I said YES!!!

....3 years ago.

Well, most of you already knew I'm married, right?! But I had to get your attention ;)

That cute little Timehop app is the greatest. Up popped this ring picture and all of the memories from the weekend flooded my memory. And then I realized I never told you all HOW he asked. (And as a female always stalking howheasked.com, I'm disappointed in myself.)

So if you didn't know already, I played softball my entire life. That road led me to the University of Louisville as a scholarship athlete where I met Mr. Dexter Heyman in an acting class. It was the fall of our sophomore year and honestly, it was divine intervention that I ended up in that class...and with a huge crush on this handsome, hilarious man. When scheduling my classes for that semester, I had one spot to fill and one of my teammates randomly said to me, "Hey let's take this acting for non-majors class together! It'll be fun!" Well, why the heck not, right?

Dexter and I had never even hung out outside of class but when we had a chance to do partner scenes with someone, my heart skipped a beat when we wound up together. In a bit of foreshadowing, our skit had us playing husband and wife....I didn't hate it ;)

(I actually remember thinking to myself, "Yeah, I would be okay if this ended up being real life...")

So, we were just friends for most of that year, but in FCA we were going through Song of Solomon and our awesome chaplain really spoke to my heart when talking with us about what a Godly partner would be like. Being a part of that study really changed my heart and taught me a lot about what I was looking for...

Fast forward to the end of our senior years. He had been selected to go play for the Kansas City Chiefs and we (the softball team) were in postseason of our best year ever, about to start our conference tournament.

The night we arrived at Notre Dame for the tournament, we had a dinner banquet. That same night Dexter was having his going away party back home in Louisville and I knew he had to fly to Kansas City the next morning. I figured I wasn't going to see him until our season ended and I could head out there to be with him.

He texted me late that night, talking about how he loved me because he knew I didn't just love his "football self." Right as I fell asleep, my roommate snapped this picture and put it on instagram. The caption still gives me butterflies:

(She showed me this the next day and my heart melted a little more.)

So it's super early, like 4am, and I (somehow) wake up to a text from my boyfriend. He said something along the lines of, "Promise we are forever, no matter what?" ...I think you know my answer to that. 

And the next text read, "Then open your door and say yes to me."

I open the door and there he is, down on one knee. I honestly don't remember the sweet words he said (at all...) because I was in such shock. The man drove from Louisville to South Bend, Indiana after his going away party so he could pop the question before he headed off for rookie camp. He could only stay about 30 minutes before he had to turn right back around in order to catch his flight out of Louisville, but every second was full of elation, jumping around, hugging, giggling, crying...soaking up the moment.

I remember going down to the lobby and taking that ring picture (above) to post on social media (of course ;) ) and then during breakfast, my teammates all freaked out with me, as did the girls from the other teams staying in our hotel for the tournament. 

Jennie Finch was commentating for our tournament games and after one of our wins, she interviewed me and congratulated me when she saw my sister hand me my ring. (Had to keep that baby safe during games, of course. :) ) 

I ended that weekend with 2 rings...one from my soulmate and one for winning our conference. I guess you could say it was a win-win...but that would be super cheesy. ;)

Oh, and you want to know a secret?? We took our engagement photos before we actually got engaged. ::commence crazy looks::

We knew we would get married and also knew his schedule would be crazy so we just went ahead and knocked em out. I LOVE them so much and will always treasure these photos. Check out the album on Facebook if you want to see them all!