Its hard to believe that just 6 months ago Luke and I were going to dinner for my Birthday and after dinner he got down on one knee and proposed in our living room....even harder to believe that just 9 months ago I was in a walking boot after foot surgery and Luke and I were moving him here into that tiny little apt.... :)
And now, as of yesterday, in 7 weeks we will be MARRIED.
You know, I was watching one of those wedding shows on TV and these girls were so hell bent on making their wedding an experience of a lifetime for the guests, "wedding of the century" and what have you...in reality, the REAL point of the wedding is to share that moment with your loved ones. Thats the philosophy Luke and I have gone by with planning our wedding. Nothing fancy, not a huge party, no loud music or big sit down dinner...SHaring our special day with our family and friends, eat some cake, visit and laugh and see everyone. Then Luke and I are leaving, as a married couple and going to go sit in the mountains for a week and jsut relax. Thats the description of my dream wedding day. Thats the description of what Luke and I have tried to plan. Laid back, calm, sweet, personal and US. And I can't wait! andI cant BELIEVE its 7 weeks away!
THis time we've had being engaged has been some of the best months of my life. Knowing this man loves ME so much he's ready to spend the rest of his life, devoted to ME and the feeling of knowing that I feel the same way. ITs indescribable, and those who dont have that in their relationship are REALLY lacking.
Every now and then I get a little down when I hear what people are buying, expensive homes and furniture and cards etc...when there would be NO way for us to afford half of it, but then I take a step back and think, we may not be able to afford a $300,000 home or a $50,000 vehicle, thats ok! It's ok because Luke and I have a wonderful healthy, happy relationship and as long as we have THAT we have so much more than any one of those people who are living up to 'the Jones's'...
Im a happy, blessed girl.
Ive the love of a wonderful man. I have the most loving and beautiful friends. I have family who supports me and loves me no matter what I decide, unconditionally.
And in 7 weeks I will have a husband :)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Blessed time in our lives
SO many wonderful thngs are happening in our lives right now that I want o scream from the rooftops! :)
But I guess instead of being sent away to the Happy Farm, I'll tell you all about them here!
On Jan 8 the wonderful girls in my life threw me a lingerie party/ dinner at Ajuuas Mexican restaraunt. IT was such a good time and so many of my wonderful friends came in for it! One of which I havent seen in YEARS! Im so blessed to know these wonderful women...here are some pictures!
My beautiful mom, sister and me.
My wonderful and beautiful friend Kendall!
We are just reminded everyday how loved we are, and how much God has blessed us. We are both so thankful.
But I guess instead of being sent away to the Happy Farm, I'll tell you all about them here!
On Jan 8 the wonderful girls in my life threw me a lingerie party/ dinner at Ajuuas Mexican restaraunt. IT was such a good time and so many of my wonderful friends came in for it! One of which I havent seen in YEARS! Im so blessed to know these wonderful women...here are some pictures!
My beautiful mom, sister and me.
My wonderful and beautiful friend Kendall!The whole crowd!!
On Jan 16, I went to San Angelo with my parents for a dress fitting! My dress is now being altered, it had to be taken in in a few spots and hemmed at the bottom and the bustle. I can't WAIT to wear it, its so beautiful and perfect and Luke is going to pee his pants when he sees me in it! He thinks my drk jeans and a decent tshirt are dressed up! :) I'll post pics of it after March 19!
On Jan 22 I was given a wonderful Bridal Shower! Again, another example of how wonderful these women in my life are! The food was fantastic, the cake was amazing both in its beauty and flavor! (Red Velvet my FAV!) We got so many wonderful gifts to help us make our home better and OURS...Everything was fabulous! THanks to these lovely women
My beautiful hostesses, Kendall, Skye, me, Kellye, Angie and Tam
The wonderful cake! So beautiful and YUMMY!
The Guest book table! Those candle sticks/candles were gift for us too!
Me and my mom and sister
Luke and I are still busy finalizing details for the wedding and we're so excited for it to be here.
March 19 couldnt get here soon enough, but we also know to cherish this time of planning and excitement and are doing our best to absorb and remember as much of it as possible.
We are mostly just so excited to be with our friends and family in one big setting and celebrate and laugh and become, well, married :) Not to mention we are so ready for our honeymoon to Ruidoso where we have put a deposit down on a little cabin up in the mountains by its self with no cell phone service! (Talk about a way to unwind and relax after the stress of the final weeks before the wedding)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
2010 Holiday season
Well the holidays have come and gone, a new year has begun, and a whole new chapter in my life is about to begin as well!
As I lay here on the couch, Luke is playing Donkey Kong on the Wii and I thought I would get everything uptodate on my blog, when I realized, in two short months Im going to have to change my blogs Name, because it will be a blog about the Ellis's :) hehe
So November started with Lukes birthday, which was pretty low key for us. Luke and I went to BEst Buy and he picked out a brand new laptop, which was his bday present, and I made him a chocolate chip cookie cake and chicken & stuffing dinner....THe next night the whole family went and ate at Clear springs.
