I'm getting married!! :)

I had an amazing weekend in Ripon!!

Here's the story...

So I thought my parents and sister were visiting me in Ripon so we could celebrate my dad's birthday as a family. Well, I was completely wrong. We stood outside in the wind and cold to see Bruce finish the half-marathon with his parents and a lot of our friends (I thought it was really nice that a lot of our friends came down to support Bruce). Zac and Bruce finally finished the race(after beating my time by 14 minutes). I ran over to give Bruce his sweatshirt. He grabbed my shoulders and asked me if I remembered what we had talked about. I shook my head no. He then started to dig through one of the pockets in his camelback. He said, "we talked about when the time was right..." He pulled out a black box and got down on one knee. By this time, everyone had formed a large circle around us. He looked up at me and said, "Eliza Nora Cherry, I love you. Will you marry me?" I said, "yes!" The people behind me didn't hear and someone yelled, "so what's her answer?" I looked at the crowd of people and said, "Yes!" Since my parents, his parents, and our friends knew about this, there were a lot of pictures taken (I'll hopefully get more sent to me soon).

I am the luckiest and happiest girl in the world!! This weekend was absolutely perfect! I was able to see a lot of people, hear Bruce sing with the men's quartet, and see his jazz concert on Friday. Saturday we got engaged and then hung out with our families and friends. Sunday we went to brunch in the commons. Unfortunately, I had to say goodbye, but I really have nothing to be sad about. I will be back in Ripon in just two weeks!