The original plan was that we were going to go hiking on Friday morning but Jeremy's flight delay put a little kink in that plan. We had talked about going hiking on Saturday in Sedona but the rain kept us from getting on the beaten path. SO, finally, on Monday morning, hours before Jeremy was to fly out, we were finally able to get a hike in. We didn't have a lot of time but we headed up to the saddle of South Mountain, one of my favorite mountains to hike in AZ for a number of reasons. It was a great hike and the weather was perfect. At the top I showed Jeremy the view of downtown PHX and as I turned to him to point it out, he was standing there with the ring and asked me to marry him!!! Now, I know that we have gone about this whole ordeal a little backwards, we already have the date, dress, and now HIS ring but it has all been a wonderful experience and we would not change it for the world! So, even though our 'engagement' was not a surprise to anyone, we were very excited because it all felt so much more official! The ring turned out so beautiful too. My late step-grandmother left one of her rings for me and Jeremy had gotten that from my mom. After polishing it up and adding a new diamond to the middle, it is not only stunning but quite sentimental to us both. I really had no idea when Jeremy was going to 'pop the question', I just told him he had until November 29th to do so! haha! He said he had planned on doing it Friday morning when we were supposed to go hiking and had hoped that I would have all weekend to show it off, but hey, sometimes you just have to roll with the changes, and that is one of the many reasons why I love him so much!
We had a wonderful morning spending time with many friends before I had to reluctantly take Jeremy back to the airport. He didn't have a whole lot of time to get checked in and get through security so I just dropped him off at the terminal doors. However, about 5 miles down the road he called me to say that ironically his plane was broken down and due to the flight delay he would not make his connecting flight in Denver. SO, he was put on a flight early in the morning, leaving at the same time as me! Even though it was inconvinent for him to miss his flight, it was such a blessing too! He was like, "I ask you to marry me and then I have to jump on a plane to leave, that's not cool!" We were able to go out by ourselves to a fun Scottsdale restuarant where we enjoyed an amazing dinner of sushi and martinis and celebrated our 'official' engagement!
Well, the 1st Annual Whitsbury Court Unbeatable Banzuke competition took place on Saturday. For those of you who have never heard of Unbeatable Banzuke, it is a crazy Japanese game show that is shown on cable that we have all watched together. So, we re-created silly stunts and games with our neighbors and had such a blast! We had five teams and Jeremy and I were one of the teams who participated. It was a lot of fun competing against everyone in the events which included a human wheel barrow race, a slip and slide race, a water balloon toss, a doggie paddle race in the pool, among several other races and competitions (we had 13 events all together)! Unfortunately, Jeremy and I came in 4th but we had a lot of fun working and playing together! My brother and Josh were the ones who took first and were crowned the First Annual Unbeatable Banzuke Champions!!! We ended the night at Brandon and Stephanie's house eating and watching a movie together. For more pictures and information regarding this fun competition, there will be more posted on my personal blog!
