Engaged!

It has been over a year now since Adam first asked me on a date. A lot has happened in the last few years of my life and I feel so blessed to have Adam in my life now as my Fiance!! As many of you know we are engaged! The picture below is from our anniversary. I left town the next day to go to CA to visit my family. It was quite a semester and Adam and I were just glad to have a break. Adam was suppose to meet me at the airport on the night of the 22nd to begin our trip to Bangladesh. Instead he came in a day early arriving at 1 am so that he could be there when I woke up....It was a great surprise!!!!

We visited with my sisters and then left for the beach. Adam had a day planned and wheels to drive us so we headed to the beach for the afternoon. It was gorgeous, windy and sunny. We walked around the lighthouse and then ate lunch on the beach. After lunch Adam asked me turn toward the wall and ran back to the car. I was compliant;-) It turns out he had been waiting for a few people on the beach to walk by so he didn't have an audience while he proposed. I guess that is the introvert in him that I love!

He then brought out a small guitar from the car that he had borrowed from our friends the Millers. And he sang me a song; Umbrella. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the song some of the lyrics are below. For those of you who are familiar with the lyrics he did sing the Umbrella-ella part;-) I just really liked the beat and the words of the song.

When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath, I'm gonna stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella

You can run into my arms
It's okay don't be alarmed
Come here to me
There's no distance in between our love

So the picture below is not of when he was actually singing the umbrella song but just had to get one in of my good looking musician!

Next he then gave me a scrapbook that he had put together - Ruth and Adam's Adventure Book. For the past few weeks Adam had been sending me postcards of photos of places we had been together and pictures that we had taken. There was one from Chipotle where we first met, the lake, baseball games and other trips. The scrapbook had a place for each of the photos and then other photos from our times together. While I was looking through the book a giant elephant seal came from the ocean and started coming towards us. I jumped up on the log and Adam I think started to laugh. This guy was huge!

Eventually the sea lion decided to go back in the water and I was able to sit again, dust the sand off the book and look through the rest. I am sure by this time Adam was about to explode but he was calm and waited until I stopped screaming and laughing about the huge elephant seal coming from the ocean:-) When I got to the end of the scrap book it had an empty slot for a postcard that I had not gotten yet.


With this Adam got down on one knee and said that he wanted to spend that rest of his life with me. He said that he wanted this to be the memory that filled the last empty spot in the scrap book. He asked me to be his wife. I said YES with tears, excitement and laughter. We took a bunch of pictures and then enjoyed the rest of the afternoon just taking some photos and enjoying the sunset.

We were and are very excited to start thinking of life together!!

Some answers to some FAQs are: We are getting married in Kansas City on June 26, 2010 at 6pm, so this summer! The address 1828 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64108. Adam has put together a really great website at http://www.weddingwire.com/ruthandadam. You can RSVP early, learn more about the wedding and keep up-to-date on all the plans. We are planning to have a picnic on Friday before the wedding at Shawnee Mission Park Pavilion 5 (http://www.jcprd.com/parks_facilities/shawnee_mission_shelters.cfm). Come start the weekend off with some hanging out by the lake! We are thankful for your role in our lives and look forward to hopefully seeing you soon!