8 Roses

Thursday April 3, 2014

Bryson told me he would be working til 7 that night and that he would have to meet me at institute. I had no idea he was proposing

7pm--I got a phone call from Bryson, he told me he was getting off work and that he wanted me to meet him at my neighbor's house. I thought it was kind of weird, but I said okay. I got to my neighbor's house and I texted him to tell him I was there. He texted back and said to come in for a bit. Again, I thought it was weird, but didn't have any idea what was going on. I went into the house and asked where Bryson was, they told me he went out back. At that point, I thought something was going on. As I walked outside I saw a rose and note on top of the hot tub. (Every Sunday night there is a group of us that go hot tubing in this hot tub.) The note read:

It was here that I got my first inclination that you liked me. I think we will like hot tubing for the rest of our lives. 

On the back it said:

Go to where we first exchanged that four-letter word. 

We first said I love you in the parking lot of Gold's Gym. So the scavenger hunt began. I went to Gold's Gym and found by a tree another rose with a note. The note read:

Remember what happened here? We said, "I love you" for the first time. That love continues to grow ever day. 

On the back it said:

Go to "our park"

So I went to "our park" in Cedar Hills. There is a park with a bench swing that we have gone to many times. We have had some of our deepest conversations there. By the bench swing there was another rose with a note. The note read:

What else is there to say but this is "our park"?

On the back it said: 

Go to where we first kissed.

So I went to the Thanksgiving Point movie theater where he first kissed me on our second date in the middle of the movie. Outside the theater on a table I found another rose and a note. The note read:

I bet you weren't expecting what happened here. For the record, I could sense that you were in shock after our first kiss. 

On the back it said:

Go to where you became a champion.

So off to Provo I went. Bryson had seen me win my championship intramural soccer game before I tore my ACL. It was the one and only game he had seen me play. At the soccer field I found another rose and a note. The note read:

You can be my champion for all eternity. 

On the back it said:

Go to Banana Leaf

Banana Leaf is one of our favorite restaurants. We have been there lots, and love the food there. Outside the restaurant is a little gazebo, there I found another rose and a note. The note read:

I was realizing how great you are at the same time I was realizing how great this place is.

On the back it said:

First Date

Our first date was at Comedy Sports. We both talk about how awkward we thought we both were. Outside Comedy Sports there was yet another rose and a note. The note read:

I'm with you on this one, this was an awkward first date. Good thing I knew you were awesome when I took you out so we kept it going; and how grateful I am!

On the back it said:

Meet me where you can look upon the temple that we'll be married in.

9pm--I made it back to Highland to the park across the street from the Timpanogos Temple. I found another rose and a letter this time. The letter was from Bryson, and in it he told me how much he loved me and how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. While I was reading it, Bryson came walking out with a suite and tie on. He got down on one knee and proposed. I said yes.

My sister Kristy was with me during the whole scavenger hunt, and took the pictures of the last stop. 

I am so excited to marry Bryson Carrier. He is my best friend. He understands me, makes me laugh, makes me feel adored and loved, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him. 

June 12, 2014 will be the happiest day of my life so far, no doubt about it!