We were on vacation in Montana, when James totally surprised Kristen.
Here's his version of the story:
At the beginning of our trip to Montana in August 2009 I spent a lot of time showing Kristen around the beautiful city of Helena. The first full day there we took the Tour Train, which is a trolly that tours Helena's capitol complex, historic mansion district, and downtown. I also drove her around myself showing her all the Queen City of the Rockies has to offer.
The next day, I knew I was going to propose because it was our 14 month anniversary. We started out by going downtown and then walking around the Cathedral. Kristen thought it was another day of being shown around and finding things to do. Then I suggested we go out to see Clancy which is a small town with abundant mountain scenery about 20 minutes south of Helena. After turning onto a dirt road I assured Kristen I knew where I was going and that I used to come here all the time to go fishing. We parked on a bridge over the Prickly Pear Creek and I suggested we go over the fence and walk around. Kristen asked me if that was trespassing and I said something about it being Montana and also that Montana law allows recreation access to water. Kristen and I take a lot of photos with the two of us so I suggested we put the camera on the fence post and use the timer. While she was getting in place I kept telling her to scoot back so she did not realize what I was doing. I had the ring hidden in a box of granola bars I knew she didn't like so she wouldn't look in there. I got the ring out of the box in my backpack, pushed the button, and ran. While I was getting on one knee she still didn't quite know what was happening and the camera captured the look on her face just as she started to realize what I had done.
I said with shakey hands, "Kristen (last name), I love you so much, will you marry me?" And she exclaimed, "absolutely yes!" The ring fit perfectly on her finger and then we kissed and hugged and I explained that the big diamond is from her grandmother's wedding ring and I had it put in a new setting (Kristen's parents had given me her Grandma's ring when I asked for their permission to marry her). We took plenty of pictures and stayed for a while in the meadow taking in the beautiful wild flowers and the mountain scenery.
Afterwards we had the afternoon to ourselves and went on the Gates of the Mountains boat tour before calling any friends or family. That night the Larsens who we stayed with treated us to a wonderful dinner at MacKenzie River Pizza. Then we called our families to tell them about our exciting day.
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