He proposed!

On Friday, July 4th, Nathan I went to a wedding in Austin, Texas. We had a wonderful time hanging out with Nathan's friends, celebrating Abel's wedding, watching fireworks and playing guitar hero. On Saturday, July 5th, we started our drive home to Arlington. I "thought" we were going to stop in Waco to watch clips of Kourtney's new movie and eat dinner with her and Adam. Nathan and I drove to the Smith's house, hurriedly got ready and raced to the Mayborn Museum on Baylor's campus to watch Kourtney's movie (so I thought)! We went into the museum and a cute little museum attendant showed us into a full movie theater with stadium seating. Nathan and I sat down, the lights went out and Kourtney disappeared. Then a movie started...a movie with all of my favorite movies...all of my favorite tv shows...my favorite song...

I was scared to assume it was for me. Nathan and I sat in the dark watching the movie, not talking, not looking at eachother. The lights came on, and Nathan got down on one knee! He proposed, I said "YES!" And he gave me a beautiful ring!
Then we had an hour and half to drive to Arlington. We both calmed down and had a great time driving up I-35. We called our parents, family and friends. It was really strange saying, "Dad, I'm engaged." I was so sad that my parents weren't going to get to see my ring and see me on my engagement day. Nathan told me to call Claire and tell her we were on our way. The Benedict's, Rose's, Jackson's, Coon's, Jennifer, Beau and Stacey were waiting at the Benedict's for us to arrive! When we walked in the backyard, everyone greeted us on the porch of the game room. They all cheered, we hugged, they high-fived Nathan, and then I saw Tommy, my nephew in my face. I looked up and Mom and Dad were there! So was Jeff and Debbie, Maddie and Tommy! Nathan's Mom and Dad were there too! And Jessie and Marc, Nathan's sister and brother-in-law! It was an amazing party, and we are blessed to have such wonderful friends and family. I am thrilled to be Nathan and Whitney...