Mrs. Tesch

This weekend was the big Herman, Tesch, and McGill family BBQ......or so I thought. Brad and I spent the morning watching tv and relaxing like we always do, getting ready to go out to the Tesch household. I was upstairs with Debbie and Barry just hanging out and making conversation, Debbie seemed a little nervous. She was cleaning and walking around, and talking with her hands....which is what I do when I'm nervous. I really didn't think anything of it at that moment. Brad came inside and insisted that we take a walk on the beach. My parents were suppose to already be over and I wanted to wait for them to arrive since this was the first time they would all meet my dad. I finally agreed and told Brad we'll just go for a quick walk. The weather was perfect and I love going down to the beach with him. Its where we went on our perfect first date. Sometimes we just go down there to take a break from our busy lives to relax and be near the water.

We walk over to our beach house....where we had a picnic on our first date, but someone had knocked it down. Brad wanted me to find another piece of drift wood for him to make me a cute sign for our place, but none of the pieces I picked Brad liked. So we walked down to the next fort he founf the one he wanted and he flipped it over and it said....I want to grow old with you. I smiled and kissed him, he is so sweet and makes me feel like such a princess. I jumped up and decided to go down by the water and see if we could find any neat rocks. When I was looking around and found an orange one, but Brad said it was ugly and said, "Find a shiny one!" I couldn't find what he was looking for....when I turned around he kissed me and pulled a box out of his pocket. The box my mothers wedding ring came in! He asked me to marry him, all I could do was cry and say yes. I have never been so sublimely happy in my life. Brad tells me to stop crying and to look over by the rocks where Jenn, Brian, and Grace are sitting there taking photos of the whole thing. I started crying more. I thought they were at "the store" and I had no idea. They came over and gave me big hugs and I felt so loved and welcome into their family. When we get back to the house everyone is upstairs waiting for us. Well......I cried again. Brad had organized the whole plan and everyone has known for a few weeks! I couldn't believe it. I called Laura to tell her the good news and we both cried on the phone. The rest of the day was spent telling me how they were hiding everything and how people almost slipped up and told me. On top of everything my family had such a great time hanging out with everyone. Our families got along perfectly....I am so happy.

I can't believe I have found the love of my life, my soulmate, my TRUE north. I can't begin to describe to you how he makes me feel, how I love everything about him. I am the happiest girl in the world.

That night I was so excited.....I couldn't get an ounce of sleep. At 4:00am I went to the fridge to get something to drink, just so I could see my beautiful ring by the light of the fridge. I had to wake Brad up and tell him how pretty my ring looked in the fridge, he laughed and smiled. He knows I'm weird and he loves it.......I can't wait to be Mrs. Tesch.