Engaged

Well... Lewis proposed! It was amazing, the most perfect story of us there is.

Lewis proposed we go to Fossil Creek (AZ) with some friends because he has never been and the water is crystal clear beautiful. Not to mention the amazing waterfall. Naturally I wanted to go and invited my sister Tiffany, our friend Stephanie, and a bunch of other friends. We went on a Sunday 9/21/14 (our 6 month anniversary actually).

We start the trip to the creek at about 10 am, it takes around 2 hours or so to get there so I was anxious to be on the road. We caravaned with 2 cars and made it about half way through the trip when we lose the second care due to a dog throwing up. We had to wait for them to clean it up and by that time I was annoyed. I tend to get annoyed at small things like this that set back plans. Ask any of my sisters or even Lewis. If something doesn't go the way we planned it I tend to be the biggest bitch ever.

So after losing them off the highway and finally meeting back up with them at a gas station we are back on the road and back on schedule. We finally made it to the 13 mile dirt road turn off just to realized that the road was closed a couple of miles ahead. By this time i'm super Bitch and just want to scratch the plans and go home. Lucky for me that I have  Lewis and he can diffuse me like a bomb in most situations (As my mom puts it). We waited at the road closure for about 45 minutes before they actually opened the road up again. It was closed because there were so damn many people at Fossil Creek on a damn Sunday day! I was so annoyed by this point in the trip that I decided to ride in the back of the truck with the damn car sick dog and the other girls decided to sit back there as well. Now this was not a light decision that was made to sit in the back of the truck. We were on a dirt road, like non graded fire road status with huge rocks and potholes...oh and did i mention it was 14 fucking miles long! To top it all off the dick driving behind us thought it would be fun to tailgate us on said dirt road nearly hitting us about 30 different times. I wanted to throw something at his car! 

With dirt in every orifice of my body from that shitty dirt road we finally get to a parking area. The road was closed off again so we decided to say fuck it and walk the rest of the way. We see a guy in a park ranger uniform and politely ask how fucking long it is going to take us to walk to the god damn waterfall. He was very sure it was about a 3 mile round trip and wouldn't take us very long to get there. Boy oh boy was that man wrong... 3 fucking miles round trip turned into being 3 miles one damn way!

By this point in the tri I am even more that Super Bitch, I don't even know it was more like the Hulk status of being a Bitch. I was sweating more than a pig and out of breath from hiking to this damn waterfall. Oh the best part... it was so fucking crowded with families. Not nice picture perfect families, no these were straight up dysfunctional Chucky doll for kids families. We saw forest service confiscate a damn bbq from some of these people! I was dying on this hike and here these damn people are bringing grills and fucking tents like they are camping at this day use area!

I finally looked back at Lewis and told him if the waterfall wasn't 100ft in front of me that I was just giving up and finding a spot of my own. Of course being the man he is, he calmed me down enough to keep my ass hiking. I was just about to give up when we finally made it to this damn waterfall. Only about 3 1/2 hours after we left Flagstaff, no big deal. Not caring about anyone but myself at this point I strip down to my bathing suit, abandon the others and jump in. I swear if there is a heaven it will be equivalent to jumping in that cold clear water after struggling hardcore on that hike!

Hulk Bitch Courtney simmered down after that cool water. I was finally relaxed just hanging out with everyone and having a good time. So Stephanie and I are swimming around in the water and get the brilliant idea to float downstream a little bit. There is a little waterfall and I wanted to slide down it. Not such a good idea as it turns out. I scratch my ass up in the process. At this point I noticed that most everyone is on the opposite side of the bank of the river including Lewis. Wanting some sympathy for my dumb decision to get my ass all scratched up I decided to seek Lewis out. 

I walk over, get my desired sympathy short of him kissing my ass in public when he tells me he wants a picture.

"Sure why not" but then he throws my shirt at me and tell me to put it on. What?! Why the hell would I want to put on my shirt?! I mean i'm not skinny but i'm not necessarily fat, yea I could stand to lose some pounds but are you really that embarrassed by me? I fought him so hard on that, not seeing a reason to put on my damn shirt!! Finally, being a good girlfriend, I  gave in I put that damn shirt on. I'm pretty sure he was annoyed with me a little bit at that point and he just puts his shirt into my hands and that's when I felt something. A hard tiny square that could only be one thing.

"No fucking way!, No fucking way, You have to be fucking kidding me" I repeated phrases like that while he got down on one knee and proceeded to tell me he wanted me to be his wife. Not the most ideal thing for my to say or to respond but that's me.I love that he made it a complete surprise and he hired a friend to take pictures of the entire thing.

I found a quote in a wedding magazine that completely summarizes what I was feeling. "I don't remember what he said, but I know it was perfect." I really don;t remember what he said but everything about the way he proposed was perfect. I am so very lucky to have met Lewis Palmer! 

It is my complete and utter favorite story of us that there is. It is so perfect in every way. So now here I am. We have set the date for 2016 and now i'm excited/anxious/stressed/overjoyed to plan this wedding. We chose 2 years from now so we could save up some money because these things are damn expensive. I have a venue chosen and I can't wait to get all of the details hacked out! Wish me luck!

 These are just a few and my favorite pictures of his surprise proposal. I can't wait for the road ahead!