Just 5 days later was Moms bday, in which time we went to On the Border and ate dinner, then went back to Mom and Dads and had Cake!
Here is a picture of mom hugging Dads neck on her bday ( he got her a new Dooney & Burke purse, which ahs become a bit of a tradition with them...)
Ok so Thanksgiving was at Skye's house this year, as tradition, and it was a great time. I however was unable to eat any of the wonderfully smelling food that had been so wonderfully prepared. I had been sick for over a week at that point and was unable to eat more than a few bites a time. I believe now it was a weird start to a BAD stomach bug Luke and i would have later, or maybe the flare up of a possible ulcer. At any rate Im now on nexium haha :)
HEre is a picture of the whole clan on Thanksgiving.
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas we spent a weekend with Lukes Dad and his family in Temple Texas! THey are such a fun bunch and I feel so blessed to have gotten to spend that time with them! I think they liked me alright too!! SO we had an early Christmas with them!
We had a wonderful first Christmas in our own home together! Then after we had breakfast here we went to Mom and Dads and had CHristmas there and stayed all day! It was such a wonderfully blessed day to celebrate Jesus Christs birthday! Lots of GREAT food, family, love and of course the spoiled rotten dogs! THey all got gifts from Santa too!
Last Christmas celebration for us was in Denton at Aunt Sandi's and Uncle Perrys house over New Years weekend. I will say, sadly, we're old fogies and hardly made it till Midnight. We toasted at 11:00 PM (midnight EST) and went back to the hotel. At Midnight CST we were laying in bed dozing off watching "THe 300" lol
In the meantime Luke and I are still planning the wedding! We're getting so close we're beginning to taste it! A little over 2 months to go! We can not WAIT to be husband and wife, begin this new chapter in our lives and just move on with the rest of our life! We're so incredibly blessed right now.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Blessed beyond measure
So I’ve had WAY too much time on my hands at work the last few weeks. I’ve done a lot of thinking about lots of things and so I thought I’d put some of them on paper.
Luke and I don’t have much. We have each other, we have my wonderful family and great friends. We have our little apartment and Alli May. We each have our own history degree. We each have a running vehicle and we each have jobs. We don’t have new cars, a big house, and lots of money in the bank or high paying jobs. We can’t go on extravagant trips, buy expensive new furnishings for our apartment, or even afford to eat steak every night for dinner. Some days of the month we scrape by and eat whatever we have in the freezer, make up recipes and hope we don’t run out of gas on our way to work (ok that last one is mostly me). Sometimes we have to split our electric bill and pay half with one check and the other half in two weeks. We live and think pretty simply. A big night out for us is dinner at Texas Roadhouse and a movie at Hollywood Theatres. Dressing up is something other than tennishoes with our “nice” jeans and collared shirt.
When talking about where we might want to go on a honeymoon if we can get the money, neither of us said to a Hawaiian island or a Mediterranean Cruise, neither of us said anything that was a BIG trip. We both said “a quiet cabin in the mountains”. Simple.
With all this time on my hands to think, and reflect on things, I’ve realized I wouldn’t have it any other way. Sure it would be wonderful to be able to pay all our bills at once with out even batting an eye at the bank account. It would be nice to have a new car that we aren’t afraid will break down. I’d love to own a home with a yard for Alli to run in and a place to call OURS. BUT those things aren’t important. We don’t shop at fancy clothing stores or try to live up to other Midlanders standards. We don’t aim to please anyone but ourselves. We simply live our lives with what we have, love and respect each other, have fun staying in and doing nothing, reading together, playing our Wii, cooking and cleaning up the kitchen together, or sitting on the porch and solving the worlds problems for hours on end. We don’t pretend to have more than we do. We have a lot of hand me down dishes & pots & pans. Our bed is a hand me down, the blankets we have we’ve had for years and years.
But what we do have is REAL, true, honest love and respect. We have awesome family and friends, people that, when those materialistic ones would disapprove of our hand me down ways, will still be around, people God placed to walk with us through life.
I know that someday we’ll be in a better place financially, we’ll never be rich unless we decide to play the lottery someday and happen to win J But I know we’ll be better some day, and we’ll be better for it because of these days, months, possibly years that we will struggle. We may struggle financially, but we are SOLID emotionally.
God really has blessed me in a million ways. I am blessed beyond measure, in ways that I am not worthy. But I am appreciative, I am grateful I am eternally thankful for these life lessons and these blessings that I am continually learning from. We are LUCKY people. I pray that we always know how lucky we are.
