the proposal
AS TOLD BY THE GROOM W E W E R E B R O W S I N G / S H O P P I N G around for the perfect ring. I asked her what kind of rings she liked, and she said that she wanted a simple ring but none of the stores had anything that really caught her eye. We then went to a custom ring shop where she found her perfect ring. I told her that it was too pricey for me and that we should look elsewhere. BUT!! Secretly I bought it right then and there to be designed and made. So next I had to figure out how I was going to ask. I called up my best friend, Kylee, to help me brainstorm and plan the perfect proposal. 12 • Colton + Melanie
Kylee and I worked on the proposal plan and decided to set it up at Causey reservoir. We decided that Causey was a good place to do a surprise proposal because it was secluded and I would have been able to surprise Melanie. Kylee was going to invite her to go snowshoeing and then I would already be up there to surprise her. That didn't end up working out because Melanie had guitar lessons- one thing about a surprise engagement is that she didn’t know what she just rainchecked. Haha. So, Kylee and I planned once more and decided to change the surprise proposal to be at Snowbasin instead because that was our go-to spot. It was winter time and Snowbasin was busy, so we came up with the plan to have Kylee and Melanie go snowshoeing down one of
