8-9-10 Hers & His

Well it happened and im proud to say I will soon be the Mrs. Shumway! I thought it would be cool to tell the story from both sides... So here goes!

Hers

To start off I would like to say that Yes I am a snoop and Yes I do like to know everything thats happening, that being said don't judge me! :) Well I have been bugging Gentry for months about this ring, literally months, annoying right? Well I decided to not bother him and see if he could get the job done on his own. Well it was taking soooo unbelievably long that i was starting to get frustrated and depressed! No joke, its kinda hard to plan a wedding with no ring and people asking me, "Are you really getting married, you don't have ring ya know!?!?" I just wanted to say NO KIDDING PEOPLE, not much I can do! Well anyways the BOY ended up surprising me after all! Here is how...

Well I was at work (T & G Concepts). Well I was texting Gentry as usual and then he texted me that some guy at work told him about a real tasty cupcake place in Scottsdale. I automatically think Sprinkles and ding ding ding I was right. I asked when he wanted to go and he said after work... this is where I got a tad bit suspicious! Sunday he told me he wanted to go to the gym right after work, and when this kid says he wants to go to the gym, thats what he wants to do. But I didn't argue, heck I love cupcakes and I don't really like working out... soooooooo it sounded like a spledid idea! After I was done watchin the Shel's Bel's aka Shelbie we headed over to Sprinkles. I then came up with the grand plan of going to the mall since its right there... it sounded fantastic, he approved! How I love his kid! We were standing in the line at Sprinkles and convinced him into letting me get 2 cupcakes, that was hard guys, but after giving him $1 he let me! ***just a side note the lemon is DELICIOUS, it will probably be featured at the wedding***! Then we headed to the parking garage at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall! We honestly drove around for atleast 10 min... no joke it was ridiculous! It was driving me NUTS! He was passing up such close parking spots and going to the farthest away parking spots ever known to man kind! He would say ok im going to just back up into this parking spot so he would put it in reverse and i would put it right back into drive and tell him go to the door now, Im not walking this far! He wouldn't do it so apparently in the middle of our goofy argument i guess he told me he told me he would make it worth my while! Never heard that one, probably just because I was sooooo annoyed! Anyways, he pulled into a semi close parking spot, and I reminded him that I have a key to his car and can move it to the closer spot and he can walk! He proceeded to tell me I would never do such a thing! Haha so I walked past him as if i was going to the driver side and he said hey i gotta ask you something and I turn around and he dropped down on one knee! How hot is that?!? It was so funny because he dropped down asked and popped right back up! I of course was in shock and said what the! Then replied YES! He clearly didn't hear me because he starred at me with a blank look and said.... well! haha The rest of the night everytime I looked at him he was smiling or giggling and same with me! I totally love it! The ring is fantastic, but most of all Im so excited to marry this kid and spend forever with him! He is the best of the best and loves me even if im weird and get annoyed with his way of driving around a parking garage forever and a day!

His

So Brittany is basically the hardest person in the world to surprise. She
always is suspecting something and won’t stop asking questions cause till
she gets her answer. Besides that I can’t lie to her. Look at that face,
who could lie to that? The only problem is I wanted to surprise her.

Now she was suspecting this had to happen sometime. After all we had been
planning on getting married and had already been making preparations for
making that happen. I knew nothing would come as a complete surprise. So
what I did was tell her I was talking to my uncle Curtis who is a jeweler
and he was getting me a superb deal and that just takes time. Luckily her
friend Lisa just married my cousin Kenley and it seemed to take a couple of
months for Lisa’s ring to arrive when they were searching so she seemed to
buy it. Secretly however, getting the ring was coming along a lot faster
than I let her know.
On Saturday Aug 7th she had to work so I took her dad out to eat because
even though he already knew I was planning on asking her, I felt it was the
proper thing to ask for his blessing in the whole matter. Now the day
before that on Friday Curtis’s assistant had called me and told me she was
shipping the ring, so I started wondering if it would be there Saturday.
Well as I’m waiting to see if it would come that day Brittany is continuing
to text me. As lunchtime rolls around she is hinting that she wants me to
take her to lunch. I tell her that I can’t and really don’t give her a
super good reason. This makes her suspicious and think that I am being
really secretive, but what can I do? I definitely can’t let her know I’m
taking her dad out because she then she would think I was asking. I tell
you this girl has a way of finding out everything. Needless to say the ring
did not arrive that day and I made it past my secret lunch.

