Thursday, May 31, 2012

A Night to Remember


You want one word to sum up my weekend? That would be impossible to do! Lets see, there was family, friends, food, love, excitement and celebration.
Matthew proposed to me on Sunday with an engagement party that followed.


Just thinking about it puts the biggest smile on my face.

 He took me out to a point on the lake (the same point we have decided to have our wedding).
It was a beautiful day with the sun skimming across the top of the water. Perfection.










Also my Matron of Honor.:)
He then took me to our engagement party at my friend Amy's house. Amy is an amazing hostess and I couldn't thank her enough for that night.













The food was some of my and Matty's favorites! SO GOOD! With Kabobs, Coffee Brisket, Mac&Cheese, Corn on the Cob and much more. We made sure to have leftovers the next day. YUM!















They did such an amazing job decorating...with candles in mason jars hanging from trees, chalk art and candles all over the tables.














And the most wonderful part of all is that we got to celebrate with some of our closest family and friends. Matthew had asked me when we first started dating what my perfect proposal would be and I told him that I really didn't care how I was asked, but I wanted to celebrate with a group of our closest afterward. He most definitely followed through with that and the night turned out to be more than amazing and something that I will brag about for as long as I can. Thank you to this wonderful group for making it a night to remember!

Front, from left, Phyllis (Matty's mom), Matty, Me, Joy (My mom), back from left, Juli, Mrs. Kim, Pastor Nick, Zachary, Lizzie, Lucas, Donnie, Amy, Sarah J, Devin (Matty's brother), Kenny (Matty's dad), Katie, Terry (My dad), David, Jody, Cole, Pastor Jerry and Mrs. Shirlene.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Two problems

I'm in a picture-taking-in-the-snow-mood. Two problems with this are as follows:

  1. We are currently in the month of May, which means there is no snow right now. This makes me very sad and the sun makes me mad. Yes, yes, I know - that rhymed...not even planned. I'm just good like that. HOWEVER, the good thing about living in Missouri is that the weather could change at any minute. I know many of you out there are virtually throwing things at me or will be throwing things at me the next time you see me. (One of those people sadly enough is probably my wonderful guy.)
  2. I am at work. Don't get me wrong, I like my work, but in this particular moment I loathe it due to my desire to be in a beautiful downfall of snow. Once again, HOWEVER, having some '80s music playing in the background helps just a tiny bit.:)

I apologize to those of you who opened this blog thinking it was going to be mind boggling and brilliant. Instead you got a rant. Then again, my thoughtless rhyme a couple paragraphs up was pretty brilliant, I must say.
I will now leave you to your horribly hot, insect-infested Saturday as I know you are now probably packing a bag full of fruits and heads of lettuce to throw at me, given the slight chance you see me randomly walking down the street.

With love...