Unknown to Kari, when they were in Baton Rouge for her nephew's birthday party three weeks prior, Stewart had asked for and received Kari's father's blessing. Stewart then walked around with a ring in his pocket trying to propose. Stewart will tell people that Kari did not make it easy!
Three examples that Stewart gave Kari of him trying to propose and her "sabotaging" it are:
Kari was in San Angelo the weekend after they went to Baton Rouge and Stewart took her to San Angelo's famous lily pad pond park. The sun was setting and the weather was beautiful. There was another couple there getting their engagement pictures taken. As they were walking around, Kari announced that she did not like lily pads.
Over Memorial weekend, Kari arranged a date night. She told Stewart that they were going to pick up dinner from Freebird's and have a picnic dinner while watching the Austin bats. Stewart wrapped the engagement ring in tinfoil so that he could pretend to propose with a ring made out of his burrito's tinfoil. When they got to the bridge to watch the bats, Stewart suggested a secluded area away from people to which Kari promptly announced that was stupid because they wouldn't be able to see the bats.
After the picnic dinner, Stewart and Kari went and played putt putt golf. They bet that the loser would have to plan what they did on Sunday. Stewart ended up losing, and Kari suspected that he did it on purpose. On Sunday, Kari asked what the dinner plans were and Stewart stated that he thought they could pick up a picnic dinner and go back to the park that they went to for their first picnic. Stewart then changed into nicer clothes and Kari responded that he was dressed too nicely for a picnic and went and changed her clothes. They ended up just going to a restaurant.
The real deal ....
Stewart's mother was in town so Kari had taken Thursday and Friday off from work. Thursday was their two month anniversary so Stewart picked up Kari early in the morning to spend some time together before meeting up with his mother. Stewart loves old buildings so they decided to check out historic downtown Georgetown. They were at the old courthouse and Stewart said he wanted to stop and read the historical marker. He was getting nervous about asking. Kari announced she didn't want to and started walking off (she is not a morning person at all). She walked past a bench before Stewart caught up to her (and thought to himself that the bench was no longer an option). They walked to the courthouse steps which had historical markers on each side. Stewart said he wanted to read them, and Kari, being cranky Kari, asked why he couldn't read them afterward and kept walking up the steps to go in and look around. Stewart stopped her and was standing next to her and remarked that he could see their reflection in the door. He was going to say something along the lines of "I can see myself with you" but Kari promptly stopped that by announcing she was in the middle and could only see the doors. Stewart then started to turn to her and said her full name which is German. Kari knew that he had been practicing and thought that's all he was doing at that point. Kari told him he was getting better but then realized he was still talking. Stewart told her that he loved her and then got down on one knee and held her hands. Stewart said that he wanted to spend his life with her and asked her to marry him. Kari said "seriously?" and Stewart said yes. Kari said "now?" and was completely confused as it was 9:30 am. Stewart then pulled the ring out of his pocket and put it on her finger. Kari then realized that he was serious and all of her crankiness went away as she told him yes!
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