Nathan and I officially got engaged on March 30th, 2010.\u00a0We went to the John Mayer concert at the Portland Memorial Colosseum. We were pleasantly surprised that Michael Franti was the opener for the show. The entire concert was amazing and our seats were perfect. After the concert we drove down to the waterfront to see the city at night. It was freezing outside and almost midnight but we walked down to the water anyways. I was shivering so Nathan offered to get his coat out of the car for me. He walked back to the car and came back with his jacket but didn\u2019t hand it over. As I was getting angry that he\u2019s not handing me the jacket to help me get warm he pulled something out of the hood of it.<\/span><\/p>\n Even though it was freezing and the ground was soaking wet, Nathan got down on one knee and simply said, \u201cWill you marry me?\u201d I think that he was going to say something more but I immediately starting kissing him, so any attempt to be more eloquent was ruined. While\u00a0I was kissing him I realized that I hadn\u2019t actually answered him. Of course, I said yes. As soon as I said yes the moment was quickly interrupted with laughter as a bicyclist came hauling ass right by us with their little headlight on. Nathan and I started giggling but continued to hug. Then, as if telling us that the moment is over, another guy on a bike went speeding by. This is our life.<\/span><\/p>\n We got home super late and I couldn\u2019t help but post the news on Facebook. I got a mix of comments as a lot of people said \u201cabout damn time\u201d and a bunch more said \u201cwhy are you awake at 3:30 AM?\u201d Needless to say it was a wonderful night.<\/span><\/p>\n We are now planning our wedding together and looking forward to our continued adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nathan and I met in November of 2007, and almost instantly connected. Come January of 2008, we just had to spend time together. We were making excuses to see each other. We needed to look for shoes, or pick something up at the mall. We had our first kiss that January, and our love has … <\/p>\n