HE ASKED AND SHE SAID "IT'S ABOUT DANG TIME!"

SO AFTER 2 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS OF HINTING AT WANTING TO BE MARRIED JOE FINALLY POPPED THE QUESTION! I HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT HIM ALL MONTH TO MY ROOMMATE, BROOKE, AND SHE JUST LISTENED TO ME WHINE ABOUT HOW STRANGE JOE WAS BEING AND HOW I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS BREAKING UP WITH ME OR PROPOSING TO ME. GOSH I PROBABLY SOUNDED LIKE THE BIGGEST BRAT. IT WAS CHRISTMAS DAY AND WE WERE SITTING ON MY PARENT'S LOVE SEAT OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND JUST WHEN I THOUGHT ALL MY GIFTS WERE OPEN, JOE CAME IN WITH ANOTHER FOR ME TO OPEN. IT WAS A PHOTO ALBUM. I FLIPPED THROUGH THE PAGES AND I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP. THEN I CAME TO A PAGE THAT SAID "IF FOREVER IS ALL WE HAVE THEN LET'S START RIGHT NOW" AND BEFORE I COULD TURN THE PAGE I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING. MY EYES STARTED FILLING WITH TEARS AND I TRIED AS HARD AS I COULD TO HOLD THEM BACK, BUT AS SOON AS I TURNED THAT PAGE AND SAW A RING I KNEW THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR HOLDING THOSE TEARS IN. I CLOSED THE ALBUM AND LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS JOEY ON ONE KNEE HOLDING OUT A RING ASKING "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" WITH ALL THE EMOTIONS FLOWING AND TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY FACE I SHRIEKED OUT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A "YES!" HE PLACED THE RING ON MY FINGER AND MY MOM SQUEALED WITH JOY. MY DAD WAS STANDING BY THE TREE MISTY EYED AND MY LITTLE SISTER READY TO JUMP FOR JOY. SHE COULDN'T YET THOUGH BECAUSE SHE WAS HOLDING THE PHONE WHICH HAD JOEY'S SISTER ON THE OTHER END WATCHING VIA FACETIME. WHEN JOE TOOK THE PHONE TO SAY HELLO TO HIS SISTER AMANDA WE SAW SHE WAS CRYING TOO. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A HOLLYWOOD PROPOSAL, BUT TO ME IT WAS PERFECT <3