A Modest Proposal

I, Brooke Taualii, am engaged! Yes, I know it's crazy because nobody ever thought I would ever get married (believe me, I don't blame you, I didn't think I ever would either)! Anyways, my teammate (Chelsea "Selly") told me I needed to blog about this... LOL. So, here it goes:

Friday, February 13th

Friday the 13th was the day Kahili and I drove down to Vegas from Provo to meet up with my family. AJ was playing softball there and we had been planning to go since Winter break.

 [About a week before we had talked and decided that Kahili would talk to my parents on Friday night when we got to Vegas]

We arrived Friday night, pretty late, but just in time for AJ's last game! During the game, I can quote the conversation that my mother and Kahili had:

Mom: "So, you gonna go play poker or something at the casino with Kevin tonight?"

Kahili: "Nope, Brooke won't let me."

Mom: "WHAT?!! I don't see a ring on her finger!!! You can do whatever you want!"

Kahili: [looks at me and chuckles]

When the game finished, I announced that Daylene (my little sister) and I wanted to listen to Taylor Swift on the way back to the hotel so Kahili would have to go with my parents because there was no room in our car for him. [Clever huh?! my idea of course :)] So, Kahili nervously went with my parents and Daylene and I had a nice ride back to the hotel. I guess they said yes! haha.

Saturday, February 14, 2009 VALENTINE"S DAY

We woke up on Saturday and decided to go bowling with my 2 sisters and one of my sister's teammates. Too bad the bowling place was packed. Instead, we went to the arcade. After playing for awhile, my mom met up with us and we went shopping. Then, we went to AJ's game where she hit a home run. Halfway through the game, Kahili told me we needed to leave because he had "reservations" at a nice restaurant for Valentine's Day. We went back to the hotel and showered and then left. I DO NOT LIKE SURPRISES! The entire time we were in the car, I was asking where we were going and Kahili LIED... multiple times. I was getting very frustrated and anxious.... WHERE ARE WE GOING?!?! goodness. 

Finally, we pulled up the Venetian Hotel on the strip where I knew my cousin was staying with her boyfriend in a suite because they were going to see The Phantom of the Opera. We went inside and there was a key waiting for us at the front desk. We went up to the suite on the 21st floor and the view was beautiful [Kahili asked me to mention this detail whenever I tell the story]! There was supposed to be dinner waiting there for us but the person who was supposed to order it forgot so we tried to order room service but the line was busy. It's ok, I wasn't hungry anyways. We hung out for a little while checking out the room and watching a little TV. At that point, Kahili told me he had a Valentine's Day gift for me. [He had been carrying his backpack around the entire time.] He went over to his backpack and shuffled around for a bit and brought back an envelope full of pictures. He told me he was going to get a photo album but didn't have time. When I finished looking through the pictures, I looked up and he was getting down on 1 knee. He pulled a box out of his pocket and opened it as he told me he loves me and wants to spend eternity with me. I said yes. :)