The Proposal

getting a late start...

The proposal was on February 15, 2008 (see, I'm a little late getting started)
Jarrod and I were driving from Birmingham, AL (where we live) to Pensacola, FL (where both our parents live) to get our taxes done (or so I thought that's all we were doing...)
I was reading a book and as we are entering town, "our" song is playing and he tells me that he wants to take a small detour. We have to drive past our high school, so taking a detour to drive on the grounds is nothing new. And, yes, we went to the same high school and I actually had a crush on him our sophomore year.
As we were driving in, we were talking about where our parking spots were and Jarrod drives around and stops the car and tells me that he wants to show me something. I see a pile of trash and jokingly ask him if that's what it is... he was not amused...
I'm getting out of my car and notice Jarrod reaching for his jacket in the back seat (he's never cold and I was ok with just a long sleeve shirt on... fishy...)
As I'm going around the front of the car, he reaches into his pocket and throws some dog treats at our dog (she's a minature pinchser). And he walks me a few steps away from the car and starts his very sweet prepared statement. Now, of course, it can't go exactly as planned because in the middle of it, we hear a loud clanking noise. And I turn around to see some high school baseball players throwing their bats into the back of their truck. I turn back around, apoligize, and he looks at me and says, "yeah, saying something important here!" (sarcastically and lovingly)
Then, he reaches into his jacket pocket (makes sense why he grapped it now), gets down on one knee and opens a small box with a ENGAGEMENT ring!!!!
I squeal and say yes!!!!!

And the short version of everything else...
I call everyone and ask those to be in the wedding. Rush to our parents houses and tell them (his parents knew and so did my dad). And then we go out to dinner.