Heather + Karl

It was a year ago today that I surprised Heather by asking her to marry me.

Did I say surprised? More like shocked. Just a week earlier, I told Heather that I wasn’t sure… marriage is a big step, and so on. But the truth was I wanted to marry her very early in our relationship. I was just hoping the proposal was a big surprise. I told her mother months before, and had already called her daddy to ask permission. I felt like I had told seemingly everyone what I was going to do. (I even blogged it before we left for our trip.) I just wanted the moment to be a surprise.

This time last year, we were on a trip to Yosemite with our friends Sarah and Drew. We planned on backpacking for three days. I have all these great pictures of Heather carrying a huge pack, looking exhausted (but beautiful) on our ten mile hike. (I won’t put them up because I hope to be with Heather for a long time, and am sure pictures of her sweating and flushed is exactly what she wants on our wedding website.)

I spent June 21, 2006 planning just how I was going to propose, and laughing, knowing how unexpected it would be. Finally the moment came, and on the afternoon of the second day as we were standing on top of El Capitan, I popped the question. Here’s a picture of us, just moments after.

I asked Heather to marry me, and she said yes. One year ago today. What an amazing view and what a happy moment. Probably the single greatest minute of my life. Here’s a video that we shot while we were up there.

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