Luke and I don’t have much. We have each other, we have my wonderful family and great friends. We have our little apartment and Alli May. We each have our own history degree. We each have a running vehicle and we each have jobs. We don’t have new cars, a big house, and lots of money in the bank or high paying jobs. We can’t go on extravagant trips, buy expensive new furnishings for our apartment, or even afford to eat steak every night for dinner. Some days of the month we scrape by and eat whatever we have in the freezer, make up recipes and hope we don’t run out of gas on our way to work (ok that last one is mostly me). Sometimes we have to split our electric bill and pay half with one check and the other half in two weeks. We live and think pretty simply. A big night out for us is dinner at Texas Roadhouse and a movie at Hollywood Theatres. Dressing up is something other than tennishoes with our “nice” jeans and collared shirt.
When talking about where we might want to go on a honeymoon if we can get the money, neither of us said to a Hawaiian island or a Mediterranean Cruise, neither of us said anything that was a BIG trip. We both said “a quiet cabin in the mountains”. Simple.
With all this time on my hands to think, and reflect on things, I’ve realized I wouldn’t have it any other way. Sure it would be wonderful to be able to pay all our bills at once with out even batting an eye at the bank account. It would be nice to have a new car that we aren’t afraid will break down. I’d love to own a home with a yard for Alli to run in and a place to call OURS. BUT those things aren’t important. We don’t shop at fancy clothing stores or try to live up to other Midlanders standards. We don’t aim to please anyone but ourselves. We simply live our lives with what we have, love and respect each other, have fun staying in and doing nothing, reading together, playing our Wii, cooking and cleaning up the kitchen together, or sitting on the porch and solving the worlds problems for hours on end. We don’t pretend to have more than we do. We have a lot of hand me down dishes & pots & pans. Our bed is a hand me down, the blankets we have we’ve had for years and years.
But what we do have is REAL, true, honest love and respect. We have awesome family and friends, people that, when those materialistic ones would disapprove of our hand me down ways, will still be around, people God placed to walk with us through life.
I know that someday we’ll be in a better place financially, we’ll never be rich unless we decide to play the lottery someday and happen to win J But I know we’ll be better some day, and we’ll be better for it because of these days, months, possibly years that we will struggle. We may struggle financially, but we are SOLID emotionally.
God really has blessed me in a million ways. I am blessed beyond measure, in ways that I am not worthy. But I am appreciative, I am grateful I am eternally thankful for these life lessons and these blessings that I am continually learning from. We are LUCKY people. I pray that we always know how lucky we are.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Bullying...just rambling
Bullying and Teens
There is a lot in the news lately about teenagers/kids being bullied and doing the bullying in school and out of school, stirs up a lot of weird feelings for me.
I have been both the victim of the bullying and probably should have been punished for partaking in a form of bullying a few times in my adolescents as well.
But I am an adult, I think I’ve learned from those bad experiences and am trying to look at the issue with a non-biased, mature view.
Here’s what I see…There was Phoebe Prince, a pretty young highschool girl from Ireland. Her parents were separated; she was on anti depressants, battled self mutilation and is reported to have even done some “bullying” in her school in Ireland. She was picked on in her high school, called a “whore”, had an empty crushed coke can thrown at her and she hung herself. How do we punish the kids who bullied? Will it stop it from happening again? Does it at all take away from the fact that this girl was battling demons before she met these particular kids and suicide was something she’d already attempted once before? Do we ruin 3-4 other kids lives? Well we already have, these kids were unable to finish High school. They lost scholarships, they have death threats, a large portion of society would recognize them in public. So we bully them, because they were the bullies who supposedly, ultimately, drove Phoebe to suicide…makes sense… :-/
As someone who has been bullied, and as someone who not all that long ago was a teenage girl, I know how helpless you can feel. When the world is against you, you don’t want to go to school, you can not fathom that next week, next month, tomorrow even, this could all be over, and in a few years it won’t even be important. When your friends have all turned their backs on you and talk bad about you and say ugly, untrue things about you to other people ein school. To have people sit in the back of a classroom, people who you were great friends with just a week ago, and listen to them bad mouth and pick everything about you apart. Have them tell your secrets and try to get others to turn against you as well, and sometimes they were successful. I get it, I lived it…but… As an adult now, I know, today might’ve been bad, but tomorrow is a new start. The big difference? As a 16 year old I was 100% emotionally driven in everything I did. Whether being bullied or doing the bullying…it was all emotionally sparked. Thankfully I was very blessed, because I could come home to family who thought I was wonderful. They encouraged me to hold my head up. Told me those mean things that were said were not true if I didn’t allow them to be. Boosted me up and held me high.
