When we headed to Evan’s family’s cabin for the weekend I definitely did NOT think I’d be coming home with a ring on my finger! 💍Like really, not on my radar! It turns out that I was the last in on the surprise though and most of both of our families were in on it. He had even talked to my Dad almost 3 months ago so it has been in the works for a few unbeknownst to me.
Obviously COVID has canceled pretty much all of our summer plans, but something we were both looking forward to was our annual trip to his family’s cabin. The cabin has been the center of so many family memories for Evan and his family from his childhood all the way through being an adult. And since we started dating, those trips have also been where we’ve made many lasting memories too. Loon Lake is such a special place in general and now we can add another big reason to that!
Evan’s grandparents live on the other side of the lake full-time and each year we come by to pick up the kayaks from storage and paddle them across to the cabin. So this year, after floating a lot of the day we hopped in the truck and headed over with his sister and brother to do just that — nothing out of the usual! Or so I thought…
I was paddling along, cruising out in the front of the group for a while, before Evan told me to come over to where he was so that we’d have a straight shot to the cabin from there. So I headed over to where he was and his sister said we should get a pic. It wasn’t until then… when I was like… why are we taking in pic in the middle of the lake?? Then I had this fleeting thought of, ummmm he isn’t going to propose is he?!
Well, my brief suspicions were confirmed. Because a few seconds later he pulled out a ring box and told me that he first told me he loved me on the lake and that he was going to love me forever and asked me to marry him. Which was pretty sweet since the first time he told me he loved me was our first summer together when we were kayaking. Such a thoughtful mush, I know. Luckily he got right down to the point too because it didn’t take much before I started getting sunscreen in my eyes. Yes, it was definitely just the sunscreen causing those tears! 😂
His sister was filming the whole thing too, but luckily you can mostly just hear the water. Which I’m thankful for because at that point I was dropping some F-bombs and yelling at him to keep the ring in the box! I think this pic is the exact time where I was saying keep that in the box, haven’t you seen those Youtube videos of people dropping rings in the water!!! Especially because we’re both so clumsy so that WOULD happen to us. Luckily it didn’t though! Although I did try to give us another shot at that when I leaned in for a kiss and rocked the boats haha. Don’t worry, no engagement rings were lost during this proposal.
Of course I said yes and put the ring on as soon as we made it to shore! If you guys know me, you know I’m 1.) not really a mush… Evan is def the more romantic of the two of us and 2.) I’m not a big fan of surprises buttt I’ll let this surprise slide because it was a pretty good one!
I have to give him mad props on the ring too! He went through some of the accounts I follow on Instagram and consulted with one of my besties to find out the shape of stone I liked. Then he had a ring custom-designed with my favorite company that I follow, Point No Point Studio! He secretly borrowed one of my other rings to get the sizing right too. The stone is morganite, which is something I had mentioned I liked before and the setting is a diamond eternity band set in rose gold. Like guys, this ring couldn’t be more “Anna” if I had designed it myself! I love that it’s really unique too — that was always something I wanted. Plussss my favorite part is the wedding bands contour around the engagement rings which is something I just love. AND, yes there are a few more ands, the company is also based in Washington, is woman-owned and their diamonds are ethically sourced. So even more reasons to love it.
So that is our engagement story! We’ll see where wedding planning takes us… I’m team eloping in the mountains or having a backyard wedding and Evan is more on team traditional wedding, because again, mush! We shall see though! We have plenty of time to figure it out with the whole world on pause right now! Until then I’m just going to enjoy this chapter and the sparkly new addition to my finger!
