the proposal
AS TOLD BY THE BRIDE
my life… As Kylee and I came around the bend in the trail I saw balloons and lights and rose petals on the ground. When I saw it the first thing I said to myself was “that is adorable!!” Chewy took off running towards Colton but it still took me a second to register that it was Colton standing there in the roses and this was for me!! I was so surprised and blurted out “Really?!?!” He was supposed to be working. He worked every Saturday at Ogden Clinic and I was so sure in my mind that he was going to propose at his family’s cabin on Martin Luther King day. Then I noticed Colton’s sister, Gina, recording on the other side of the trial. I’m sure I looked like a complete dufus in my attempt to get to him in snowshoes, haha- I’m not the most agile I H O N E S T LY and coordinated person. I was CAN'T REMEMBER shaking so bad by the time I got ALL OF IT to him.
O U R F R I E N D K Y L E E messaged me during Christmas break and asked me if I wanted to go snowshoeing up at Causey Reservoir. I’m always down for an outdoor adventure so we made the plan. I ended up having to raincheck the plans because I had guitar lessons that got rescheduled to that day. So we planned for the next week on December 21st at Snowbasin. We had planned on going around 11am but I figured Kylee would probably be late (sorry Kylee hahaha) so I made myself some macaroni and cheese while I waited. Kylee showed up in the middle of me making my noodles, and me, thinking we weren’t in a hurry for anything, just mosey-ed along making my food and gathering my gear. Haha.
Eventually, we got to Snowbasin around noon and got our gear on. My dog, Chewy, was with us and I had just got a new BECAUSE phone. If anybody knows I WA S S O me, they know that I am G I D D Y. obsessed with my dogs; so naturally, I wanted to try out the new camera/ settings on my dog. So we started onto the trail and found a place where I thought it would be good to test out my camera. So I’m there turning our snowshoeing adventure into a photoshoot, when unaware to me, Colton was around the bend in the trail looking at me through the trees wondering what the heck I was doing and what was taking us so long! Hahaha. After getting ‘the perfect shot’ I got up and we continued down the trail. Little did I know that around the bend was the rest of
He invited me to stand in the rose petal heart. He then gave me the cutest spiel and I honestly can’t remember all of it because I was so giddy. He dropped down on one knee and said “Melanie, will you marry me”. I think I ended up screaming “YES!!” multiple times haha. After I gained my composure and we celebrated our engagement for a few minutes, Colton then said, “I have another important question for you…. Can I go deer hunting tonight?”
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