My big issue with all this bullying talk is this, and I hope this doesn’t come off offensive but, the boy at Rutgers who jumped off the bridge after his roommate and another “friend” streamed video of him and another man having sex, on the internet. This is horrible, and I cant even imagine the humiliation and betrayal this poor kid felt, pure desperation to even seriously think of jumping off a bridge. And his poor family. Ugh…But his “Bullies” are no more guilty, than the “bullies” who pick on the slow kid at school, or the kids who played a prank on their friend and took it too far, the hazing that goes into clubs & fraternities. But because the victim in this setting is a homosexual, the roommate likely faces harsher charges and longer sentencing. Why? Why is bullying a person for being homosexual any worse than bullying for being overweight, freckled, skinny, Mexican, blonde, rumored sexually active, dating the wrong girl, having a baby, being poor or being rich? Isnt bullying ALWAYS a hate crime? No matter the victim, to bully is a “hate crime”. Why should some kids get a slap on the wrist, but this kid might possibly get “He and his friend now face up to five years in prison for privacy invasion; there is also talk of additional bias charges”-MSN.
Yes I think punishment is required…but everything on the news is geared towards the fact that the victim here was a homosexual. In the case of bullying, again….isnt it ALWAYS a hate crime?
I have no idea where Im going with this…just felt the need to ramble about it…
There is a lot in the news lately about teenagers/kids being bullied and doing the bullying in school and out of school, stirs up a lot of weird feelings for me.
I have been both the victim of the bullying and probably should have been punished for partaking in a form of bullying a few times in my adolescents as well.
But I am an adult, I think I’ve learned from those bad experiences and am trying to look at the issue with a non-biased, mature view.
Here’s what I see…There was Phoebe Prince, a pretty young highschool girl from Ireland. Her parents were separated; she was on anti depressants, battled self mutilation and is reported to have even done some “bullying” in her school in Ireland. She was picked on in her high school, called a “whore”, had an empty crushed coke can thrown at her and she hung herself. How do we punish the kids who bullied? Will it stop it from happening again? Does it at all take away from the fact that this girl was battling demons before she met these particular kids and suicide was something she’d already attempted once before? Do we ruin 3-4 other kids lives? Well we already have, these kids were unable to finish High school. They lost scholarships, they have death threats, a large portion of society would recognize them in public. So we bully them, because they were the bullies who supposedly, ultimately, drove Phoebe to suicide…makes sense… :-/
As someone who has been bullied, and as someone who not all that long ago was a teenage girl, I know how helpless you can feel. When the world is against you, you don’t want to go to school, you can not fathom that next week, next month, tomorrow even, this could all be over, and in a few years it won’t even be important. When your friends have all turned their backs on you and talk bad about you and say ugly, untrue things about you to other people ein school. To have people sit in the back of a classroom, people who you were great friends with just a week ago, and listen to them bad mouth and pick everything about you apart. Have them tell your secrets and try to get others to turn against you as well, and sometimes they were successful. I get it, I lived it…but… As an adult now, I know, today might’ve been bad, but tomorrow is a new start. The big difference? As a 16 year old I was 100% emotionally driven in everything I did. Whether being bullied or doing the bullying…it was all emotionally sparked. Thankfully I was very blessed, because I could come home to family who thought I was wonderful. They encouraged me to hold my head up. Told me those mean things that were said were not true if I didn’t allow them to be. Boosted me up and held me high.
My big issue with all this bullying talk is this, and I hope this doesn’t come off offensive but, the boy at Rutgers who jumped off the bridge after his roommate and another “friend” streamed video of him and another man having sex, on the internet. This is horrible, and I cant even imagine the humiliation and betrayal this poor kid felt, pure desperation to even seriously think of jumping off a bridge. And his poor family. Ugh…But his “Bullies” are no more guilty, than the “bullies” who pick on the slow kid at school, or the kids who played a prank on their friend and took it too far, the hazing that goes into clubs & fraternities. But because the victim in this setting is a homosexual, the roommate likely faces harsher charges and longer sentencing. Why? Why is bullying a person for being homosexual any worse than bullying for being overweight, freckled, skinny, Mexican, blonde, rumored sexually active, dating the wrong girl, having a baby, being poor or being rich? Isnt bullying ALWAYS a hate crime? No matter the victim, to bully is a “hate crime”. Why should some kids get a slap on the wrist, but this kid might possibly get “He and his friend now face up to five years in prison for privacy invasion; there is also talk of additional bias charges”-MSN.
Yes I think punishment is required…but everything on the news is geared towards the fact that the victim here was a homosexual. In the case of bullying, again….isnt it ALWAYS a hate crime?
I have no idea where Im going with this…just felt the need to ramble about it…
Friday, September 17, 2010
Well it’s been about a month since I blogged so I thought I’d take the time to update on a few things that have gone on…
Wedding planning is still going well. We have all the big stuff done, Location, Date, dress, bridesmaid dresses, preacher, musicians, photographer, and lots of decorations. So I think now we can start to fine tune things and start putting decorations together, flower arrangements and what not.
