Taylor, Annette, & Dyson: Skeet Shooting and Engagements

An unofficial but pretty customary tradition our family has is skeet shooting between Saturday sessions of conference. An unsuspecting Marla participated believing it was just another usual outing, however she would find out that it was something more. So her boyfriend was waiting for the opportune moment (or just one that would catch her by surprise) to pop the big question. It couldn't be too obvious because Marla knew he had the ring, and she was expecting it, even mentioning about how cute it would be if Ben (Marla's Man) put the ring in an egg during the Easter egg hunt or something like that. Overhearing, Ben was disappointed because Marla mentioned his first and only, at that point, idea. So, the sisters (and sister-in-law) came to the rescue thinking up ideas where he could purpose and still surprise our little sis. The one he decided on (Mine..:)..) would occur during our skeet shooting excursion.

This is Elder Jay Bach one of Lance's missionary companions, he served with Lance for 6 months total. So he joined us for the weekend along with one of Marla's roommates, Marie, and of course Marla's now fiance Ben. It was fun to have Jay Bach though because it helped (even if it wasn't a ton) to fill the void we were all feeling with Lance gone.

My Brother Randon had a bloody nose-a frequent occurrence unfortunately. He still is super handsome huh?

Here's my (awful) pictures of Ben proposing to Marla. The chain of events went as follows:

After we were finished skeet shooting we all run down the hill and start searching for whole skeet and breaking up big peices of broken skeet etc. Marla and Ben venture off together to find a special skeet planted earlier by myself. Ben didn't know exactly where to go, so I tried pointing from a distance. Finally, Marla finds the skeet with the ring box taped underneath. She excitedly pulls it off...