I'm in Love! I'm in Love! And I Don't Care Who Knows It!

I, Kristy Erickson, am in love with the most wonderful man I know - Brant Carpenter. And guess what... we're getting married!!! I'm so excited I don't know what to do with myself!

Seriously! I'm the happiest person in the world right now.

I know I've blogged quite a bit about Brant and the craziness that was our dating story. But for those of you who are reading this who haven't read the other posts, here's a quick summary:

Brant & I met back in May when I moved into his ward. I thought he was cute and fun & I had a slight crush on him. But then Jared came along and it put things with Brant on hold for a while. Not completely, though. There were moments of flirting with me & Brant when Jared wasn't around (I know...I'm a horrible person. But it's OK because I'm ending up with Brant). The second things were done with me & Jared, things picked up with Brant.

But I wasn't sure how I felt about Brant for quite a while. I liked hanging out with him, but he was the rebound guy. So I was feeling a little guilty letting things continue. But I also couldn't get myself to end things with him. So we continued to see each other EVERY DAY (seriously...I think we've gone one, maybe two days without seeing each other since we started dating). We have now been dating for three months. And I was in the middle of it before I realized something had even begun.

About a month ago we started talking about the "M" word. And from there things moved very quickly (keeping in fashion with the rest of our relationship). About three weeks ago we decided to get married. And last night he (finally) proposed!!! And everyone loves a good proposal story...so here's mine.

I knew Brant had the ring (we picked it out together & he let it slip that he was picking it up on Monday). I just didn't know when it was all going to go down. I knew it was sometime this week, but Brant led me to believe he was going to wait until this weekend.

Well, last night, Brant took me out on a date to Macaroni Grill. And as one does at Macaroni Grill, we started doodling on the table after we had eaten. I drew a flower, a star, and then I traced my hand. Brant made fun of my knuckle lines & said they looked like hair. And he said something was missing. Then Brant moved the plate that was in front of him. He had written "Will you marry me?" on the table and next to that was my ring! I said "are you serious?" (yeah...I know...) then wrote in big letters YES! We kissed, then he slipped the ring on my finger. Then it was official!

After weeks of waiting and talking and planning...we could finally tell the world! And we did :). We went back to my place and started telling everyone we could think of. It was so fun to share the news with our friends and family!

I can't to be married to Brant! We haven't set a date yet, but we're thinking either mid January or the beginning of February. I know I'm going to be super busy over the next couple of months, but I also hope it goes by fast! I love Brant so much and can't wait to start our new lives together!