Once in a Lifetime

They met his grandma in Salt Lake at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (JSMB). To her this was just a fun date to Temple Square to do some baptisms before they headed off to the Village where she lives, but for him this was so much more. Little did she know her life would change forever that night. His grandma gave them a tour of the JSMB with their final stop at the tenth floor next to the restaurant, The Garden. As she left she reminded them that the fountain only comes on, on the hour every hour. They ate dinner, mostly in silence, until he made the comment that the timing couldn’t be any more perfect. A little confused she asked what he was talking about and his response was that the sunset was so beautiful. The whole night at dinner he had a huge smile on his face and she could not get it out of him why. He just kept telling her that he would tell her later. This seemed to suffice her.

After they finish eating they go for a walk around Temple Square where they stop at THE fountain. He looks at his watch and sounding put out says that they still have 22 minutes before the fountain comes on. She is chilled to the bone and hopes that they aren’t going to sit and wait for the fountain to come on. Much to her relief they start walking again. They come to two statues and a fountain, they stop to look at the statues then go and sit on the edge of the fountain facing the beautiful Temple. As she sits there and gazes at the Temple he turns to her telling her that he has a secret for her. “Oh really?” she asks. “Well you know how I told you I would tell you after I talked to your parents? Well I did,” he says. She is so confused and doesn’t try and hide it by the look on her face. He tells her that he had already talked to her parents then proceeds to pull something out of his pocket and gets down on his knee. “I have enjoyed getting to know you. I love you so much. You mean so much to me and I want to spend the rest of forever with you. Will you marry me?” he asks. She just sits there staring at him flabbergasted. Eventually she nods her head, eyes wide open in shock. “What am I doing? Say something!” she thinks. “Yes,” she replies very monotonous.

This was the happiest moment in both of their lives. She found her Prince Charming and he found his Princess. “Be with me forever?” he asks her. “Of course,” she replies. She gets all teary eyed, they kiss, and the rest is history.

That's the word on the streets, I'm engaged! I got engaged to Scott Brandon Henslee on the 18th of April. I am pretty much the happiest girl alive!