Woo! Woo! Woo! Breathe, Sarah, breathe.

Oooh, how artistic! Or something.Another “artistic” one…Pike’s was our favorite place in Seattle, apparently. Until the Space Needle, of course!Me and my friend, the whale. Or whatever that is…Yeah, I think it’s a whale!Look at that! The leaves change color here!Bainbridge Island.Chris and Chris (Ox and Dub.)Post Alley. Duh.

Wine tasting.The Pink Door. Best Cosmos ever.That pole saved me from eating it on the downhill, cobblestone alley!Space Needle!!!Two hotties.

I’M ENGAGED!!!

I’ll drink to that!

One excited Sarah!

The Story! Chris and I had been planning this trip to Seattle for quite some time (quite some time – hahaha!) I’m constantly hearing about how “all great things come out of the Northwest,” so needless to say, I was excited to visit Chris’s favorite city.

I should interject here to say that I was hoping, HOPING he would ask me to marry him on this trip. Of course, if it hadn’t happened, I would not have been disappointed (really, I wouldn’t have!) But as it happened, you’re reading this blog because he did ask, so I’ll move on.

From Thursday night to Sunday, we had a great trip…Ate at yummy restaurants (we do love us some food!); rode the ferry to a nearby island (I love ferries!); wine tasted Washington wines (and joined their wine club. Probably not necessary ;-); drank a ton of coffee (typical); visited Chris’s old college roommate, Ox; and basically just had a blast hanging out around Seattle with each other!

Sunday night, we had plans to go to the top of the Space Needle and have dinner. It was a lot of fun, walking around the top and seeing the whole city, especially because – did I mention this before? – it was 65 degrees and sunny the entire time we were there!

After dinner, he told me he’d had an ulterior motive for bringing me to Seattle. I really can’t remember much else, except that he was down on one knee and he asked me to marry him and I’m pretty sure I said yes. I just kept saying, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe!” and “AAAAHHHH, I’M SO EXCITED!!!” and “I have to call my mom!” I’m pretty sure there was jumping up and down involved, too. We called the parents, the brothers, and a few close friends, and then hung out at an Irish pub (how apropos 😉 for the rest of the night.

So there you have it! All in all, I’d say it was a pretty good trip to Seattle!

FYI: We’re looking at about a year from now for “the big day.” Knowing us, we won’t want to wait that long, but being as other people are going to be involved, we’ll try to contain ourselves 🙂

Sidenote (watch out, it’s sappy!): It sure is fun looking down at my hand and seeing a huge diamond sparkling back at me! What’s even better, though, is thinking about the man who gave me this ring. Chris is everything I’ve always wanted and even better, he’s everything I didn’t even know I wanted. It’s a great feeling to know that I can be exactly who I am and Chris will accept and – even better! – love me for it. Even though when he asked me to marry him, I couldn’t breathe, I have never felt so able to breathe and be myself before.

Okay! I’m done being all pukey; it’s just not my style! In closing, let me just say that when you tell some dude after two weeks that you think you two are going to get married, and he doesn’t go running for the hills, then you know he’s a keeper 😉