We're getting married!

We met the old fashion way, at a bar. I(Megan) was out with a friend who had some other friends she wanted to see at Whiskey River. Casey just happened to be with that friend group. I was sitting by myself while my friend went to the restroom when someone Casey knew asked me to dance. After we got done dancing, Casey came over and sat with us at our table. We did not hit it all the way off just then. We happened to run into each other about a month later at a different watering hole where the same band was playing the first night we met. That time, we made sure to exchange numbers and the rest is history in the making!

I want to start with the fact that I had absolutely no idea this was happening when it happened. Which in itself is a miracle. I was going gala dress shopping with my best friend Lacy, who brought her husband with her so we sent the guys to go do guy things until we were done. I had just gotten out of the shower and it was cold outside so I put my hair up in a clip, put on some leggings and a big sweater and said lets go. Lacy asked to make sure I did not want to do my hair and I said it wasn't necessary for trying on dresses at Dillards. So we went and found me a dress and then called the guys to see where they were. We met them at Hummer's Sports Bar for dinner on a very busy Saturday night. While we were eating, Lacy and Casey started talking about going and looking at Christmas lights. I was sort of surprised since I am the one that loves Christmas the most. They started talking about the Amarillo Botanical Gardens and how they heard about their Christmas light display and light tunnel. I said it's "okay" but they insisted we go see. We were cutting it close on time so we had to hurry and go before it closed. We get in the truck and start pulling up to the gardens where you can see every light in there from the street. I told them "See! We do not even need to go inside. You can see all the lights from out here". They said come all this way, we might as well go in. I said fine, put on my coat because it was freezing and started walking in. When we got in there, we started going down all the trails and I was fast walking because I was cold. Reminder that I was only wearing tights and it's a December night in the Panhandle. Casey asks why I am walking so fast, and I say because I am cold. Then we come up to the tunnel of lights and he walked in front of me, and I immediately start freaking out. I turned around and he was on one knee. Of course, I said yes, and everyone started cheering that was around us except Lacy's husband because he couldn't tell if I said yes or no. Casey asked my dad, scouted out where in the garden he wanted to do it the night before, and had Lacy film the whole thing. Anybody who knows me, knows I love Christmas most of all. I wouldn't have wanted him to do it any other way. It was perfect!