Weddings

I've decided to back track around 6 years and do a few posts regarding our wedding. We got married before I started blogging and before pinterest and I've just decided I'd love a place to record the details. I'm going to do a few wedding posts scattered here and there.

The Proposal

I'll be totally honest. I knew the proposal was coming. We had talked about it for at least year. Jay and I started dating as 18 year old freshman at NC State. We got engaged at the ripe age of 21 as seniors in college. My Mom's original diamond was given to Jay to use in my ring. I helped pick out the setting. Jay's mom, my mom, Jay and I all went to Schiffman's jewelry store in Greensboro to pick out a ring. I wanted a classic Tiffany setting. Simple and elegant. Jay bought the ring sometime in September of 2006 and I waited and waited (for what seemed like forever) for him to give it to me.

On Sunday night, October 1st, 2006, Jay called me and asked me to stop by his house on the way to my weekly sorority meeting. I stopped by and he asked me to go out back with him. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. It was simple and sweet just like Jay. I said yes and just like that we were engaged. I left soon after and went to my sorority meeting. Jay picked Sunday night because our sorority does a sweet little ring ceremony for girls that get engaged and its a surprise for the rest of the chapter. Our ritual chair tells that chapter that we are going to have a ring ceremony and everyone gets excited and starts guessing which girl got engaged. Jay knew that I would want to wear the ring right away and knew that I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret from my friends for very long!

After I got back from chapter, a bunch of us went back to Jay's house to celebrate. Soon after, a bunch of his fraternity brothers came and hog tied him up and took him to the lake nearby campus and threw him in! I guess it was some type of tradition! Here are a few pictures of the night!