Preface: For those who don't know me super well, I have a strong Type A personality, I'm observant, and I'm competitive. I pride myself on these skills, and I made it a goal of mine to correctly anticipate when Ben proposed to me so that I wouldn't be emotional.

The day before Ben proposed, my mom and sisters took me out to get our nails done, the reason being "they would look nice for the Fourth of July." When we got to our nail salon, I asked all of them if this was because Ben was planning on proposing to me (since we were dating for over 5 years at this point), and all of them successfully lied to the point where I believed them. Thankfully, though, when I suggested I get my nails painted red, white, and blue, they said I should just stick with white. So that is exactly what I did.

On June 26th, 2022, Ben and I were planning on going to a cute breakfast place before meeting my family at the horse races at Canterbury Park. Ben also wanted to remake his senior photos with his convertible (previously owned by his uncle) at Lake Minnetonka Bay.

On our drive to Lake Minnetonka Bay, Ben had a mini panic attack so I ended up driving us the remaining distance. (Should've been a sign!) We ended up driving right behind my mom's Jeep, which is unmistakable given her "Lisers" license plate. When I should've taken that as another hint for the proposal, I ended up telling myself that mom was picking my sister Madi up from work before the horse races (which is way out of the way). I tried speeding up to catch up to them and, at the same time, Ben was simultaneously texting my family to drive faster. Thankfully for him, a red light separated us.

We parked his convertible and Ben suggested that we walked around to see the lake, so we did. We stopped walking on a bridge and Ben started getting sentimental with me. Again, another hint that I overlooked! Ben glanced over his shoulder and I also looked, seeing my family walk up to us with phones recording and champagne. When I looked back at Ben, he was down on one knee. He said my full name and, to be honest, I blacked out and didn't hear a single thing he said besides, "Will you marry me?" at the end. For someone like me being so observant, he proved me wrong, and I couldn't be happier that I will be spending the rest of my life with this amazing man!

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