I'll start by saying how proud I am of every single person I know for not letting the secret out. Bryce had been planning and planning this day and was fit to bursting with the news. So he told... everyone... Not a soul slipped up to me, I was impressed.

On a cold October morning Bryce and I (sniffles and all) decided we would start our "Date Day" at Enger Tower to watch the sunrise and look at the beautiful fall colors. No one else was there, and apart from the wind, it was perfect. At the base of the tower he told me he had a present for me. Something small but meaningful because we hadn't been able to spend a ton of time recently. He told me to close my eyes, and he put a beautiful necklace around my neck. Which he thought was clever because it would've thrown out any suspicion had I thought I was getting a ring. And then he said he had something else and I couldn't open my eyes yet, which I thought was odd because why two gifts? I turned around and there he was on his knee with a ring box in his hands! Neither of us said anything at first, I guess we both thought it so surreal! And then in a small voice he asked me to marry him. Of course, I said yes.

Our friend Rebecca spent the morning with us at Enger Tower to take our engagement photos, she was a trooper in the wind! And then Bryce took us to breakfast with flowers and champagne (he really is a romantic!). He was pretty adamant about me not telling any of my friends and family about the engagement until later in the evening, which meant he had something up his sleeve. And he did. For dinner, we went to Blackwoods in my hometown because it was a day of sentiment. To my surprise, our immediate families, grandparents, and close family friends were there to join us for dinner. It was an amazing day that led to an amazing weekend, and will lead to an amazing life.

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