Happy Holidays and such

Well, we made it down the isle, to a quick honeymoon escape and back to celebrate the holidays with our family. It snowed our last day in our fabulous honeymoon locale. but just enough to be pretty. We were rerouted about an hour around a major road due to an accident, but finally made it home to cloudy weather and wet surroundings. It started to hail as soon as we finished unloading and then quickly turned to snow. Josh lit a fire and I discovered left over wedding cake in our fridge (thanks to my mom and dad for taking care of the clean up and bringing home the goodies for us). We plopped down on the couch and have been there since we got home. While we thoroughly enjoyed the honeymoon, the get away, the rest, the eating out and all of the vacation, it was so nice to make it back to our fabulous home and we cannot express how excited we are to be back in our bed tonight!

We have an amazing photographer who took over 1200 pictures from rehearsal to the end of the reception. And the next day he had them posted on a website for our family and friends to see. Not all of them, but a substantial amount. While they are not edited, we were completely giddy to see them the day after and relive the most amazing day of our lives. I will leave this post with the address to view some of our wedding pictures and maybe I will blog again soon. Who knows? Maybe I will become a better blogger in 2010. No promises though!

Wedding Pictures

Going to the Chapel and....

We're gonna get married! 39 days to go!

Things I Have Been Up To Lately

So I haven't even signed on to my blog in a while, and I am not even going to apologize. The month of May was entirely too crazy, June has shown it will probably be that way and let me show you why....

We decided to purchase a new car for me. Mine was older and putting more money into fixing minor problems seemed like it was a waste so we got a really good deal on a brand new Toyota Corolla and I am loving it. I have always wanted a brand new car!

On May 16th, I graduated from college. The week prior to graduation was extremely emotional and I spent most of my free time clinging to things that were common to my like Josh, my apartment, my friends and the little town I would soon be leaving behind. That brings me to the next adventure of May.....

I moved out of my apartment of three years. Things have changed completely from this previous post. After getting engaged, my brother having a baby, and visiting several times we decided to move back to my hometown. We are completely happy with this decision. It is a place where we are both happy, it's a good town, my parents are here, and Josh's family is close. So I moved back in with my parents while we look for a place and Josh will join me as soon as we have found a place to live.

In between buying a car, graduation, and moving I have also been searching a for a job as a teacher. It is harder than it would seem and the scary part is education is one of the more stable careers in this horrible time. However, I am not frightened as of yet because it is still early and schools often don't hire until August. 

We are also still planning the wedding. It is in almost 6 months and coming very fast. We are so excited, but still have a lot of work to do! 

So now I believe you are caught up with my life and since I am less busy now, I will try to update more frequently!

Are you kidding me right now?

I had a long day of traveling on Friday and early in the morning when I talked to Josh, he told me he was making dinner. I was so relieved to not have to worry about that when I got home because I knew it would be 7 or later. After flight delays, waiting for take off, baggage claim, and driving home, I actually didn't get home until after 8pm.

I came home to a clean house and Josh making dinner. He told me to sit down, got me a glass of wine and said to relax. He wouldn't let me help him with dinner and told me I couldn't go in the kitchen. He acts this way anytime he makes dinner for me because he is just amazing.

I was starving because I had only eaten  a burrito really early that morning! While he was cooking, he told me he had two choices for dessert. He made one and then bought one in case the one he made didn't turn out! I was very excited for both! What can I say? I love to eat! Soon he brought out a plate of filet mignon with caramel brandy mushroom sauce and a side of potatoes and broccoli with cheese. It was so delicious! I completely devoured it. 

Josh asked if I wanted seconds and I declined so he asked if I wanted dessert and I said yes. He took the plates and soon returned with two plates of the biggest dessert I have ever seen. He set his down, handed me mine, and then.............

I realized there was something in the top of my dessert and Josh was down on one knee....

I asked him "Are you kidding right now?" And he said no. I started crying and hugging him. And I whispered "Yes!" 

We hugged and kissed for a long time and then he started telling me details....so here is where the post is going to get a little long.

The weekend before I left for Vegas, we had gone to visit my parents in Roswell. I was really sick and spent a lot of time in bed. The night we arrived he told me mom he needed to talk to them. I went to bed early and he asked my parents for their permission and blessing. They said yes and told him they couldn't ask for a better son-in-law. The whole weekend my parents knew he was going to propose and they didn't say one word to anyone! He also told them he was going to do it when I got back from Vegas. My mom told me later she wanted to scream from holding it in so long! He also told me parents he wanted me to be able to have my ring ceremony for Chi Omega. I was so impressed that he realized how important this was for me.

While I was in Vegas, he had called my friend and she told me he hadn't left a message. Really....he had left a message and told her so he could find out when I would be home so he could make the dessert because it took about three hours. It was two types of mousse, passion berry and raspberry with layers of cake in between and caramel drizzled on top.

He went through several different plans before he decided to stick with something he does really well, cooking. It was the perfect engagement. I was so shocked and so excited.

(It's a set. This is a picture of the ring and the wedding band. He picked it out completely by himself! He did so good!)

My parents came Saturday and we celebrated with lunch and champagne. It has been a world wind weekend and then we had to wait until after today to reveal everything so I could have my ring ceremony, but now it is out in the open and I couldn't be happier! 

And now every once in a while, like about every 5 minutes, I squeal "We're engaged!"