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September 21, 2019
Tappahannock, VA
#youremyperfectshade

Emily & Joshua

    Shade Wedding
    Schedule

Trees

Joshua

Shade

and

Emily

Williams

#youremyperfectshade

September 21, 2019

Tappahannock, VA

The Proposal

August 1, 2018

It was a Wednesday and I remember tagging Joshua on Facebook referencing that day being "National Girlfriend Day." Later that afternoon I get a text from him saying he was going to take me to dinner to celebrate this "holiday." Now, anyone that knows Joshua knows that he wouldn't celebrate a silly made up holiday. Anxious, I decided to leave work early. When I got home I saw a dress laid out for me on the bed (after I contemplated for hours what I would wear). He dropped off Addison with his parents and then asked me where I wanted to go to dinner so I chose to go to BJ's restaurant. He seemed so calm which threw me off even more, but I could not eat. On the way to pick up Addison, he took a different way than we normally would. At this point I thought maybe we were going to the gazebo at the Spotsy Courthouse...then he turned right, going the wrong way down a one way street into the Spotsylvania Battlefield and said he forgot that it was only one way, but he was making a shortcut to his parents house (which technically it would be) so once again I was thrown off. He then parked and asked me if I wanted to take a walk. The Spotsylvania Battlefield is where we would always go as teenagers to skip school (and even got caught skipping a few times). We then walked up the long hill and then I see a trail of rose petals on the ground. I didn't want to feel stupid and assume they were for me so I tried to ignore them. At the top of the hill he grabbed my hands and attempted to speak, but he was choking up. He then got down on one knee and asked me if I would marry him, all the while our parents, Addison, and Ashley (& the boys) were crouched down behind rocks to see while Mike was able to capture every aspect of our engagement. I was in shock that the day I had waited over eight years for was finally happening, and in a better way than I could have ever imagined. The perfect setting, surrounded by my favorite people, and the dream ring. Perfection.

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