My AMAZING Man!

Wed was my handsome hunk's day off. (He was nice enough to rub it in how he slept until 10:30 am.)

When I came home for lunch, he locked me out, pointed to my "no soliciting" sign, and said "Sorry".

What a tease! Ok - locking me out didn't last long and when I came in, I was greeted with the aroma of a mouth watering pizza. It was DELISH! He's definitely a keeper!

After lunch and a wii sport bowling competition, (which I lost) I went back to finish my work day.



When I came home from my long work day, he raced out to the garage to help me bring in stuff - including a large wedding present from my boss.
When I entered the house, it was unusually dark. I walked into the kitchen and flipped the light on - talk about ruining a surprise (I'm blaming it on my rusty observation skills) there was a candlelit dinner waiting for me!

Tender chicken breast with a mandarin orange topping, sauteed portobello mushrooms, yellow squash, and artichoke hearts, breadsticks, and tossed salad. Every bite was a taste of heaven! We were accompanied by romantic Celtic music.

What a perfect end to the work day! He even made dessert! I was too stuffed to have any right then, so after some errands, he surprised me with this!It was DIVINE! I don't remember the name of this masterpiece, (it starts with a 'c'), but it's a decadent French dessert.

What am I going to do with him?
With the way he treats me, I really wonder if I'm just dreaming... and if I am, I hope I never wake up!

Found some more Virginia pics

I didn't realize that I had a few more pics of my trip to Virginia.
(Don't you just love camera phones?)Common ground squirrels scavenging leftover Lunch from the night before. (Turns out they're considered a pest in Virginia.)

Getting ready to go to Jamestown for the next day. Outfits were lined up the night before. The cousins were adorable in matching clothes!

Chocolate cake for the adults

Bunny cake for the kids!


The running joke for the week was when I was asked if there's any food I didn't do well. I replied Ham. Turns out that was the main course of the spectacular Easter Dinner. To play up the joke I was presented (on a silver platter no less) with Micky Mouse chicken nuggets.

Closeup of my main course!

Beautiful Easter table setting (the adult table)

Carolynn out did herself! This decorative sweet treat was dessert!

Invites are out!

Yea! The invites are all sent out. (Ok - a few are being hand delivered... and I hope they're out by now and a few went in the mail yesterday.) But I'm hoping we didn't forget anyone. If we did, (and know we're terribly sorry) here's your official invite!

**My friend Holly designed the invites. We love how they turned out. Thanks again Holly!**

Engagement Pics!

Here are some of my favorite engagement pics by the multi-talented Clarissa Law!

Ring!

For those of you who haven't seen my ring, this is it!
Mac did a fantastic job picking it out
with the criteria of something affordable and something that cannot be used as a weapon.
Here's a close-up:

Pictures!

Our Photographer Clarissa is AMAZING! We had so much fun yesterday with Eric and Brynn taking pictures all around town.

Until I find some time to post some of them, check out her blog to see the pics.

Thanks again Clarissa! You TOTALLY ROCK!

Girls Night Out continuted...

The first thing this morning, we left for the nail salon for a bit of pampering.

90 minutes later, a fabulous chair massage, and polished toes, we feel like new women!

Who has more fun than us?

Jamestown!

Today we spent the day in Jamestown!

It was exciting to climb in and explore the boats, wigwams and settler's quarters.

Don't you just love self portraits?
Johnny & Caleb on the ship

The kids LOVE racing around and seeing new things. It was a little chilly when we got there, but soon the sun came out to warm us up.

We enjoyed a picnic on the grounds and then raced back home just in time for my dress fitting.

My best bud Linda!

The girls: Samantha, Kirstin & me

The boys: Johnny, Caleb, Aidan, & Robbie

The evening was filled with "girls night out" = dinner at a fancy Italian place, Blockbuster for movies, then Kroger for Ice Cream Sundae fixin's!

It's been a GREAT day!

Virginia!

I LOVE vacations!

Me and the kids at the airport's T.G.I.Fridays

On the other end of the table, Linda and the kids

I've been out in Midlothian, VA since Wed with my friend Linda and her 2 kids while visiting her sister & family. We've been having a blast! Lots of games, movies, naps, treats, etc.

This weekend will be especially fun with 6 kids celebrating Easter. There's a TON of eggs, chocolates and treats to ensure maximum enjoyment. (They even fixed me a silver platter of mickey mouse chicken nuggets since I don't like ham!) I have to get the pic off my phone before I can post it. How thoughtful!

On a fun note, I found the perfect wedding dress! I can't wait to get it back to Utah!

Alrighty... I think it's time for a nap again.When I feel up to it, I may even post pics of the beautiful tulip trees and cherry blossoms!

Cute little cousins!

The only downside of the trip is being away from my handsome fiancé!

(Oh, by the way, in case you haven't heard, May 16th is the big day!)

Engaged!

So, the bells are ringing so loud I can hardly hear myself think... let alone sleep at night.

Yup! It's true. We're engaged. We're planning on Mid May... I don't have an exact date as we're still in negotiations. ;)
The rings aren't here yet, it should be here by the time I come back from my trip to Virginia.

Who is this guy and what does he look like?
Mac Backerman moved to Logan in Oct from Lamar, Missouri. We met at church and ever since he called to ask me out to a movie, we've been inseparable.

BUSTED! I got in trouble for the last pic I posted... so here's an approved one. (Ok, it's a little fuzzy, but it doesn't really matter right?)

Today we spent the day visiting all of his local family in Tremonton and my family in the evening at nacho bunch. It's been a fun day sharing the news.

I'm sure I'll have more info soon. :) Stay tuned!

Best April Fools Day EVER!

So, I'm a blogger slacker... I've been a little distracted lately.



Wed was the best day ever!
Why you ask?

About noon, Tall, Dark, and Handsome walks through my office door! What a fun surprise! Since he had the day off, he wanted to coordinate his breakfast and my lunch.
He whisked me off to Formosa where we dined on the best Chinese in town. Yum!

Then, since I've been pondering the purchase of a wii system since Sunday by watching him play several games with his cousin's kids, we raced to Best Buy and got the works. (A big thanks for his roomie for hooking us up with a killer deal!)


We played for hours that night. It's sooooo much fun! I can't believe I didn't get it sooner. I got a major workout! (And I'm still relishing the fact that I KO'ed him in boxing!)

Jill and Steve dropped by that night when they came to pick up their tickets for Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret.com, who came to speak at USU. Soooo good too see you guys! Glad you found my place ok. :)


What?

Oh! You don't know who TDH is?
He's only Mr. Amazing who I've been spending most of my time with. And I think I'm starting to hear bells... weird!
Maybe sometime soon you'll get to meet him!

I'm hoping to get some pics of us tonight - at his Mom's request.
Keep watching - and I might not let another 2 weeks pass by before my next post.
Muwahh haa haa!