{"id":8040,"date":"2015-03-14T11:57:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T16:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2015-03-14T13:59:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T18:59:58","slug":"engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2015\/03\/engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaged!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8046\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/156\/2015\/03\/IMG_1557-e1426348341725.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_1557\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last night,\u00a0<\/span>Sgt Dakota Meyer proposed and I said yes!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dakota\u00a0came to Alaska to\u00a0film\u00a0<i>Amazing America<\/i>\u00a0with my mom last year.\u00a0 He met Tripp during that time, and\u00a0I\u2019ve seen him in a few places where our paths have crossed since. \u00a0He\u2019s visited us in Alaska, and I\u2019ve visited his wonderful family in Kentucky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8041\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/156\/2015\/03\/IMG_5226-e1426348503102.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_5226\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He\u2019s wonderful with Tripp and\u00a0I\u2019m so proud to be marrying him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He\u2019s so romantic! He asked me to marry him at a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rascalflatts.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"s2\">Rascal Flatts<\/span><\/a>\u00a0concert. The lead singer, Gary LeVox, dedicated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8-vZlrBYLSU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"s2\">Bless the Broken Road<\/span><\/a>\u201d to us, and then Dakota got down on one knee and proposed!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s amazing to see what happens when you place everything in life in God\u2019s hands. \u00a0He really is\u00a0good and His plans are\u00a0so much greater than our own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8047\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/156\/2015\/03\/IMG_8731.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_8731\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Shealah-Craighead-Photography\/203945843031\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">photos by Shealah Craighead Photography<\/a>]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Read more on the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Family.html\" rel=\"external nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Patheos Faith and Family Channel<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>, fan me on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Bristol-Palin\/109696302423164\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0and follow this blog on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolsBlog\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s amazing to see what happens when you place everything in life in God&#8217;s hands.  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