During Christmas Break from college I got Engaged!!! We finally set the date after nearly 2 weeks of being engaged... it will be Oct 11, 2008... I'm so excited! I guess this is the day that every girl dreams about for years and year and my day has finally come and I'm more than excited to share it with all! Below you can find pictures as well as the full story of the engagement!
I'm ENGAGED!!! to Mr. Garrett Gilkey... guess that makes me the future Erika Gilkey... weird to say now but I can't wait!
On Dec. 23, 2007... I was visiting with the Gilkey family... what seemed to be a normal day to me... we were scheduled to attend church that evening for a Christmas Eve Eve service... then back home to open gifts! So we finish church head back to the house for dinner and presents... then the opening of presents begins... I'm impressed at Garrett's taste in presents for I wasnt expecting much from a poor college boy!
Then all of the presents were opened and Garrett was asked to go move his car... what I thought would only take a few minutes turned into what seemed to be an eternity. The whole family was sitting around talking and enjoyting their presents and I was wondering where in the world Garrett could be! Then his mom asked if I would go with her to wal-mart to pick up some last minute stocking stuffers... and I was completely ok with that!
However on the way wal-mart we seemed to take a wrong turn... and headed straight back to their church... where I found that Garrett's car was the only one in the parking lot! She told me that this was my stop... so I got out of the car and anxiously walked into the church... I found Garrett standing next to the sanctuary door... all the Christmas lights were on the church... and I was still waiting to see what would happen!
He told me to come to the front that he had written a song and he wanted me to guess who it was about... the song went like this...
"I once knew a girl she was quiet and shy, she was the apple of her granddaddy's eye. Only for Granddads baby did he have ears to hear but his love for her rand loud and clear
Chorus:
This was just a reflection of the love of Christ We will never find its fullness His love is beyond our heights We will never reach it.
This girl grew up as most children do And as she did she found love to good to be true With broken heart in hand and still on the mend She made it through with her closest friend
Chorus
And now that time has moved on it is plain to see The man to love this girl is surely me Every song I write and every cheesy thing I say I promise I'll mean them with every breath, until my dying day
But it will just be a reflection of the love of Christ I will never find its fullness His love is beyond my heights We will never quiet reach it... But we will try"
This song was indeed about me... every word! Then he looked at me with tear-filled eyes and said "Erika I love you... will you marry me?" Now what was I suppose to say... but YES of course! To top it all off this was the first time I had heard the words I love you come from his mouth and be spoken to me... such a sweet moment that I had been waiting for and I was so happy to hear!
We then called my parents and our closest friend Emily and Dusty... then we prayed together right there on the alter of his church and headed back home to share with his family the good news!
Best day of my life??? Yes, I do believe so... so far that is!
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great blog...keep them coming!
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