what you've been waiting for

here are the pics from the photobooth...
also we set a date. january 3, 2009.

guess what...?

i'm gettin' married! YAY!

steve proposed last saturday {nov. 8th} inside a photobooth at kmart. :)

lest you think we frequent the blue light special store oft, here's the story behind it all...

that day we had planned to hang out in the afternoon time. i was hitting up a fabric sale with cass in the early morn and then lunching with emily and andrea at noon. he called me during lunch to say he wouldn't be able to hang out until even later than we had planned because he had to help his brother with something. i was bummed but alas, he was doing service so i couldn't rightfully be upset.

what steve was actually doing was...driving up to salt lake to "talk" with my dad. he got to my dad's work during a busy time so he went back out to his car to wait for a little bit..then..he went back in. still busy. so he went back out to his car and fell asleep...

meanwhile, i went and got a pedicure with the girls {courtesy of steve. we all know this unemployed girl can't afford such luxuries - think that was part of the bribe to make sure i didn't ask too many questions about him "helping his brother" or possiby it was just because he freakin' loves me. maybe both. :)}.

after the pedi i go home and patiently wait for steve to call.

steve wakes up from his nap in the car goes into the music store, asks for richard. they tell him "oh, richard went to lunch. but he should be back soon." about 5 minutes later richie returns from lunch. steve nervously walks over to him and asks if he has some time to talk...they go into the break room for a little hart-to-heart and richie gives him the go ahead.

steve finally calls me "sorry that took longer than i thought. i'm on my way to pick you up." "that's okay, what you wanna do?"

"well i need to run some errands you wanna come with me?"

"yes, please."

he picks me up and tells me that his mom found some cool framed artwork at kmart so he wants to go check it out since he moved into a new office at work. i say okay let's go. we get to kmart. he walks right to the aisle with the framed art. {looking back it's obvious that he had already scoped this out}.

anyway we didn't find anything that cool but as we are walking out we see the little black and white photobooth by the 25 cent candy machines. steve looks at me and says, "remember when you brought me here right before you left for costa rica and we took pictures in that photobooth?"

"yeah! love those pictures."

"we should take some more right now, you wanna?"

"YEAH!"

so we go into the photobooth. we plan out our 4 poses ahead of time. 1st - crazy happy. 2nd - kissy face. 3rd - awkward stare. 4th - pretend engagement pic with my hand on his chest.

okay put the $2 in...ready...go. 1st pic. hold pose and flash. then...the 2nd one is about to go...steve is reaching into his pocket...i'm saying "hey, what are you doing?! 2nd pose quick! it's gonna take...wait what..?"

steve pulls the ring out of his pocket. i'm just staring at it. confusion. 2nd pic. flash. steve starts talking...telling me that he loves me and that i make him so happy. 3rd pic. flash. now he is down on one knee {in the tiny space. ha} and he asks me to marry him! i say "YES!" then we kiss. 4th pic. flash.

so perfect. i loved it. every flash of it.