Engagement Pictures

So, after Perry called and asked to meet with Dayna and I, we realized that there was no one to watch Macy, so Perry had to meet with me alone.  We met at a Chick Fil A and he did ask me for her hand in marriage.  He did a great job.  Dayna told me to tell him to "be kind and loving, we'll help you however we can, and we'll try to stay out of your business!"  I told him that Luke and I would welcome another man into the family!  A week later and he was taking action!

 Perry had a plan, and asked Aubrey to take pictures of the big moment.  Here are some of them...

Waiting for the moment...

Perry had four possible locations for the proposal, so he provided a map of each of the locations for Aubrey.  He labeled Aubrey's phone number "Albert", his roommate's name, so when Aubrey called him to find out where they were, he pretended it was Albert.

"I'd like to ask you a question..."

Aubrey had to be careful to sneak up in a way that Cara could not see her, and so that Perry could see that she was ready.  It is amazing he could concentrate on any kind of conversation knowing he was waiting for everything to be set.

He had the ring, and got on one knee!

Perry chose to propose at the part of campus near the engineering buildings where both of them had taken so many classes.  He chose this location with the funny concrete chairs because they had joked about them and Aubrey knew where they were.

Of course she said yes!

Perry and Cara met at the end of their freshman year and have dated for over 3 years.  They will marry this summer, and both have one year left to finish their masters degrees.

Very sparkly!

On their way back to our house, they stopped by to see Dayna's Dad, James Matthews at his assisted living place and tell him the good news.  He was real happy about it.  I wish he had talked them into a living room wedding like he had with his wife Mildred!

My Mom was staying with us at the time and could not stop smiling with the great news.  She was so glad to be a part of the excitement.


We called my Dad and Cara told him the news and he said "you could have knocked me over with a feather!"  He got in his car and drove the 1 hour and 15 minutes to join us for a celebration dinner at Buca di Beppo's a place our family has gone to celebrate graduations and other fun things.