After weeks and so many hours of planning and coordinating, Samuel proposed to Lacey at Top of the Rock in Branson, where he asked her to make it official a few months prior. Samuel scouted out the whole premise of the resort, and finally found the perfect spot to do it. Now… for more details!!

It was a normal weekend in May- Samuel was in Springfield visiting Lacey and stayed until that Monday since it was Memorial Day. Samuel left Monday night to “head back to Manhattan,” or so he said. He ended up staying with one of Lacey’s friends and then on Tuesday drove to Lacey’s hometown to ask her dad and grandparents to marry her. He drove back that night and stayed another two nights until Thursday, as he worked from Branson so Lacey wouldn’t see him. On Thursday, Lacey thought her and a couple of friends were going to Top of the Rock to get drinks and show Audrey’s friend (who was visiting from Europe) the nice view.

As they were driving up to Top of the Rock, Lacey spotted a car in the parking lot that looked a lot like Samuels. She noticed the K-State emblem and immediately said “that’s Samuel’s car.” After her friends assured her that wasn’t his car, she was slightly convinced. However, she went on to find my friends and noticed the friend who would take pictures for them, had her location turned off. Lacey immediately texted both her friend and Samuel, “what are you doing?” Her friend of course lied to her and said she was on her way to Memphis (like she told her that morning while hanging out), so Lacey was reassured again.

As Lacey and her friends were walking up to the beautiful view, she was feeling pretty confident that she was not getting engaged because it would be so out of the blue and logistically not make a lot of sense. So, her and her friends proceeded to take pictures as Samuel was hiding and waiting for the perfect time to come out. As Lacey was looking at the view, Samuel started walking out towards her, and she finally turned around and saw him. She was so shocked and had so many questions! Samuel got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. She of course said yes!!!

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