The one with the Proposal!!

Let me start with some background that makes this story that much better... Over the summer, Bobby (Katie's boyfriend) approached the parents about proposing to Katie. He ultimately asked if he could come on our trip to Austria and surprise her. Of course we agreed, but this also meant that we knew months in advance. It is a MIRACLE that no one spilled the beans during the millions of opportunities.

Second of all, Bobby had been supposed to arrive the same night as Katie, shortly afterward. So we waited...we didn't go to dinner for hours, hoping he would show up, then he didn't. We looked for Internet to see if he had contacted us. He had, but his flight had been delayed and now he would arrive the next morning around ten in the morning. We went to breakfast, got our ski equipment, and still he had not arrived. So we waited around, all the while stalling to keep Katie in the dark. We would t let her answer the door of go to my parents' room because we were terrified she would see him too soon. Then we went skiing, nothing. Same story with waiting for dinner. It was getting to the point of real worries, not helped by the fact that we had no way to contact. Keeping all this in mind, let's head back to the winter market where Mom, Katie, and I are walking around.

Katie and I were looking in a window display, while Mom walked ahead to find a trash can. We caught up, and suddenly Mom wants to go back towards the Christmas tree that we already walked by. We start walking, and then Dad shows up, saying he decided to join us and that Mags is around looking for us. We stop in front of the Christmas tree, and Dad tells Katie to close her eyes. She does and then Bobby comes up and whispers into her ear. Katie starts shrieking, in shock that he is even there (we had all been doing a pretty good job of covering up, if I do say so myself). Then of course he tells her to take off her glove and pulls out this gorgeous ring. Finally he gets around to asking her to marry him and it is adorable!

Sisters celebrating!

 The rest of the night was spent discussing the details of how this grand surprise came to be and toasting with Champagne. I moved my stuff into mags and Jenny's room, and we were finally able to proceed on with our vacation, knowing Bobby had finally made it.