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The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys’ Cole McBee has popped the question!
The Bravo star proposed to his girlfriend, Kacie Adkison, on Friday, Nov. 7, presenting her with a 3.16-carat ring.
“Kacie is the biggest spy, she knows everything going on, and we were able to keep it a secret,” McBee tells PEOPLE. “It surprised her, and that was the number one thing I wanted.”
McBee and Adkison’s 10-month-old daughter Blair was involved in the special moment. “We 100% included our daughter. We want to include her in everything we do. She’s our whole world and our whole life,” McBee says.
“I had no idea. I thought we were just going to dinner, and when I was walking outside, I thought I was being pranked. I realized it wasn’t a prank when I saw Cole and Blair walk out, and the whole trail up to the gazebo was covered in flowers,” Adkison adds. “I wanted a lot of flowers included in my proposal. I was very happy and very shocked.”
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McBee and Adkison have been in an on-again, off-again relationship for several years. Speaking to USA Insider in April 2024, Adkison explained that she initially “friend-zoned” McBee “pretty hard” after they were introduced by a mutual friend, but once they started dating, they both “fully jumped into” the relationship.
“We have had a very long past,” Adkison told the outlet. “We were both just young and immature, but you see on the show we become finally official and ever since then we’ve been together and it’s been great so far.”
Recalling the proposal, Adkison tells PEOPLE, “I started crying. … I feel like I blacked out from emotion, so I couldn’t do anything. I was extremely caught off guard. I still can’t believe this happened.”
As for what his famous family thinks of the engagement, McBee says, “The McBee family is super excited.”
“They have been on me about this for the last at least two years now, but for sure the last year since Blair has been born,” he continues. “They already considered Kacie family, but now she’s just officially family.”
As for her own brood, Adkison adds, “I know my family is very excited. They’ve considered Cole family forever, and I can’t believe none of them gave it away. They’re not good with secrets.”
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Looking ahead to their wedding, the couple already knows what they want.
“[I want a] big wedding,” McBee tells PEOPLE, as Adkison adds, “We would like to do it early October, late September of next year, but it just depends. And we want to do it on the farm with a mechanical bull.”
The couple’s engagement was a hot topic in season 2 of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.
McBee and Adkison discussed taking the next step in their relationship, with McBee even shopping for engagement rings. However, Adkison pressed the brakes on McBee’s proposal.
“I just think we need a little more time,” Adkison said on the show. “I don’t wanna get engaged just because it’s the next step in our relationship. I wanna get married because, like, I wanna spend the rest of my life with you.”
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Speaking to Bravo’s The Daily Dish in September, McBee and Adkison teased that they were closer than ever to being ready for an engagement.
“Becoming parents has brought us so much closer, and I feel confident in our relationship to take that next step,” Adkison shared. “Blair will be a beautiful flower girl, and that makes it even more special.”
McBee teased at the time, “I think we are both ready for the next step. So maybe it will happen soon?”
