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Brandy & Josh

Friday, March 28, 2008
It was Friday evening, and I had just gotten home from work and changed into my sweats. I was almost ready to start cleaning the house to prepare for the company we had coming into town on Saturday when Josh came in from work with an unbelievable amount of energy! He wanted me to go with him to a “meet & greet” for 4x4 drivers that was being held at Jordan Lake. Josh has a big jeep with the huge tires that he loves to take off road and rock crawling any chance he gets, and he didn’t want to pass up the chance to meet people that shared his favorite past time. We had been planning all week to stay in and clean, and I couldn't believe he was going to change plans on me just like that! I told him that there was no way I was going with him, because the house had to be cleaned and I really didn't care about going up there to meet a bunch of Jeep obsessed guys. I could tell he really wanted to go, so I just told him to go on without me. He would just not take no for an answer, and insisted that I get dressed and go with him. I was not excited about this at all, but he finally convinced me by promising to take me out to eat afterwards and helping me clean when we got home. I love going out to dinner, so he knew that would get me. So, there I was changing clothes while complaining the entire time, asking, “are there going to be other girls there?” and so on. He just kept saying, “Hurry up!” So finally we were on our way to Jordan Dam, which is about a 15-minute drive from our house in Sanford. Josh had grabbed the camera to take with us so he could supposedly take pictures of other jeeps to get ideas for his own. When we got to the dam, there were actually quite a few trucks and jeeps in the parking lot, which made his plan all that much better!

Deaver and Ferguson proposal How he proposed: April 25, 2008 I kept asking, “Do you know that guy… what about that jeep, do you recognize it?” He just kept playing along the entire time saying, “No I don't know that guy, but were not supposed to meet for another 15 minutes or so, let's walk out to the dam to look around while we wait.” While we hiked up the trail to the look out over the dam, I couldn’t help thinking how much time we were wasting here. We were walking around reading all the facts and information about the dam and Josh was taking a few pictures of the lake… it really was gorgeous up there. Then he asked me to go stand in front of the railing so he could take a picture of me, then quickly changed his mind and set the camera on a timer so we could get a picture together. I thought this was a great idea until the camera fell right over the railing! Luckily it had not fallen far, and Josh was able to crawl through and get it. I was upset because I was sure the camera had broken, but it was fine so he suggested we try again. I told him not to worry about it because I really didn't want to mess up my camera, but he was very insistent about taking this picture of us. I was really confused because Josh usually hates taking pictures! So, we tried again and this time when he came running over, he got right in front of me, pulled the ring out, and dropped down to one knee! Josh proposed, and asked me to be his best friend for the rest of his life! I was in complete shock as the camera went off, and the look on my face in the picture says it all! Of course I said yes, when I could finally get it out. I was truly taken by surprise; I did not expect it at that moment at all! We just stood there and hugged and kissed until I shouted, “ The picture! Go get the camera so we can see!” It couldn't have come out any better if someone was standing there taking it. That is when it hit me that there was no meet and greet after all, and Josh stood there laughing knowing that he got me good! Poor Josh thought he was never going to get me to go with him that night. I really didn't mean to make it that stressful for him, but everything worked out perfect! I couldn't have planned it any better… I Love You Josh!