The Proposal

On Friday March 25th, at 3:10pm, 20 minutes before school got out, I was getting my students ready for math when Bryce walked into my room with a rose and a bag full of donuts. We had already decided to get married so I knew that he would propose to me at some point, but proposing to me at school was most definitely the last thing I would have ever expected. He politely introduced himself to my kindergartners (they didn’t even know I was dating someone, as if they would know what that meant anyway). One girl was raising her hand so Bryce asked if she had a question to which she simply replied “No…I was just waving at you”.

So, Bryce gets down on one knee…opens the box and inside is nothing but a folded up index card. The card had a clue that said my ring had been taken and I must find it. I was lead on a scavenger hunt through my room while my students helped me to know where to look.

Finally the last clue said “stand on a chair, don’t be frustrated, it will be up there”. So I finally figured out what chair to stand on and was looking at the top of my whiteboard when one of my students said “Miss Morris—Do you see anything sparkly up there?!” And sure enough I did. I got it down and Bryce took it from me and asked me to marry him. He hugged me, then kissed me. You can imagine the response I got from a classroom full of kindergarteners: “EWWW!!” “Grossss!!!” “MISSS MORRRRISS!!!!” It was quite entertaining.

Finally, we finished off the day eating the donuts Bryce had gotten for the kids. One of my students said “ Miss Morris…does this mean we aren’t going to do math?!” “I asked “Aren’t donuts better than math?” Then one of my other girls chimed in and said “Seeing you kiss was better than donuts AND math!”

 

Normally I would be opposed to a public proposal but it was quite entertaining to do it with my kids. It was fun that they could be a part of it. After he proposed though, there were definitely some misconceptions. A lot of my students thought I had gotten married. I had to explain to them that I was not married but some day I would Mrs. Pinder. To which one student said “Miss Morris! I don’t want you to get married!!” I asked “Why?” “Because…I don’t like that name!”

        

That evening, Bryce took me to The Roof restaurant on top of the Joseph Smith Building that overlooks the temple. It was FANTASTIC. Everything about the proposal was perfect. And now I get to wear the most beautiful ring and marry the most perfect man.