i said 'shut up". . .then 'yes'!!! :) :) :)

the questions was. . ."will you marry me?". . . that was the exciting end to an eventful sabbath afternoon. . . .after a sleepy start to my afternoon. . .i was sent off on an "amazing race" (my favourite show ever). . .rob's brother and sister-in-law were put up to pretending that they had planned this wonderful sabbath afternoon activity for rob and i. . .being the great people that they are. . i didn't question their intent. . all i heard was "welcome to MyRob's amazing race". . and i was out the door in pursuit of clue number 1. . .after finding the big bag of snow boots, gloves and toques. . .clue number two led down the road and in the snowy banks. . .retrieving another bag with john deere coveralls. . .rob covered himself by asking where they got them. . .tricky!!! clue number three led us to a family friend's farm about 15 min drive away. . .once there. . .he gave us clue number four that read. . ."you must both milk a cow". . .haa haa haa. . you should have seen my jaw drop. . according to rob, it was pretty low!!! it's alwayze been a dream of mine to milk a cow. . haa haa haa. . rob went first. . .and after daisy (the cow) kicked his milk bucket. . i was not as eager to fulfill my dream!!! . . but managed to gain the courage and squeeze out two squirts of milk. . after which i had to carry and spread straw bales in the barn. . .clue number five was to be found in the straw (mom you would NOT have enjoyed that moment. . achooowee!!!). . .that clue led us to the back of the barn where we were instructed to herd the baby cow aka calf into the the barn. . not as simple as it sounds. . . running around in a foot of snow with a feisty little calf. . .hmmmm. . .but finally it went in the barn. . .and we received clue number six. . .instructing us to go back to rob's parents' house where we will see our next clue. . .greeting us in the driveway was a couple quads (4x4's). . .there clue number seven sat and told us to find the highest place where we could see the valley. . .confused. . rob and i "discussed" this a bit before we headed to the spot we thought it might be. . .on the way there. . i mentioned how nice this was of bren and candace to do for us and that we should do something for them in return. . this is where he was secretly pulling the arm to the body motion saying "yes, she has NO clue". . and truly i did NOT!. . .as we headed up the lookout point. . candace snapped one last picture and then they took off. . .so rob and i were left alone .. and i asked him what's next. . .he responded with "i don't know" . . .and so being the aggresor that i am. . i ordered him to look for more clues. . .as i was looking. . little did i know he was getting ready for "the ask". . .as i turned around. .he was on one knee and i barely heard the sweet words of his question when i screamed, cried, laughed and uttered "shut up!" and "yes!" all at the same time!!!. .it was a beautiful moment. . .the sun was shining bright making the snow sparkle all around us. . it was almost as if God kissed us right at that moment. . .i love it! :) so back to the his parents' house we went. . .and as you can see. . i was quite excited. . and very impressed that everyone pulled off this surprise!!!. . .it's amazing what people do for love :) :) :) . .there were hugs and toasts all around. . it was a wonderful way to end the sabbath!! :) :) . .so in less than four months. . .i will be wed to the most superfabulousamazing man!!! and my life as we know it will change forever. . .but only for the better. . . :) :) :)