My First Blog!

So since I am starting a new chapter in my life I figured lets start a new blog too! I look at Jackie's and love the lay out and how its easy to follow so I thought I would give it a shot! You may be asking "what is this new chapter she speaks of?" Well it would be my engagement to my incredible fiance Andrew! :) For so long I wondered if I would find "the one" because it sounded to good to be true. That and the fact that I had become so darn picky! Then we met at a Hockey game a couple years back (March 11th 2006 to be exact) and have been attached at the hip since!

So I'll move on to the engagement story... Last year Andrew and I spent the 4th of July weekend at our dear friends Cj and Lauren's lake cabin in eastern washington. It is about 20 miles outside of Colville if your curios. We had an incredible time and decided to do the same thing again this year! I had been looking forward to this trip for months (the closest thing we have had to a real vacation in a LONG time!) Little did I know he had this proposal planned for awhile. When we met up at a friends place to carpool over on the 3rd he passed the ring off to be hidden so I wouldn't find it in our stuff! I was in a mood that evening (so I think I'm lucky he still wanted me!) So I cool off on the ride over and we have a great time. The next day, the 4th of July is overcast and not too warm (strange for that area and upsetting because we want to play on the boat!) So I was inside reading and Andrew had gone off to run some errands with a friend. When he came back he saw me sitting their and motioned for me to come into our room (I figured he needed help with something or wanted to take a nap... I was up for either!) So we layed down... then all of a sudden he rolls over and sort of props himself up and leans on my tummy while I am laying on my back. And pulls out a box... at this point I can barely see (my eyes were adjusting to the bright light from the window behind him) and he starts saying all this sweet stuff. I love you more than anything, I want to be with you forever, etc, etc, (he opens the box to reveal a beautiful ring) , will you marry me? I am STUNNED! and trying to convince myself that it is really happening because I have wanted it for so long and just didn't want to get my hopes up! But I of course said YES!!! so here we are today. Overwhelmed with the idea of planning a wedding. But so excited to finally becoming husband and wife!

Here's a pictures of us right after we opened our door. Our good friend Cj was standing there with a huge smile on his face and grabbed a camera for us, and then Joe snuck in the picture too! :)


And you may ask what is with the sapphires on the ring? Well it was an idea that Andrew came up with. He wanted to incorporate his birthstone into the ring to really make it about "us" I LOVE HIM!!!! :)