How it all started..

In honor of our 8th Anniversary that will be tomorrow...

This is our engagement story...

June 9, 2001 was a day that I will always remember.
Kent and I were dating at the time and he was supposed to come over to my house to watch a movie and eat some pizza. I had just gotten out of the shower and threw on a shirt and some shorts, barely fixed my hair and that was that. My daddy walked by and said, "You're wearing THAT?" I thought it strange for my daddy to comment on my attire especially since I was just staying home. But quickly lost thought of it. Kent came over and he was dressed in khakis and a polo shirt and I was like, "huh?". Still didn't think much of it. We put the movie in and the previews started. I got up and was piddling around while the previews were on and just wasting time. Little did I know my daddy and Kent were exchanging eye looks of panic. My cat had just had a litter of kittens a week or so before so I was out checking on them and telling Kent to come look at them. He kept blowing me off and telling me to come back and sit down so we could watch the movie. A bit aggravated I sat back down and was watching the previews. Then finally the screen popped up and it said, "Now for your featured presentation". Instead of going to the movie I see brown shoes and hear Kent's voice. He is reading a poem that he wrote to me a year or so before about being committed to me and how loving isn't a feeling it's a choice to be committed. The whole time he is reading it the camera is slowing moving from his feet to his head. When it finally got to his head he says, "And now Emily I want to make that commitment to you." I look over at Kent and he is on one knee with an engagement ring in his hand. He asks me to marry him. I ask him if he is kidding and he says no and then repeats the question, "Will you marry me?" I, of course, said yes and the wedding plans began.