Miss Lindsay of... Green !?!

About 9,000 things have happened since I last blogged. But most notably – I’m now to become Lindsay Kelly Green in the near future!

Steven and I are now engaged! And that crafty Fiancé of mine gave me a great story to tell about how it happened…

As I wrote about before, I took a trip back to the hometown of Sisters, Oregon on March 18th. The weather was gorgeous for most of the time and I had a blast with my parents and brother when we went to see the Irish Rovers in concert at the Bend Theater. I was settling down in my parent’s house on Sunday night, getting ready for dinner and thinking about my trip home the next day, when Steve called. I first noticed that he sounded like he was in the car…but quickly shook it off as he asked me about the day, and what I was having for dinner. After about 10 mins, he quickly said, “I have to go…call you back in a few.” Thinking nothing of it, I hung up and went back to whatever I was doing on the computer.

Not three seconds later, the doorbell rang. I was in my sweatpants…and since I wasn’t expecting anyone, I didn’t get up to answer it. Then my dad told me to get the door. Imagine my surprise when my boyfriend – who was supposed to be in Chicago – was standing there on my parent’s doorstep in Sisters, Oregon. My little brother had brought him from the Redmond Airport.

My brain literally “did not compute” for about 3 seconds. I had no idea who he was or why he was standing there. I didn’t even let him in the house until he asked, “can I come in?” about one minute later. I finally hugged him and everything started to rush through my head at once—like when the hero in a movie finally puts all the missing pieces together and figures out the problem (and the audience sees it in flashbacks).

Flash 1: Dad took me dress shopping, playing it off as if I would wear the dress to the concert the night before. Then, suddenly, changed his mine the day off and told me to save the dress we got for a different time.

Flash 2: Although mom thought it would be better to have our Mock Easter Dinner (cause I wouldn’t be home for the holiday) on Sunday night, Dad insisted we had it on Saturday instead.

Flash 3: Mom had asked about dinner Sunday night about an hour earlier, and was going to start making it. But dad insisted we wait a bit longer because he wasn’t hungry. When my mom asked again a half hour later, dad said to start it in 20 more minutes.

Flash 4: Dad decided that we wouldn’t go into Bend to watch Jared play hockey on Sunday night.

Flash 5: Steve totally sounded like he was in the car while on the phone.

I’m sure there were many more, but this is what I remember. And, as you can tell from the above, my Dad and brother were the only ones that knew what was going on (Steve had called to ask Dad for permission a few weeks before to set it all up). I didn’t know for sure…but I was 90 percent sure when I found Steve on the step, that he was there to propose.

But, instead of kneeling down right on the stoop, Steve told me that we had reservations for the Blacksmith. According to Yelp, this is the best place to get a steak in Bend. We arrived early, had a few drinks, and then were brought to our booth and ordered our dinner. We had amazing crab fondue and our steaks were so tender and delicious. I was still half in shock and TOTALLY nervous when we finished eating. It seems so odd how I reacted now…because we’ve been a couple for five and a half years, and have lived together for all five and a half of them.

After dinner, he put his arm around me, said something like, "Well, I lied, I actually planned this out long in advance. We've had some good times together, huh?" He then slid off the booth and onto one knee as he presented the ring and asked the question I knew was coming. I teared up a bit, said yes immediately and we spent the rest of the evening there cuddling and admiring the beautiful ring. When we got home to Sisters, my parents congratulated us and we had some Champagne. It was truly an engagement to remember and we’re so thrilled and giddy about it even still!!! We don’t have any plans on a date yet or anything, but I will be sure to update often.

So, although not much has changed other than the lovely addition to my left hand, we made our trip to New York this past weekend and had great celebration of our new status. And since this blog is a book already, I will save the wonders of the Big Apple for tomorrow’s post!