As Monday the 9th comes around I plan on the ring showing up. The whole
weekend I had spent my time convincing her it wasn’t going to be here till
September sometime. All the while thinking I was asking her on Monday. I
was so excited to ask and could tell that she was getting down that it would
be so long away.

Monday morning I call my mom and ask her to go look for a package at my
front door. So at noon she went over to my house and found the Fedex box
sitting there. When she called and told me she had it I was so excited and
then I started getting nervous. Now I had to ask and I didn’t know how to
do that. I wanted it to be something special but at the same time knew I
couldn’t do anything overly romantic because she would know what was up
right away.

While at work one of my buddies Brit mentioned how he had gone to this
cupcake place called Sprinkles over the weekend and how it was kind of fun.
So we kept talking and I thought that would be perfect. Just unusual and
fun enough to make it memorable but not so romantic that she would know
right away. I knew she would suspect something because she always does, and
I cancelled working out to go get cupcakes, so she knew something was up,
but as long as I kept her guessing that was the best I could hope for.

Right after work that day I rushed to my parents house and picked up the
ring. It was in a cute little box and the ring itself was perfect. This
was the first time I had seen it but my Uncle had taken the details I gave
him and matched them perfectly with what I had wanted. I couldn’t keep the
ring in the box because it was to big and made my pocket bulge, so I took it
out and just stuck the ring in my pocket.

She was babysitting her niece Shelbie when I called so I went over there and
waited for her sister to get home from the doctor. As soon as she did we
stopped by her mom’s house. When we got there her mom seemed real talkative
for some reason, and even though it was maybe two minutes it seemed like an
hour to me. I thought man this is never going to happen. Finally we were
on our way to cupcakes and my asking.

When we arrived at Sprinkles I parked far away because my plan was to ask
her when we got back into the car and I really didn’t want anyone else
around. We got our tasty treats and then sat down at a table outside. I
thought about asking her then but there were just to many people going by so
I waited. Eventually we got up and started heading back to my white Chevy
truck. My heart was beating pretty loud and I was starting to feel dizzy
and nervous. As we approach the truck I notice some idiot had parked right
by me and they were just sitting there. Two girls sitting in their yellow
truck ruining all my plans. I couldn’t believe it. I tried convincing
Brittany we needed to wash our hands at the nearby Chipotle, hoping the
girls would leave, but that really didn’t work so we got in drove across the
street to Scottsdale fashion square.

Upon pulling into the parking garage I immediately start heading to the most
secluded parking spot I can find. I even joke with her telling her we
should park on one of the upper levels and that I would make it worth her
while. She thought I was being dumb. She even would shift my truck back
into drive when I would try to back into a place. After several minutes of
playful arguing we park in a spot closer enough for her and far enough away
for me to feel comfortable. As I get out of my truck I kneel down and
before she is completely facing me I start asking, “Will you marry me?”

She gets this confused look on her face, which quickly starts to turn to a
smile, and I rocket back up to my feet before her lips can turn completely
to a smile. The butterflies zooming around my stomach are making everything
seem distant and dream like. I am finally able to pull myself together and
I ask her, “so what’s the answer?” Apparently she had already said yes but
I didn’t notice.

After that we spent the next hour or two walking through the mall trying to
wipe the smiles off of our faces but being very unsuccessful in our
attempts. It was seriously the best moment in my life up to this point!