Monday, May 25, 2009

Its Official !!!





It was 6:30 AM on a gorgeous Sunday morning and we decided to keep going north after dropping off some friends at the airport. We were headed to Sedona, Arizona. After attending a wonderful church service-we started out, camera in hand, backpack ready, and faces aglow.
We found a little trail off the 89A, which led to Oak Creek. Tyler used his navigational skills which landed us perfectly at the riverbed. As we were still in our church clothes, we jumped from rock to rock until we spotted a fallen tree and decided to rest there.
Tyler had a few surprises planned. After taking some pictures of the beautiful scenery, he had me view the first surprise-which I found in his backpack! It was everything I could have asked for-Bride Barbie Christine and Groom Ken Tyler. We role played their proposal-which included Tyler’s doll “kneeling” (doing the splits on a log because those knees don’t bend).
Tyler then got on his knee (and it got wet as we were still in the middle of the creek) and asked me to marry him. He was so excited that he put the ring on the right finger, but stopped before he got to the first knuckle, as he just wanted to kiss me! We just held each other and shed some tears because of our wonderful story and how we plan to continue in our love and commitment to one another.
We are planning on getting married in the San Diego Temple on Saturday, August 15, 2009. We are so excited to share this time with our loved ones and appreciate all the planning and effort on our behalf.

13 comments:

  1. oooh I am SO excited for you both. Congratulations! And, look at that ROCK! :)

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  2. WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Congratulations! We are so excited for you both!

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  3. HURRAY! We are so blessed to have Christine join the family, and I love the engagement story.

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  4. YAAAAY! I'm so excited! I love these pictures :) and the story of course! :) I love you Christine and Tyler! I can't wait to see you this weekend.

    sidenote...i like tylers haircut.

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  5. W'HOOOO!! We love you both! Our family is growing. Congratulations!! I love the part about the Groom Ken Tyler doing the splits.

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  6. I love it! So fun. thanks for posting the whole story. We will do everything we can to get there. Lori since this will be our 3rd trip down help me find a good deal on a flight! I need 4 tickets.

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  7. Thanks for writing the story out for us all to share. I am so excited for you two. It is so fun to be in love. You are in for a fun, fast, few months. Enjoy it! We will do all we can to help.

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  8. HEY - what is with the blog owner approval of my message before it is posted? what if I fail, ?
    I will just send Tyler a message on email!

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  9. Wohoo! We are so happy for all of you. We think Christine is awesome and can't wait to get to know her better. Congrats Christine and Tyler!!

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  10. WOHOO!! We are so happy for Tyler and Christine. We highly recommend marriage.(= You guys make a great couple. Congrats!!

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  11. AWESOME! I am so excited for you guys! Congrats!!

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  12. Kim and I are so excited for Christine and Tyler, and the whole Oakes family! We really enjoyed getting to know Christine at Rachel's wedding and are excited to have her in the family.

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  13. I'm so excited for you guys! i love the engagement story- SO cute :) Welcome to the family Christine! You chose a good one :)

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