey up the giraffe hill, sweating all the way.

When we arrived there, we were the only two entering the exhibit. We walked in and I started down the path to take a closer look at a larger butterfly while Shawn appeared to be looking at the large pond in the middle of the pavillion.

Happened right here, people!!!

He called me over all excitedly to the pond where he was bent down over the water. As I went over to him, he held his cupped hands out to me and said "I got one!" As I looked at his hands, he opened them slowly leaving me to find the strangest butterfly I'd ever seen... an engagement ring!
I looked at him with tearfilled eyes and we hugged as I said "YES!" over and over. It was perfect.