We took our engagement pics, here are a few my favorites. All taken by the wonderful and talented Kendall Wadsworth! Sooooo thankful to have her and her willingness to take time out of her unbelievably busy life to do this for us! LOVE her
Wedding planning is still going well. We have all the big stuff done, Location, Date, dress, bridesmaid dresses, preacher, musicians, photographer, and lots of decorations. So I think now we can start to fine tune things and start putting decorations together, flower arrangements and what not.
We took our engagement pics, here are a few my favorites. All taken by the wonderful and talented Kendall Wadsworth! Sooooo thankful to have her and her willingness to take time out of her unbelievably busy life to do this for us! LOVE her
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Planning, excitement and a little sadness
Wedding planning, excitement, some sadness; that is all that’s on my mind these days.
Yesterday I had an “episode”, for the second day in a row the song “Elizabeth”-The Statler Brothers, was playing when I walked into my home. See we play music to help mute outside noise so Alli wont bark while we’re bother gone, two days in a row at two totally different times of the day, “Elizabeth” was playing. And yesterday it struck me, something I know, I’ve been used to for a long time - that I don’t have grandparents left here on earth. This is not something I have spent a lot of time contemplating or crying over, its part of life, my parents were both the youngest, and they didn’t have me till they were up in their 30’s so by the time I came around my grandfathers had both passed and my grand mothers were up in age. I am so lucky and grateful that I had them here as long as I did! Mamah Mobley passed away when I was 14, so I had many years with her, lots of my favorite memories were at her house. My Mamah Maberry passed away when I was 18. I have many many memories of her as well. But there are pivotal moments in a persons life when you become more aware than ever that those people are no longer with us here. I heard “Elizabeth” two days in a row, after years of having not heard it at all, and im suddenly VERY aware that I will have no grandparents at my wedding. No grandparents to be ushered in and sat while some special song plays. I know in spirit they’ll be there, but there is a small void, a day which I wish I could share with them, a special moment with grand mothers that brides have, I wont have that. So amongst all the excitement and planning and joy there is a little selfish sadness. But I know they’re smiling on us, and will be with us there that day.
On a whole other note, well still on wedding notes, I am so annoyed with people thinking that my wedding should revolve around them. I will only have 3 bridesmaids, my sister and my two closest friends, the 3 people I Have always known would be standing by me, I refuse to be a bride who asks everyone they know to be a bridesmaid for the sake of evening it out or just to have a large bridal party. Please do not be offended that you weren’t asked. The date we chose, works for US. It’s a perfect time away, not too far, and yet far enough to get the wedding planned with minimal stress. The date, whether you can or cannot come, was not set so that someone couldn’t come; it was not any sort of vendetta against people we don’t want there. On that same note we are choosing to be married in San Angelo, that was a personal choice, the place is PERFECT for the type of wedding we want, not to mention cost efficient, beautiful and fits us perfectly. Having the wedding out of town has NOTHING to do with anything but just that.
Ending on a good note we are trucking along with the planning, as you probably know the date is SET, engagement photos have been taken, dress has been purchased, we began buying decorations and centerpieces and are just having a lot of fun! We are sublimely happy and and so so so thankful for all the support from our families and friends, especially my family in Midland who is just going along with everything I say, want, every Idea I have and running with it! You’re all so amazing!
Yesterday I had an “episode”, for the second day in a row the song “Elizabeth”-The Statler Brothers, was playing when I walked into my home. See we play music to help mute outside noise so Alli wont bark while we’re bother gone, two days in a row at two totally different times of the day, “Elizabeth” was playing. And yesterday it struck me, something I know, I’ve been used to for a long time - that I don’t have grandparents left here on earth. This is not something I have spent a lot of time contemplating or crying over, its part of life, my parents were both the youngest, and they didn’t have me till they were up in their 30’s so by the time I came around my grandfathers had both passed and my grand mothers were up in age. I am so lucky and grateful that I had them here as long as I did! Mamah Mobley passed away when I was 14, so I had many years with her, lots of my favorite memories were at her house. My Mamah Maberry passed away when I was 18. I have many many memories of her as well. But there are pivotal moments in a persons life when you become more aware than ever that those people are no longer with us here. I heard “Elizabeth” two days in a row, after years of having not heard it at all, and im suddenly VERY aware that I will have no grandparents at my wedding. No grandparents to be ushered in and sat while some special song plays. I know in spirit they’ll be there, but there is a small void, a day which I wish I could share with them, a special moment with grand mothers that brides have, I wont have that. So amongst all the excitement and planning and joy there is a little selfish sadness. But I know they’re smiling on us, and will be with us there that day.
