Ahhh!

I just wanted to let all of you know that my camera broke so I haven't been able to take any pictures! My wedding is coming up in a couple weeks and I don't know how I am going to be able to document everything that is going to be going on! I am kind of freaking out! :( Hopefully some of you can be kind and take pictures of stuff for me and send them to me! :)I am so excited to get married!! 18 more days! Yay! I love this man. He is my everything!

Engagements

Hey all! We are probably going to send out our annoucements soon! Yay! We have only been engaged for 3 weeks yet we have almost the whole wedding planned out! This whole experience has been amazing, stressful, hard, wonderful, all at the same time :) We have one more month till we get married and I am so excited for that day! Our friend Kendra Hansen did our engagement photos and she did a wonderful job. So I just wanted to share a few with you! Oh, and if you haven't given us your address yet you better do it so you can receive one!

The Proposal

I know some of you have been waiting ever so patiently for this post, so here you go! ;) Just a warning, it's a lot of words!

It was Wednesday July 27th. The day did NOT start out very well at all. Have you ever had a down day where you just felt awful and there was NOTHING that was going to make it better? You didn't feel very pretty, you didn't want to get out of bed, you just wanted to crawl in a hole and never come out? Well, that's exactly how I was feeling that day. I almost called into work I was so depressed. I didn't want to face people one bit! But I forced myself to work and I survived. (barely!) Earlier that day, Chris had told me to just come over to his house when I got off work, and so that's exactly what I did! I hadn't heard anything differently so I drove to his house. I parked my car in his driveway and got out of my car. Right at that time, Chris was coming out of his house, saw me, and yelled quite loudly, "Oh SHOOT!" You can imagine how that made me feel. Made me feel like he had forgotten I was coming and didn't really want me there! He tried to tell me that he said that because he had forgotten his work keys or something at work, but I can always tell when he is lying cause he isn't a very good liar (which is not a bad thing! :). I didn't ask questions. I just accepted his story. So I went in his house and I still just felt really blue and sad, so I started telling him how I was feeling and it brought on some tears that us girls just can't control sometimes....right in the middle of this he tells me that he has to leave and go somewhere but he can't tell me where, that I just have to trust him. Hmmmm where do you think he went? :)

So he gets back to the house right when I was finishing making dinner and so we eat and he tells me he wants to go to the Visitors Center that night. Right before we leave the house he puts a jacket on, which I thought was really weird since he NEVER wears jackets and it's JULY and super hot outside! But I didn't say anything and we went on our way. We got to the visitor's center and they are doing construction at the temple right now so there is no grass, lots of bulldozers everywhere, and a bunch of dirt. It really didn't matter to me cause we were by the temple of it's beautiful anyway, but Chris kept saying how sad he was that there was no grass, and that it wasn't romantic, and I was like, we are at the temple! You don't need grass to be romantic! :) We looked around the visitors center (while we were in there they gave us little bookmark) and then we started walking around the outside of the temple. We were walking, enjoying each other and the beautiful night. He then started telling me how much he loved me and was so happy with me and didn't want to be with anybody else. At that point we had come to the "Brides Garden" where they have a little gazebo and flowers and benches. Chris stopped and took off his jacket and made me put it on. I didn't remember saying I was cold, but I just went with it. :) So we were standing there talking and then all of a sudden he says he wants to see the bookmark they gave us in the visitors center. I reach my hand in the pocket of his jacket to get it and I feel the bookmark, but then I also feel a little box right next to it. I pull both things out and just stared at the box. I couldn't believe it! He took the box from me and went down on his knee. That's when I started BAWLING! I am sad that I don't remember a lot that he said cause I was crying so much and so excited. But he told me that he loved me and wanted to be with me forever and then he asked me to marry him! Of course I said yes and he put the ring on my finger and made me the happiest girl in the world. We left the temple so happy and started making phone calls and sending out texts and going to our houses to show our families. I can't wait to marry Chris in 6 weeks! :)

