The Proposal
Justin Hammond
For the longest time we have talked about going on adventures with each other. The notion that adventure is out there was exciting to us. We wanted to explore the world, experience what life had to offer, and get lost in the magical moments that only two people in love could experience. I took this to heart when I planned the proposal. We called all of our dates adventures. We often joked about how we would be like the couple off of the Disney movie UP. With that in mind I decided to pull the proposal, Disney style!
I decided to blindfold Camie before we arrived at our location so she couldn't see what was to come. I walked her through the back halls of Provo Town Center up the stairs and left her there with instructions to take off the blindfold in two minutes. I ran down the stairs and passed through the maze of balloons with pictures attached to them of our past adventures as I entered Rockwell Ice Cream in Provo (the owner let us in after it closed so we could pull this off.) She then had a story of how we met read to her as she discovered all the pictures and balloons on her way down to me. When she finally arrived at the ice cream shop, she knew what was going on. I then asked if she would adventure with me and be my wife.
Camie Hegsted
Justin told me he wanted to celebrate my birthday and Valentine's Day separately, so we went to dinner at Tucanos on Saturday night. Our reservation was at 8pm, we finished after 9, then went to hang out at my apartment for a while. He said the "next event" was a little later, but he wouldn't say what it was. Around 11, we leave, and I'm thinking, "Where in the world are we going at 11 o'clock at night?!" He blindfolded me in the car and I felt us drive to south Provo.
Unbeknownst to me, he drove to Provo Towne Center just north of the temple. They have the cutest little shops, which all connect via a backdoor hallway. Among them is my favorite ice cream parlor, Rockwell Ice Cream.
Justin takes me out of the car, still blindfolded, and leads me up the sidewalk, through the Rockwell shop (it closed before 11, so it was empty), through the hallway, up a flight of stairs, and then he sat me down on a bench. As soon as we sat down, I knew what was happening. He claims that he felt perfectly calm, and I still couldn't see him, but he radiated nerves. He sat with me for a minute, then stood up and said, "Alright, count to two minutes, then take off the blindfold and come downstairs." Then he left. I waited almost two minutes... then I went down. At the bottom were two of our choir friends - Jake was holding a video camera, and Nick started reading Justin's and my "adventure story," as I followed a trail of balloons, each with a picture of an adventure of ours taped to it. I was barely holding it together, it was so sweet of him. The trail led back to Rockwell. I entered, and there was Justin, standing in the middle of the parlor. He said to me, "From the day we met, I knew I wanted to be with you forever. Will you adventure with me, *cue the knee* and be my wife?"
And I said yes!