On a whole other note, well still on wedding notes, I am so annoyed with people thinking that my wedding should revolve around them. I will only have 3 bridesmaids, my sister and my two closest friends, the 3 people I Have always known would be standing by me, I refuse to be a bride who asks everyone they know to be a bridesmaid for the sake of evening it out or just to have a large bridal party. Please do not be offended that you weren’t asked. The date we chose, works for US. It’s a perfect time away, not too far, and yet far enough to get the wedding planned with minimal stress. The date, whether you can or cannot come, was not set so that someone couldn’t come; it was not any sort of vendetta against people we don’t want there. On that same note we are choosing to be married in San Angelo, that was a personal choice, the place is PERFECT for the type of wedding we want, not to mention cost efficient, beautiful and fits us perfectly. Having the wedding out of town has NOTHING to do with anything but just that.
Ending on a good note we are trucking along with the planning, as you probably know the date is SET, engagement photos have been taken, dress has been purchased, we began buying decorations and centerpieces and are just having a lot of fun! We are sublimely happy and and so so so thankful for all the support from our families and friends, especially my family in Midland who is just going along with everything I say, want, every Idea I have and running with it! You’re all so amazing!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
We're getting MARRIED!!!
WE ARE ENGAGED!!!!!!!
I still (3 days later) say that and smile like a goof ball!! We are so so so excited!
So I figured I better blog about it before I forget all the emotions and have document it.
July 30, 2010, my 27th bday began as any other day, except, well it was my birthday and I was SUPER excited about that. I went to work that morning, and took ½ a day off, went to lunch with my parents, who I thought were acting kind of strange, mom teared up more than once at lunch and dad grinned everytime I brought up Lukes name! After lunch, mom and I went to buy some earrings for me to wear with my new dress I had purchased to wear on my birthday date with Luke later that night. When I got home Luke was starting my birthday cake He tried so hard. Then we went and played a round of putt-putt. (This was beginning the recreation of our first date which was 14 months and 6 days ago!) And in true Katie Fashion, I kicked butt and WON! haha.
Then we came home and showered, got all dressed up and went to dinner at Clear Springs (my favorite, and the place we went on our first date).
We ate fairly quickly, and were waiting on our ticket, Luke began to act very nervous and anxious, looking at the time every 5 seconds. At one point I took his cell phone to look at the pictures on it and he grabbed it from me and told me there was nothing new in it.
Finally we paid the ticket and we left. In the car on the way home Luke said “Remember when we were planning our first date and said we should slow dance to some cheesy country music?” (See Luke and I are VERY white, we have no rhythm but we do occasionally like to dance like 7th graders to slow country music, we usually end up giggling) I said sure! When we got home I went to the rest room and was washing my hands I could see him kind of pacing in the living room and I instantly thought “Oh my gosh, I think he’s going to do it!” I rushed into the living room, he held out his hand for me to tak and maybe 2 steps into the dance he started his speech. The moments after that are all an exciting blur I remember he said “Do you know you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me?” and I kissed him and told him I felt the same. Then he began to shake, reached into his pocket and (I know he said some other stuff at this point but I was focused in on his hands) got on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said yes, (I think I said it anyway) Hugged him, put the ring on and I believe at this point I started yelling “REALLY!?! REALLY!?!?” haha we hugged and kissed and squealed, then started calling our parents.
In the mean time, Lukes wonderfully precious attempt at a birthday cake was slowly falling into a large pile of chocolate icing mush...BUT it was quite tasty.
We ate a piece of cake, and we were SO wired we got int he car, went to Sonic (in true Katie/Luke Fashion) got Vanilla cokes and drove around a little bit while we continued to make phone calls.
My ring is beautiful and perfect! He did so GOOD!
I immediately started thinking about dates and places. We, at this point, do not have a set date or location, but we have a few things in the works and in about 2 weeks should know for sure. At that time we’ll announce, maybe send out “Save the Dates” and start working on the fun stuff!!
I am so blessed to have found and to be loved by this wonderful man. FINALLY it is our turn, and its going to be amazing. With the wonderful support of our friends and family then we will be in great shape!
I still (3 days later) say that and smile like a goof ball!! We are so so so excited!
So I figured I better blog about it before I forget all the emotions and have document it.
July 30, 2010, my 27th bday began as any other day, except, well it was my birthday and I was SUPER excited about that. I went to work that morning, and took ½ a day off, went to lunch with my parents, who I thought were acting kind of strange, mom teared up more than once at lunch and dad grinned everytime I brought up Lukes name! After lunch, mom and I went to buy some earrings for me to wear with my new dress I had purchased to wear on my birthday date with Luke later that night. When I got home Luke was starting my birthday cake He tried so hard. Then we went and played a round of putt-putt. (This was beginning the recreation of our first date which was 14 months and 6 days ago!) And in true Katie Fashion, I kicked butt and WON! haha.
Then we came home and showered, got all dressed up and went to dinner at Clear Springs (my favorite, and the place we went on our first date).
We ate fairly quickly, and were waiting on our ticket, Luke began to act very nervous and anxious, looking at the time every 5 seconds. At one point I took his cell phone to look at the pictures on it and he grabbed it from me and told me there was nothing new in it.
