We're ENGAGED!

Huh? What? Am I dreaming? No, you're not. We are officially engaged!!! After 3 1/2 years (almost 4) we're FINALLY tying the knot!

Now, first things first. If you're wondering "Hey, where the heck did your other blog go?" Well, that's a very good question. And if anyone with blogger is reading this, please, tell us where our blog went! To make a long story short, we don't know what happened to our blog. Still pending results... But, we are starting anew; THIS is our new blog address (mrandmrshorton.blogspot.com). So if you have a link on your blog to our blog, please update it. We're trying to gather everyone else's blog addresses so I can put up all the links on the sidebar so I don't have to type in everyone's addresses manually to stalk them like I have been for the past month. So...if you comment, please provide your blog address if it's not already listed (which is just siblings right now).

OK, back to the juicy stuff.

Jared proposed last night, and boy oh boy, was it romantic. Following tradition, he first got the green light from my dad when we went out there for Thanksgiving. Then we started ring shopping around Christmas time and finally found a ring about two weeks ago, so I knew this day would be coming soon.

Two weekends passed with no proposal and I was getting really frustrated that he was TAKING SO LONG. I guess he wanted to make me sweat this thing out. Last night, he called me at work and told me he was going to have to work a little later than normal because they had a flood called in (no red flags, that happens a lot). So I told him just to call me when he was done. He called me around 7:45 and said that he just got off work, and I could come over now. I walked in his door and saw long-stemmed roses and rose petals scattered on the floor (along with candy and packs of gum…oh man, he knows me so well). All the lights were off and there were about 30 or 40 tealight candles lit everywhere. He had music playing on his laptop, in fact I think Toni Braxton was playing when I walked in, but Jared was nowhere in sight. I wandered around peeking around the corners to see where he was, but I couldn’t find him. Then I saw on his TV a picture of us in Island Park from when we first started dating. Over the picture, there was writing that said, “Emily, the love of my life. Will you marry me & be mine forever?” Then I turned around and there was Jared with the ring! He got down on his knee, actually both knees I think, and ‘popped the question’. I said yes of course and when he gave me a hug I could feel his heart practically beating out of his chest. He gave me a bouquet of lilies and a card he made for me and we sat down for a candlelit dinner of steak and potatoes. But we were both so excited that we only finished about half of it. We couldn’t wait to tell everyone the highly anticipated did-I-mention-how-long-we-dated news!

We’re excited to start the next chapter of our lives as Mr. and Mrs. Horton.