I'M ENGAGED!!!!!

Thursday night Mike proposed in front of the Draper Temple!!!!! We will be getting married June 20th in the Salt Lake Temple! I am the luckiest girl alive! He is so sweet and thoughtful, I love it!

For all of you who have been asking...here is the story! Thursday night Mike and I were just going to do our own thing...he would do homework and I would catch up on other things. As I was sitting on my bed balancing my checkbook (Mike seems to like this detail about me :) I saw Mike pull up to my house looking pretty studly! I myself had just started laundry and put on some old clothes because I was just going to be at home for the night (or at least I thought).

With a huge smile Mike said "Hey lets go for a drive!" He almost pulled me out the door with no shoes on! It was at this point I knew exactly what was going on and where we were going. We drove to the new Draper Temple close to my house and sat on the temple hill overlooking the whole Salt Lake Valley.

Mike had made a cute book of pictures on the computer from many of our past dates with funny sayings, pictures, and memories. He told me eternity wasn't long enough when he thought about being with me. So sweet!

He then asked me to MARRY HIM!!!! I said "Of course.... I'm SO glad you asked!!! I said that because I was trying SO hard to be patient because we already had the temple date for almost 2 weeks prior to this! (We were just waiting on the ring) It was getting difficult not to tell people. So, its official and SO MUCH fun! Plans are already going well....I cant wait to marry the boy of my dreams!!!!

Valentines Fun!

The day before Valentines Day (Friday the 13th) Mike took me to a dance held at the University of Utah. We went to dinner at Buca di Beppo's in Salt Lake with a big group of Mike's friends then went to the dance held in the stadium tower overlooking Salt Lake City. I had such a fun time! Here are a few fun pictures from the night!

This one is my Favorite!!

You cant help but notice the awesome pictures and artwork surrounding every wall...you cant miss the giant one right behind us, the nuns were my favorite!

I promise he does like me--I caught him by surprise, he was being camera shy :)

After the dance they gave all the girls a rose to take home!

and why not end with another favorite picture!!!?

We got so much snow the whole week of Christmas. It was definitely a white Christmas!! Here are a few fun pictures of my Dad and brothers building a giant snowman in our front yard the day after Christmas.
14 foot snowman!! Jordan is about 6'6" just for a comparison...

Gotta love the canoe paddles as arms!

Sledding through the neighborhood!

Blogging Accident :(

I am sad to say that I was changing my blog settings the other day and messed the whole thing up...my format, background, and links to other blogs somehow disappeared with one click. It was late and after that I just got frustrated with it and gave up. I just wanted to put that out there so you don't judge me by my blog...or lack of blog :) Someday I will get around to fixing it, somehow I will find all your links again and re-add them one by one. Unless somebody knows of an easier way to get them back--do tell!

Just 9 Inches!

Yes, I did it...I have talked about it for long enough...what you ask? About a month ago I chopped 9 inches off my hair!! Ahh, I didn't know it was even that long until I saw it lying on the floor and it was too late!! Its been a fun change!

Before

After

PS- for those of you wondering...Yes, I am dating the cute boy (Mike) in the pictures!!! :)

Happy LATE Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving this year I had the chance to go to Las Vegas with my family to visit relatives. It was a fun weekend full of good food and family! I am so THANKFUL for my family! The day after Thanksgiving we went to see Hoover Dam. It was quite impressive, and I learned a lot. Here are a few pictures I took...

Birthdays and Babies!!!

I have decided my blogging comes in spurts....usually I get around to posting on my blog way after the event is over. By that time more has happened and I just wonder which one I should put up now? Life is good but so busy all the time so I guess that's what my blogging will have to be...spurts of updates all at once!! :) Birthdays and new baby nephews are just a few of the exciting things going on in the last month!

Dad's Birthday was September 21. Mom and Dad were in Idaho for the weekend, when they walked in the door we had a mini surprise birthday party for dad. We (all 6 of us) hid in the pantry and jumped out to surprise dad! It was a lot of fun...I think the most fun I had was getting ready for it and helping/watching Janelle make this awesome 2 layer yellow and chocolate cake late the night before!

We decided to decorate dad's chair with his birthday present instead of wrapping it!! Brandon's birthday was October 10th, and Josh's 15th birthday is October 19th! I cant believe my little brother is 15!! Happy Birthday guys!
Hadley Lynn was born on September 13th!!! This last Saturday and Sunday I had the chance to go to Rexburg to see my new nephew Hadley be blessed on Sunday. I had a great weekend in Rexburg visiting my family, old roomates, and roomates who recently returned from missions. It is always a strange feeling being back in Rexburg-but not as a student...makes me miss it a little...then I saw the poor students walking around in the freezing cold. Ohh I do remember and do not miss those days!!!

Saturday afternoon my family went to the straw maze. Because Brandon works with the people who run the maze it was just our family running all over in the maze before it opened. We had a lot of fun! here are a few pictures to show how much fun we had!! Maura, Janelle, and I! I LOVE fall!
Brandon, Sandra, Bryson and baby Hadley after the baby blessing on Sunday. Bryson was being a cute older brother and trying to give Hadley kisses for the picture! Thanks for the great weekend guys-we had so much fun visiting you!!