Finally we paid the ticket and we left. In the car on the way home Luke said “Remember when we were planning our first date and said we should slow dance to some cheesy country music?” (See Luke and I are VERY white, we have no rhythm but we do occasionally like to dance like 7th graders to slow country music, we usually end up giggling) I said sure! When we got home I went to the rest room and was washing my hands I could see him kind of pacing in the living room and I instantly thought “Oh my gosh, I think he’s going to do it!” I rushed into the living room, he held out his hand for me to tak and maybe 2 steps into the dance he started his speech. The moments after that are all an exciting blur I remember he said “Do you know you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me?” and I kissed him and told him I felt the same. Then he began to shake, reached into his pocket and (I know he said some other stuff at this point but I was focused in on his hands) got on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said yes, (I think I said it anyway) Hugged him, put the ring on and I believe at this point I started yelling “REALLY!?! REALLY!?!?” haha we hugged and kissed and squealed, then started calling our parents.
In the mean time, Lukes wonderfully precious attempt at a birthday cake was slowly falling into a large pile of chocolate icing mush...BUT it was quite tasty.
We ate a piece of cake, and we were SO wired we got int he car, went to Sonic (in true Katie/Luke Fashion) got Vanilla cokes and drove around a little bit while we continued to make phone calls.
My ring is beautiful and perfect! He did so GOOD!
I immediately started thinking about dates and places. We, at this point, do not have a set date or location, but we have a few things in the works and in about 2 weeks should know for sure. At that time we’ll announce, maybe send out “Save the Dates” and start working on the fun stuff!!
I am so blessed to have found and to be loved by this wonderful man. FINALLY it is our turn, and its going to be amazing. With the wonderful support of our friends and family then we will be in great shape!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
My eyes have been opened
My eyes have been opened wide the last few days and I am in a strange in between world now. Many people I know and love are hurting, they have lost loved ones in unimaginable ways and some have lost loved ones that lived long long lives. Neither is ever easy. But it does make you question your own mortality.
SO many things, trivial things, that I stress about every day, get mad about, annoyed with, are NOT important. My dinner didn’t come out of the oven the way I expected it to. The party didn’t go exactly as I’d planned, I’m 10 minutes late for something…is that important? NO. I get so easily annoyed with people, why? I care so much about how other people think of me or what they say about me, does that matter? No…none of it does…
What does matter?
God matters. The relationship I have with him, which continues to grow and become stronger. My faith in HIM to heal all wounds, physical, spiritual and emotional.
People matter, my wonderful family, amazing parents, loving siblings, nephews, aunts uncles, cousins, all of them-the unconditional love we share and the bonds we have. My partner in life Luke, our love for one another, the time we spend together.
Friendships, old and new, casual and deep. Those people you touch on a daily basis just by your mere presence on this earth. People you love, respect, enjoy and laugh with. Those who you can cry with, yell at, vent to. People who do not pass judgment on you.
People you don’t know, but might know you, those who see you every day, see you smiling, laughing, exuding confidence, and sharing your faith with others.
Being positive, optimistic, having the faith to know that Gods Grace can get you threw the darkest of times.
Prayer matters. Praying, talking to God, thanking him for everything you have and everything you are, praying and asking Him to make you better, help you hear Him, asking Him to watch over others, heal them, comfort them, love them, show them the way.
I feel as though I’ve gained a whole new perspective on life. I want to be better, more positive, more optimistic influence on people. If I were taken from this world today what would people say about me, would they say I was a fun, positive, happy person who influenced them in a good way? I hope so. But I will strive from now on to ensure they do.
I am trying to share these new insights into the importance of people and relationships and love in our lives. I am trying to reach out to people who need this new perspective too. I want everyone to see and feel what I am right now. This petty, trivial junk is NOT important. What’s important is how you handle it, how you talk to God about it….How we influence people, that we make a difference in someone’s life, it doesn’t have to be THOUSANDS of lives, ONE life.
SO many things, trivial things, that I stress about every day, get mad about, annoyed with, are NOT important. My dinner didn’t come out of the oven the way I expected it to. The party didn’t go exactly as I’d planned, I’m 10 minutes late for something…is that important? NO. I get so easily annoyed with people, why? I care so much about how other people think of me or what they say about me, does that matter? No…none of it does…
What does matter?
God matters. The relationship I have with him, which continues to grow and become stronger. My faith in HIM to heal all wounds, physical, spiritual and emotional.
People matter, my wonderful family, amazing parents, loving siblings, nephews, aunts uncles, cousins, all of them-the unconditional love we share and the bonds we have. My partner in life Luke, our love for one another, the time we spend together.
Friendships, old and new, casual and deep. Those people you touch on a daily basis just by your mere presence on this earth. People you love, respect, enjoy and laugh with. Those who you can cry with, yell at, vent to. People who do not pass judgment on you.
