Engaged

Oh my!

Well today was a great day, nothing unusual. You know just cleaned the house, baked cookies, got engaged, helped grandpa garden.......Hooray!!

I still cannot quite believe that I am one of those girls who goes to Utah and gets engaged after dating someone for only a few minutes. 

Next thing you know, we will be announcing a baby after only a week of marriage and our second, third, and fourth before the first's fifth birthday. 

Oh dear. I hope we aren't announcing a baby after a week of marriage. 

All silliness aside, the day was beautiful. Jett told me that he wanted to propose to me this past Saturday and so he took me to an amazing restaurant called The Roof in Salt Lake City in the uppermost portion of the Joseph Smith Building. 

We both dressed up and had an incredible time driving there. I was so happy to be going out on a date with him and he seemed nervous but acted calm and fun.

As we toured through the gorgeous restaurant, Jett had his family set up a huge handmade "Will you Marry Me" sign down on temple square and his siblings were supposed to light it up so that we could see it from where we were dining. However, not everything goes as planned. Mission: Failed. Apparently they ran into some technical difficulties with the light and poor Jett was trying to figure out how to make the proposal work while the oblivious me happily enjoyed the view of the temple beneath us and dinner. It really was yummy. 

Plans to propose that evening failed miserably and so instead of proposing that night, Jett waited for a day like today when I was covered in Pinesol and cookie dough to ask me for my hand in marriage. 

He came unannounced to grandma and grandpa's house as I was cleaning up after baking bread and cookies for grandma and grandpa. He then asked if I would really quick help him try to cheer up an old friend of his who was in need of help right away. 

We headed to his car and drove to their family's unopened restaurant where his depressed friend was said to be staying.

 Jett let me lead and I made my way to the front door. As soon as I opened it, he covered my eyes with his hands and spoke to me softly as he lead me through a maze of rooms to the very back of the restaurant.

I could hear our favorite hymns playing and felt his nervous hands shaking just a bit. When he took his hands off of my eyes, he was kneeling down in front of me with a beautiful diamond and sapphire ring cradled in a seashell resting in the palm of his hands. 

As you can imagine, I said yes. 

Showing our True Colors:)

Ariana Catherine Beadle and Niranjan (Jett) Selvaratnam

Engaged to be married 

May 17th 2011

Marriage set for July 22nd 2011 in the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints