He Asked. I Said Yes!
I realized this morning that it had been an entire week since my last blog post. I’m so sorry for being a bit of a slacker! This is going to be a quick post just to let you know that I’M ENGAGED. If you follow me on twitter, you probably saw the news about a week ago but I’m just now getting a chance to really post about it!
I’ll give you the quick version of the engagement story. When I tell every little detail, I realize just how thoughtfully planned out this whole event really was – Josh is definitely an amazing man!
Josh and I had plans to fly to Canada to hang out with some new friends on Thursday and stay until Tuesday. When we checked in at the airport, I knew something was up. We didn’t receive layover information or additional boarding passes. I was only handed one boarding pass and it was to Chicago (my favorite city). Josh insisted that we were just connecting there on our way up to Buffalo, NY.
After we landed in Chicago, I casually followed Josh to baggage claim. Obviously, at this point I knew we weren’t going to Canada that day. We grabbed our bags, hopped on the L, and headed to our friends place to drop everything off before heading downtown. Once we were downtown, I probably repeated the phrases “you’re up to something” and “do you have a plan” about 90 times. I’m really not exaggerating. I’m pretty sure I was slightly annoying at that point. ☺ After a few hours of being EXTREMELY curious, Josh and I walked up to Lincoln Hall where one of my favorite bands was playing. Not only did I get to see Sleeping At Last performing with a string quartet, the man I love so much asked me to be his wife. He proposed to me right before they played “Umbrellas”. This is my favorite Sleeping At Last song. If you haven’t heard of this band before, go check them out at http://www.myspace.com/sleepingatlast!
There are a few better quality videos, but they aren’t embeddable on my blog. I found this one posted on YouTube. I actually hate being in front of crowds more than anything so if I look awkward on stage in this video, that’s why. I’m unbelievably exited! Time to start planning a wedding!
Hi, I’m Lisa. My body isn’t too fond of gluten, cow’s dairy, or soy. 
Oh wow!! Congrats!! Happy planning.
Oh my, that is pure awesome! Pretty darn fantastic engagement story. Congratulations!!
Just found you through BYW and am looking forward to reading more — have just recently started cutting dairy out so am intrigued to learn more…
Congratulations! Planning a wedding can lead to lots of ideas for blog post topics! You should have lots of fun!
Congrats! I love a good engagement story! The best is yet to come
Haha I LOVE it! What a great plan…good job Josh!
At the end it looks like you are hopping off stage because you’re so giddy! Congrats!
Congratulations!
Yay!!!
Congrats! I too found you from the BYW class and I look forward to reading your blog! Such an interesting topic! Good luck on planning the wedding.
Congratulations! My friend loves Sleeping at Last, and I know they’ve had a couple shows around here recently – I’ll have to tell her about this.
Have fun wedding planning!
(And PS – Chicago is your favorite city?? I find that fascinating. Why!?)
Now we must start exploring the world of gluten free wedding cake!!!
Okay I don’t even know you, but that video made me tear up! Congrats to you!
Beautiful! How romantic! So happy for you!
I just found your blog last night from the Gluten Free Goddess post, but wanted to wish you Congratulations on your engagement!!!
Awwwwww!! That was adorable, congratulations. Yes I’m with Rhonda almost crying here. I guess we are softies.
Good for you girl.
Hi Lisa! That is just so sweet!!! At first I thought you were going to say something about The Bean, but this is sooooo much better!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! And BIG hugs!!! (a fellow BYU teamie)
So precious!
Congrats! So, so special. I am all teary eyed.
how sweet and thoughtful! looks like you’re marrying a good one! huge congrats to you & your new fiance (how much do you love using that word?!). now i’m off to drool over some cake i spotted below…
okay, i just stumbled upon your blog via Food Loves Writing…and was SO excited that this was the first post i saw.
Sleeping at Last is one of my favorite bands, ever.
I walked down the aisle to “Umbrellas” !