So it all began by Cole telling me that the Bishop from his home ward wanted to meet with us in preparation to get married. I know, I know, this should have seemed weird to me but Cole was really close with his Bishop so I totally bought it. We headed over and I thought nothing of it. Although, right before we went inside he started acting funny. He stopped me and gave me a HUGE hug. That's when I new something was up.
Cole:
I've never had a heart attack before, but boy did I feel close.. My friends were all waiting at the church ready for me to ask the most important question I'll ever ask.
Yours Truly:
As soon as we walked in two former missionaries from my mission walked up with their badges on and said, "Sister Tanner, you need to come with us." I turned to Cole and basically screamed, "WE'RE GETTING ENGAGED!?!?" and he told me to just go with them. I get in there and the room was set up like a zone meeting with a lot of Cole's friends there with their badges on. Cole's best friend Austin was leading the discussion out. They were talking about Christlike attributes of Cole. It was hilarious, but also really sweet to hear about some of the things his friends had to say about him. Then, the "assistants" got a call and said that my mission president needed to speak with me.
Cole:
As soon as Annie left me, it was game time. I knew I could trust the biggest project of my life thus far in the hands of my best friend Austin. As he conducted the zone meeting, he, along with about twelve other of my best friends, were absolutely brilliant! I went and stood behind the big curtain in the cultural hall, anxiously waiting to ask the question.
Yours Truly:
So then they take me over to a projector and everyone leaves. They started a video recording, which by the way had technical difficulties and Cole's brother had to come in and try to get it to work. Ha! Then, it finally worked. It was a video of my mission president telling me how much he and his wife loved and missed me. It was the sweetest video and of course I got all weepy. Then at the end of his video he said something about how there was another missionary from our mission that had been practicing bold invitations and that I should turn around and "engage" in the real thing.
Cole:
By this point, there was no turning back.... but luckily, I didn't have any desire to :)
Yours Truly:
I turned around and Cole was there. He got down on one knee, pulled out the most beautiful ring I've ever seen (although I did pick it out) and asked me if I would marry him. Of course I said yes and cried. It was perfect. Then he took me into the other side of the cultural hall that had a table set up with china and it had corn dogs, cotton candy, and coconut cream pie. Three of my all time favorite things. I was so happy! I felt like it was a dream.
