Without further ado. I have a couple pics of the ring I would like to post for your viewing pleasure.

Just in case anyone hasn’t heard yet, Brittany and I are engaged. It all happened last Friday (December 26, 2008) on a trip to downtown Fredericksburg. We got a bite to eat and were supposed to walk up and down Caroline St to take a look at the Christmas lights while they were still up. Needless to say that because of the temperature we didn’t walk down Caroline St, instead we drove around looking at the shops and enjoying all the trees that were lit up for the Holidays. I was able to find a bench that we sat down on and talked for a while. I told Brittany that I had realized that I forgot to give her a Christmas present the day before, so I got up from the bench, went to my car and got a medium sized box from the trunk. I think at first Brittany had an idea of what it was but when she saw the size of the box she was confused. I gave her the box and she started to open it. When she saw the smaller box the ring was in I got down on my knee and asked her to marry me. At first she didn’t know what to say/do except laugh and tell me “You did buy it!” So I told her that she needed to tell me yes or no. That is when she said yes.

We are still trying to figure out a date and what is next as far as getting started with all the planning but we will surely keep everyone up to date with all the details.