People you don’t know, but might know you, those who see you every day, see you smiling, laughing, exuding confidence, and sharing your faith with others.
Being positive, optimistic, having the faith to know that Gods Grace can get you threw the darkest of times.
Prayer matters. Praying, talking to God, thanking him for everything you have and everything you are, praying and asking Him to make you better, help you hear Him, asking Him to watch over others, heal them, comfort them, love them, show them the way.
I feel as though I’ve gained a whole new perspective on life. I want to be better, more positive, more optimistic influence on people. If I were taken from this world today what would people say about me, would they say I was a fun, positive, happy person who influenced them in a good way? I hope so. But I will strive from now on to ensure they do.
I am trying to share these new insights into the importance of people and relationships and love in our lives. I am trying to reach out to people who need this new perspective too. I want everyone to see and feel what I am right now. This petty, trivial junk is NOT important. What’s important is how you handle it, how you talk to God about it….How we influence people, that we make a difference in someone’s life, it doesn’t have to be THOUSANDS of lives, ONE life.
Friday, June 18, 2010
things I've learned and am learning...
I did this a long time ago, got the idea from Miss Kendall...I thought I’d do it again and see how different it is now, from 2 years ago...
Things Ive learned, continue to learn and will learn
1. The most important people in my life are my family, they will always love me and support me unconditionally. My family is derived from the most amazing people to ever walk this earth, and the fruit doesnt fall far from the tree, They're awesome, and I will live every day and try my hardest not to take them for granted.
2. There is something to be said for an organized, clean, neat home...on the otherhand I can say a lot about an unorganized, messy dirty home. Luke and I both have option #2...not a great combination when you're both slobs...i think one of us needs to develop slight cleanliness OCD...
3. Living with a man has been a lot easier adjustment than ever thought it would be. I do believe that when you really love someone that makes things so much easier.
4. I am still working on learning to let go of other peoples judgements on me. I do not have to please everyone, I live for myself, not for other people…someone said once “its not my business what other people think about me” im trying to live that way of thinking.
5. There are times when being selfish is necessary for ones own sense of peace, or ones stability…but there is a fine line that is drawn between that point and being down right ridiculous…most people don’t know where to draw that line. I hope I do.
6. Silly things don’t matter, little annoyances, the bow isn’t put in the RIGHT place, your clothes aren’t hung up in order, there is a comma where a semi-colon should be…those things don’t matter. We’re only here a short period and only GOD knows how short that time actually is, no sense stressing about the small stuff.
7. Luke and I are broke, we live in a teeny apartment, we’re cramped in and everything is a mess around the house, BUT these will be the happy days we will tell our children about and laugh about some day. We will tell them that when we first started out we had nothing, boxes stacked to the ceiling in a tiny apartment, the dog pooped on the floor and usually took up most of our little Full size bed, and we’ll laugh abut how LOVE got us through. When I think of it that way, I’m not so stressed about paying bills or worried about where groceries are going to come from…We should enjoy this time more, and learn from it.
Things Ive learned, continue to learn and will learn
1. The most important people in my life are my family, they will always love me and support me unconditionally. My family is derived from the most amazing people to ever walk this earth, and the fruit doesnt fall far from the tree, They're awesome, and I will live every day and try my hardest not to take them for granted.
2. There is something to be said for an organized, clean, neat home...on the otherhand I can say a lot about an unorganized, messy dirty home. Luke and I both have option #2...not a great combination when you're both slobs...i think one of us needs to develop slight cleanliness OCD...
3. Living with a man has been a lot easier adjustment than ever thought it would be. I do believe that when you really love someone that makes things so much easier.
4. I am still working on learning to let go of other peoples judgements on me. I do not have to please everyone, I live for myself, not for other people…someone said once “its not my business what other people think about me” im trying to live that way of thinking.
5. There are times when being selfish is necessary for ones own sense of peace, or ones stability…but there is a fine line that is drawn between that point and being down right ridiculous…most people don’t know where to draw that line. I hope I do.
6. Silly things don’t matter, little annoyances, the bow isn’t put in the RIGHT place, your clothes aren’t hung up in order, there is a comma where a semi-colon should be…those things don’t matter. We’re only here a short period and only GOD knows how short that time actually is, no sense stressing about the small stuff.
7. Luke and I are broke, we live in a teeny apartment, we’re cramped in and everything is a mess around the house, BUT these will be the happy days we will tell our children about and laugh about some day. We will tell them that when we first started out we had nothing, boxes stacked to the ceiling in a tiny apartment, the dog pooped on the floor and usually took up most of our little Full size bed, and we’ll laugh abut how LOVE got us through. When I think of it that way, I’m not so stressed about paying bills or worried about where groceries are going to come from…We should enjoy this time more, and learn from it.
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