It Is Official!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I stated before Kristi and I are in Searcy visiting her friends and family. It has been widely known for a little while now that Kristi and I were pretty fond of each other. In the course of our three months together we have pretty much planned our entire wedding which will not be taking place until December of this year, there was just one thing missing in all of this; SHE DIDN'T HAVE A RING! I have had the ring that I was going to give her for over a month now and I was waiting for the perfect time to give it to her. I decided I would wait until we were here on the campus of Harding University (Kristi's Alma Mater). So several weeks ago I called and asked Kristi's parents if they would be willing to come out and be here when I did it because all three of them had gone to school here and it would be extra special. So this morning I put the plan in motion and I just prayed that Kristi would not figure it out. We went to the campus and were going to "meet" one of my good friends out in front of Patty Cobb Hall, while we were waiting on him to get there we went and sat in one of the famous Harding Swings. Let's take a side note for just a second while I explain these swings to you. I am learning that there are a lot of traditions at Harding that have a bearing on whether or not you get married. For example, if you walk under the old bell tower while you are single then the tradition is that you will never get married and if you sit in three swings with the same boy you are going to marry him. If you are a male on the campus it seems to me that there is a large amount of pressure that you better be pretty positive about the girl you are dating before you go messing with these traditions. I had only heard of these swings and knew that it would be important to her that she was proposed to while sitting in one of them. So while sitting in the swing I looked her in the eyes and told her that I loved her and then got down on one knee. Upon seeing this her response was "NO WAY!" She was completely surprised and taken off guard. I told her that God had put her in my life 3 months ago and I was so thankful and that I wanted to propose here in this place that was so important in her growth as a woman, christian and student. I told her that I had been waiting on today to do this and I asked if she would marry me. Amidst all of the giggling and squealing she said yes and we hugged for a long time. Then I told her to glance over her shoulder as she was being video taped by the same friend she thought we were waiting on to meet. Then I told her to look over the other shoulder as her parents were coming out from behind a tree where they had been watching all of this unfold. All in all the day has been a wonderful time of showing off the ring and being introduced to all of her friends as her fiance. I love this woman with all of my heart and I am so excited about the wonderful future that God has in store for us.