The Proposal: From My Perspective

Scott and I have each written the story of the proposal from our individual perspectives. Mine obviously talks a lot about how I had no clue what was going on and his is all about planning the momentous occasion.

Today I'm sharing my version of the story so that Scott can have time to edit his version a little bit more. So, here's The #Scari Proposal according to Kari. (It's a little long so... sorry.)

Weeks before the actual proposal, I had been patiently pestering Scott about whether he was actually going to do it or not. I kept saying I was going to be really patient, but I don’t think I actually was.

It was the week of Easter and Good Friday so we knew that Scott had Friday off and I was going to be working, so Scott and I had made plans for him to come have lunch with me during the day and then we’d do something together that night after I got off work.  Thursday I got a call from Jay, my boss, telling me that he usually takes all of Good Friday off but since we’d been so busy, he could only give me the afternoon off. I gladly accepted and immediately texted Scott to let him know that I could leave to play with him after lunch.

That night I went over to Scott’s place before we headed to see Beauty & The Beast downtown and we were discussing what we were going to do the next day now that I had the afternoon off. He told me he was thinking about going to the Perot Museum in Dallas because we had always talked about going – and then promptly followed up that actually we were definitely  going because he had already bought tickets. That was my first hint that this was a different kind of date because usually Scott is not so great at making decisions all by himself. But I vowed to not get my hopes up.

When we got back from the musical that night, I asked Scott if he was going to sleep in the next morning before he came to lunch with me and he said that he wasn’t and was probably going to wake up and clean up his apartment – the second clue that something weird was happening. Scott ALWAYS sleeps in – LATE.

The next morning I woke up and was getting ready for work and I kept thinking, “What if today is the day? What if he proposes to me today?” But I kept telling myself not to get my hopes up. Although that didn’t stop me from dressing in a cute outfit just in case. I actually even said a prayer that morning that I wouldn’t be sad or mad if he didn’t propose that day. Truth.

I was so excited all morning for Scott to come meet me. He walked in my office a little before noon and we headed to lunch and then off to the Perot. I was EXTREMELY sleepy the whole time we were walking around the museum and desperately needed a nap. While we were there, Scott got a text that his little brother, Andrew, received his mission call and would be opening it that night. So, here's a fun fact about Scott - when he gets nervous or stressed, his palms get quite sweaty, and his palms were SWEATY the whole rest of the day, but I obviously attributed it to his brother’s mission call.

After we were finished at the museum, Scott offered to drive me across the super cool bridge in downtown Dallas that I had never driven across. I just thought he was feeling super tender that day and didn’t really think much more about it. Then we headed back to my parents’ house to hang out before going to grab some leftovers I had in the fridge at the office for dinner. I took a nap while he drove us home and apparently was frantically texting my parents letting them know that nothing had happened yet so not to say anything when we got to the house.

Scott told me we could head back to the office at promptly 7:00 to pick up our leftovers, so that’s what we did. While we were driving, I was feeling extremely mushy and kept saying things like, “You’re so perfect. You’re the greatest boyfriend. I’m so glad you’re dating me.” Scott joked later that he thought maybe I was trying to propose to him – guess it wouldn’t have surprised anyone.

 We were driving by Circle R Ranch (which I had looked at previously that week as a possible reception venue) and Scott asked me if I would want to drive in and look at it real quick. I agreed, so he turned in and we started driving back to look at the buildings. I was giving him a tour from the car and he just kept driving back like he owned the place. And I was yelling at him, “Ok, stop! Something is probably happening! We can’t just keep driving back here!” But he just kept going.

Then we got back to the little reception building and there was a beautiful table set up in front of the pond with flowers and candles set up. Scott asked me if I wanted to get out and look and I said, “No! Something is clearly happening!” He looked at me and said, “I think we should go look.” I said, “NO!” And he said, “No, I REALLY think we should go look at it.” Then it donned on me and I obliged.

As soon as we stepped out of the car door, I knew it was coming. And then I saw the ring sitting on the table and I had no doubts. I don’t remember much of what he said (some “I love yous” and things about how I’m perfect for him and make him so happy), but I remember loving him so much and feeling so overwhelmed. It was the craziest out-of-body experience I’ve ever had. I totally felt like I was watching someone else’s life. Definitely felt like it was straight out of a movie.

We sat down and chowed down on some of my favorite pizza that Jay had picked up for us and popped some sparkling grape juice. Oh, did I mention Jay Marks had a lot to do with our engagement? So much so that he was hiding in the bushes and trees taking pictures of the whole thing (you guys have seen about 35 of them - there are 700 pictures in total).  I realized this was probably happening about halfway through eating my pizza, so I spent the rest of the time trying to find him.

            After enjoying a few moments to ourselves and after Jay and his wife popped out to say hello and congratulations, we quickly hurried home to watch Andrew open his mission call and spent the rest of the weekend announcing our news and “engagement-mooning.” It was awesome. And so perfect. I couldn’t believe that Scott surprised me like he did. He totally pulled one over on me and I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect or special moment.