The story of how we got engaged, as told by Lauren.

On August 21, 2018 I took a trip to Colorado, one of my favorite places in the United States with Justin Kralik.

Every day was planned out with places we wanted to see. Each one of us was in charge of planning our own parts of the trip. On Tuesday, August 21, Justin insisted we go to Rocky Mountain National Park. He had planned the entire day out. The morning of Justin packed a backpack which was unusual for him because he didn’t usually carry anything with him, anywhere. On our way up the mountain, we took a shuttle to get to the first trail. I asked Justin, “what’s in your backpack?” He replied, “everything. “I grab it and it felt as if nothing was in it. I asked if he could hold my windbreaker because my pack was full. He opens the backpack up and puts the jacket into his backpack, which looked completely empty. I asked him in a puzzled manner, “why did you bring a backpack if there is nothing in it?” He replied again with a smile, “it has everything in it.” I just laughed at his usual silliness. The first trail was bear creek, followed by many more. We just kept going...and going... On each trail, Justin kept lagging behind. I was worried about him and kept asking if he was okay. At one point I thought we were pretty tired and done with hiking. But Justin insisted that there was just one more trail we just had to see. At this point I was worried because I thought Justin was not feeling well and I said maybe we should just skip it knowing he was lagging behind and possibly wasn’t feeling himself. Well, we went anyways, and kept going for what seemed like a century. Justin again lagged behind. I looked back again worried he was not feeling well. Then I freaked out—He fell on his knees! It took me a second to realize he was on one knee with a gorgeous ring. He was proposing to me. He was not feeling sick, he was trying to find just the right moment to pop the question. And his backpack, his backpack had “everything” as he said previously. It had the ring he intended to propose to me with. So that’s my story, well our story. So, there you have it on August 21, 2018 I got engaged in the most beautiful place in the US with the most beautiful person I know.

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