Hiram, Liz, and Company: Then and Now

November 16th, we celebrated the two year anniversary of Hiram proposing to Liz. We thought it would be fun to revisit the big moment.

Here is our proposal story, for those who don't know it. (If you do, you can skip the next couple of paragraphs). Hiram picked Liz up for a date and then blindfolded her for the car ride. He drove her to one of our special spots. It's a beautiful stream in the middle of a little forest in Salt Lake, where we'd done a lot of talking in the past. At any rate, he took her down the stairs and led her to a bridge. He turned on some music in his phone from "Phantom of the Opera," we danced, and he finally undid the blindfold. He pointed Liz in the direction of some flowers and a note that had been craftily concealed, and then he spun her once more, got down on one knee, whipped out a ring, and asked her to be his wife. And then she said yes!

But there's more- Hiram's brother Mike had been following us the whole time with a video camera, so the whole thing is on tape! It was fortunate that Liz saw Mike when Hiram proposed, or she might have started crying right there. Fortunately, she did not cry, as this would have been very embarrassing (yet characteristic) of her!

Here is a picture Mike took immediately after Hiram proposed to Liz

Anyway, fast forward two years. Last night, we visited the spot again, to celebrate. We had such a good time. Except there were some differences:

1. There were no blindfolds involved. It was dark enough that none were needed.
2. "Now the duet has become a trio" (we brought Bethany).
3. Liz had traces of spit-up on her shirt, and (she found out later) her fly was unzipped the entire time.
4. There was a lady that greeted us as we entered the path, telling us to go another way because there was snow on the path we wanted to go (our path). We ignored the advice and found ourselves in some pretty slick snow. But we made it out alive, and it was totally worth it.
5. We went to the same Red Lobster afterwards to eat. However, this time, Liz had to breast feed at the table, which was fortunately not an issue on our engagement night.
6. We love each other so much more now.