Morning! Alrighty! Here we go... So a bit of background on a little story from when we were dating long distance ( me in Edmonton, Kurtis in Kelowna)... We had this inside joke between us that had to do with the lion king and I remember my cousins having simba and nala stuffed animals that had magnets in their noses so they would 'kiss' and I found a set on ebay... I shipped the simba to Kurtis in Kelowna in an orange box that i had painted to look like an animal crate and filled it with some green Easter basked grass stuff and I kept the Nala. On one of my trips, I surprised him by arriving a day early, leaving only the Nala on his doorstep and hiding around the side of the house...surprise! Fast-forward to now, the simba and Nala will be on display in our lion king nursery! Anyways, now onto the proposal!
So Christmas morning we were on our way over to Kurtis's parents to open gifts and have a nice breakfast... Just as we were leaving, Kurtis is texting his mom incessantly and starts tearing up, blames it on the city and colour song and I think nothing of it and bug him about him 'being hormonal and pregnant' ( not the first time he's gotten teary over nothing lol) anyways he's driving and keeps catching himself speeding on the highway, going about 130km/hr when usually and esp lately he's been a pretty careful driver. We joke about it saying he's excited to open presents etc.
Get to his parents, all is well and Kurtis tells me to go change into my pyjamas, I hadn't worn them because we were planning to go to the store to grab a card but I wanted to open presents in my pyjamas lol!
Anyways, we open presents, patti gives cam his gift first, it's a flash for his camera and says 'see you needed to open it first so you can take pictures of everyone on Christmas morning'
Open everyones gifts and there's one gift, kind of plainly wrapped still sitting under the tree, can't even see a tag... Someone asks about it and Kurtis says 'I know we said we weren't getting anything for each other but I had to...' Immediately, I get mad and say 'kurtis! I was so proud of myself yesterday when I went shopping I didn't even get something small for you!! I stuck to it!! Not fair!'
So I reluctantly open the gift and see that it's the painted box that I had shipped the simba in, it felt empty except for the Easter grass so I was glad in the end that he hadnt actually gotten me anything just did something cute and sentimental. Nonetheless I open it and check the grass and ask if there's anything in it and that's when I see Kurtis come around the corner with a little white box. Immediately bawling, he gets down on one knee and all I say is 'kurtis! You can't do this right now, it's not fair, you're gonna make me cry all day!' In my head I realize what a terrible reaction that must sound like so I tell myself to shut up! He of course takes a second and then asks me to marry him. I say of course! and we soggily hug and laugh and cry for a few minutes as Cam is taking pictures at random... So sweet. Finally I can see enough to take a look at the rings and its his Nana's engagement and wedding band set, super special and important to the family as Kurtis's Opa passed away a few months after Kurtis moved in with me... I never met his Nana but they were the glue of the family! I'm honoured to wear their rings.
That's the story! Sorry it was so long!
it is ok though!! 
