House of Three Shepherds: Wedding Weekend

I hope everyone had a great weekend! My cousin Henry got married on Saturday, he was the first boy on either side of my family to get married. Henry is the oldest of 8 kids and his family lives just down the street from Tyler. We had an absolute blast at the wedding. A highlight was George, the youngest of Henry's siblings, who broke out his dancing moves. Let's just say it was YouTube worthy, hopefully he'll bust them out again at our wedding in November! Great wedding and lots of fun!

Beautiful Bride and Handsome Groom!

Cousins after the wedding at Ernie Biggs in Westport

The adorable favor from the new Mr. & Mrs. Specht!

So speaking of wedding, Tyler and I are getting married in just over 7 months. It's hard to believe that we've already been engaged for 2 months! I haven't posted yet about the wedding/planning because I'm not even really sure where to begin. I guess I should start with our engagement. I need to preface this by saying that I am VERY impressed by my friends and family. Little did I know that a LOT of people were in on the secret, but Tyler managed to pulled it off.

The weekend of Saturday, February 25th, one of my best friends, Samantha, was in town from Arizona. Samantha grew up in Kansas and her whole family moved to Arizona when she started college at ASU her freshman year. She still has family here, so she comes back to visit friends and family whenever she can. Samantha told me she was coming in town to spend time with family but we planned to do something on Saturday night. Tyler also had a few friends coming in town, they were all "going to the George Strait concert."

Now, Tyler and I have been dating for a while now so I knew a proposal was coming at some point. I'm not going to lie, often times I would think, "hmmm could this be his plan to propose?" However, since he was "going to George Strait", I didn't think twice.

Saturday, Samantha and I had brunch at Urban Table then spent the day shopping. We had a really fun day, then decided to go back to my house to get ready for our night out. Janna, one of my other close friends, came over and the three of us went to Gram and Dun on the plaza for drinks and appetizers (I thought I had chosen the restaurant, but apparently it was all part of the plan). We had great food, great conversation, and I was looking forward to a night out with some of my best friends. Tyler texted me and we were planning to meet all of the boys down at P&L for a drink before they went into the concert. I suggested we meet at Bar Louie, and he agreed. We finished up our drinks and walked towards Janna's car to head downtown.

We were chatting away when Janna told me to check out the cute outfits in the J Crew window. That's where I saw a sign that said, "Megan Will You Marry me?" I promptly ask, "Who is Megan?" The next 5 minutes are an absolute blur. I turned around and Tyler was walking towards me with a ring box, he got down on one knee and proposed. I cannot tell you for the life of me what he said. I was too excited, surprised, confused, happy, on and on.... Luckily Evan, Janna's husband, got the whole thing on video. THEN, Tyler pointed behind him at a stretch limo. Some of our best friends were in the limo waiting for us with champagne to celebrate. I thought that had to be it, that was more than I ever imagined. But Ty wasn't finished yet. He had a surprise engagement party waiting at 75th Street Brewery for our friends an family. I can't even explain how perfect the night was. Tyler is so thoughtful and it was more than I could have imagined. To top it off, Samantha was actually in town for the engagement, despite what she told me before. I'm so grateful for our friends and family, and of course my wonderful fiance that made it such a perfect night. Here are a few highlights: