With this ring...

Nothing like an engagement to get you a'bloggin'!
Engaged. What a lovely word. Fiancée. Even better!
I, Melissa Scanlon got engaged to Tyler Cameron on August 21st, 2010! I feel like the luckiest person in the world!
So many people are asking for "the story" so here my side...
At the beginning of the year, Tyler bought us concert tickets to see "The Juliana Theory"'s reunion/anniversary/farewell tour. Our best friends, Ben and Becky and Tyler's brother, Matt came with us to the first show in NY. So on Friday morning, I got on a plane to Boston, and Tyler picked me up - We took a bus to NY and checked into the hotel. We had a blast - some good food, a fun concert... that consisted of the three boys head banging for what felt like 14 hours, and Becky and I sitting down at a table yelling at each other... only because it was too loud to chat normally!  (I should also mention that on Friday night, I wore new heels to the concert...last time I buy cheap heels ever... because once we got to the concert, my feet hurt so bad I could barely stand, my feet were blistered and I took my shoes off, left 'em by a trash can and never saw them again!) Matt left early-ish on Sat. Ben, Becky, Tyler and I had some time to hang out - met up with one of Ben's groomsmen that lives in NY and ate at the cutest place! It was just a really fun time!Around 4 o'clock, we said good bye to Ben, Becky (and Maddi, my unborn "niece"), and got on a bus. Luckily, it was a much nicer bus then the one from Boston to NY, and of course much shorter! As we were approaching the city, I sent my mother a text message informing her - as my parents and grandparents were meeting us at the bus stop to take us to dinner. She said that they were in traffic. After getting off the bus stop, and using the restroom at an AmTrack station, I was told that we were needing to walk to a square to wait for them... I realize now that this isn't a big deal... but after two days of traveling, and WALKING all over NYC... I was NOT excited about it. Luckily, my smart and loving boyfriend suggested we take a cab. I was confused, but as I learned from Bambi, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". So, I kept my mouth shut, and pretended like that smartest thing was for us to take a cab to meet them a stone's throw away, instead of just making them meet us where we were. But, here is where I started to get really annoyed. The cab drops us off.... with no restaurant in site, so I just assumed Tyler had no idea where he was... so, he were go, dragging my suitcase and his duffle bag, aimlessly around Philly following Tyler's iPhone GoogleMaps dot! We walk up to this fountain, and kind of cut through it to the other side... I'm thinking the restaurant is on the other side. Still trying to keep my mouth shut, and be patient, I'm just standing there... fuming. After standing in one spot for a couple minutes, Tyler looks at me and says "I kind of have ulterior motives for bringing you here"... I didn't have an idea what that meant. He got down on one knee... believe it or not, I got even more annoyed... I thought he was trying to make me laugh or something. I remember him saying (similar too) "I've loved you for 7 years, and I've known you were the one since I was 17"... then I go blank... somewhere in there, he pulled out a box, opened it, asked me to marry him, got up off his knee. He was shaking so bad he almost dropped the ring! There was hugging, kissing, clapping from some cute couple on the bench... to which Tyler said "Thanks! This will be my second marriage, so we're hoping for a better outcome." He's a dork. My mom came out of a bush with a camera and made me cry ever more! My dad and grandparents came out from somewhere and came running across the street! It was so perfect. Simple. Just us. A pretty fountain! My family. I'm so in love, so happy - and so incredibly lucky. The next few days we just.... perfection! I could write a book about how loved and special I feel! I have the greatest family, and will be joining into a new amazing family!
I want to enjoy every second of being engaged and plan to be Tyler's fiancée for as long as I can! :)