Our Journey Up North

Last weekend Chris and I took a road trip up north to Canada! We went to southern Alberta and it was BEAUTIFUL! The drive through Montana was very green and mountainy (is that even a word?? :). We stopped in Great Falls to pick up his brother and uncle at the airport and then drove the rest of the way and arrived in Magrath, Alberta! That's where his sister, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins live. We visited with his family, played at the park, and got a yummy canadian slurpee (they have different soda flavored slurpees with really fine shaved ice that is just amazing!). We were pretty exhausted from the drive so we went to bed early.
The next morning we woke up to an amazing pancake breakfast, got ready for the day, and then drove 20 minutes to Cardston where the wedding reception was going to be that night. We went and helped his cousins decorate the church. Chris and I had to tie bows out of ribbon to put on the walls....Let me tell you, I am NOT a crafty person at all! I could not tie those bows worth nothing! Chris was pretty dang good at it though! So he would get them started for me and I would get them all fluffed up, put the cute little decoration on it and tie them up. We made quite the team! :) We then drove back to Magrath, got all prettied and then went back for the reception!The reception was very nice! They served a delicious roast beef (roast beast?) meal with funeral potatoes (which Chris and I are definitely having at OUR wedding!), salads, jello, rolls, and cake and ice cream! Then were the famous skits that Chris's family likes to do at all their weddings....it's quite a production! All of the cousins reinact different embarrassing stories from the brides and grooms life. It was pretty hilarious! And everyone was turning to me and telling me to get ready for what was going to happen at our wedding! Ahhhh! The rest of the night was spent DANCING! Chris was a good sport and danced with me and stood next to me even when I looked like a fool :) That's why I love him so much! My shoes broke so I had to be barefoot, but that won't stop me from dancing! Haha On our way back to Magrath, Chris and I stopped to see the Cardston temple which was BEAUTIFUL! The gates were closed, but we got a good look at it from the outside. It has such a unique look to it. We thought about getting married there, but I don't think my family would want to come to Canada! :) The next day we drove to Waterton, which is a national park in Canada with beautiful mountains, lake, waterfalls, The Price of Wales Hotel, and yummy ice cream! We did a fun little hike (ok, it wasn't THAT little or THAT fun. It was really intense! And I had to stop like every 5 steps cause it was so steep!) But when we got to the top, the view was perfectly worth it! We got to feed the little chimpmunks some nuts while were up there and just had a great time with each other. When we got to the bottom, we went and looked at the pretty waterfall and then got some ice cream at a nearby shop! I totally deserved that after the workout I had hiking up Bear's Hump! haha

We then drove to Lethbridge to visit A&W for their famous french fries with gravy! Instead of like ketchup or fry sauce, they serve this yummy brown gravy with their fries! It was AWESOME! Their burgers were also awesome, as well as their root beer! Mmmm I wanna go back! :) Saturday night was filled with lots of relaxing, visiting with family, and watching the Best of Mr. Bean! I hadn't watched him in so long and it made me crack up a lot! He is SO FUNNY! Sunday morning we woke up, packed our bags, stopped by the gas station for one last slurpee, and drove back to Idaho Falls! It was a very fast trip, but so much fun and I can't wait to visit again!

Oh Canada....

I am going to Canada tomorrow so get ready for a great post when I get back! I am still kicking and still happy! Been busy at my salon which I love, getting things straightened out so chris and I can get married (hush, it's not official yet!), and loving SUMMER! I just love the warmth. I forgot I didn't talk about our 4th of July....we went to the parade and got lots of candy and free ties and my work Apple Athletic Club won best float! We then went to a barbeque at our branch presidents house, went to the river and Melissa and I got our funnel cake! We only get it once a year so it's quite a big production :) And then we had a barbeque at chris's house with a few close friends. I ate way too much that day, and by the time the fireworks were about to start we were exhausted, and we didn't want to face all the crowds downtown, so we sat in his hot tub and watched them from afar. :) It has been such an awesome summer! Probably the best summer yet!

Oh yeah, and we also went to the Harry Potter midnight premiere! It was AWESOME!!! Best Harry Potter movie! The only bad thing was we had to sit in the very front row cause the lady told me the wrong time that our theater was seating. Oh well, that just means we will have to go again once it gets in the cheap theater! :)

It's July!

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that I am still here! I am just super bad at keeping up with this thing lately....Not home a whole lot. I am either working, with Chris, or sleeping. So I don't make a whole lot of time for updating the blog. :) But here is what's been happening:

If you don't know already, I am working at Retreat Day Spa and Salon. I LOVE it! I love the people I work with, I am learning so much, and staying reasonably busy. It is a great fit for me and I am so happy. I still work part time at The Apple Athletic Club just to help bring in some money and I don't want to lose my gym membership!

I went boating this last weekend with a bunch of friends and had a BLAST. I got super sunburned though and it's been hurting a lot, but totally worth it! I learned how to knee board and to surf, and also went tubing, and just enjoy my awesome friends. I sure love the water. I would love to live somewhere where it's warm all year long and can just get on a boat anytime you want! That would make me very happy :)

I turned blonde again! I was debating it for a long time. I wanted a change, it was summer, Chris likes blondes, and so I just did it! And I love it. I might stay this way for a LONG time...haha

And, Chris and I are still going strong! I have so much fun with him. He treats me so well and I love him so much!

Happy Thoughts

Chris and I went to Vegas a couple weeks ago and had such an amazing time with my family. It was his first time meeting my family so it was a little nerve wrecking, but he loved them, they loved him....it all worked out great! We spent time at the pool, eating lots of food, going to the strip, and just loving being together. Thank you Doug and Beth for letting us crash at your place! It was also really nice to see Sarah and Cuyler whom I haven't seen since their wedding. I miss you guys!! I spent this last weekend in Island Park with a bunch of friends. We had a blast! We went to the Playmill and saw "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", played truth or dare, had a bbq, went 4 wheeling, and just had so much fun together. It was really nice to be able to get away for a little bit.