The Engagement

To start off I have to tell you that Seth went on a mission to Brazil and he got a ring there and now he always wears it around his neck. You will see a little later on why this is significant:)
It was finals week and I was stressing out as usual:) I had a final on Tuesday May 4th and after I just went to Seth's house, once I got there he was doing homework and asked if I wanted to go for a drive... so I agreed excitedly! But kept saying to myself to stop thinking about it. I didn't want to think that this was the time that he was going to ask me and then be all disappointed! So I was just trying to get my mind off of it. So we took our drive off to a field where we could watch the sunset then... he asked me to get something out of the glove box, my heart started pounding really hard so to get my mind off of it I asked him if he wanted a tissue. He told me that it was in the saran wrap box so I pulled it out and opened it up and there was the white ring box!!!! I couldn't believe it, so I told him you better not be teasing me! So I opened the ring box and his ring from Brazil was there. I was kind of disappointed so I turned to give him the look... and as I was turning he pulled out his necklace and my ring was on it. He said just kidding and asked me to marry him!!

I didn't think that something could be so perfect I couldn't imagine anyone else asking in any other way. It is just amazing how well he knew exactly what to do!!! I love this man so very much!!!

Here are just some of our engagement pictures.

Doctor

I never thought that I would ever help doctor a horse. I'm not much of an animal lover so doctoring a horse has never been pleasing to me. But since my boyfriend loves his horses so much I thought I'd give it a try. It is amazing how much horses are like humans. This horse spongebob loves Seth, where ever Seth went spongebob wanted to follow. Seth asked me to hold spongebob while he went to the truck to get the ointment and spongebob wanted to follow while I was holding him. I'm not going to lie, I was kind of scared that he was going to jump the fence to get to Seth. But it all ended up being okay and there will be many more doctoring sessions! :)

I also wanted to mention my grandma in this post, it made me think about her a lot because she has had a few surgeries in the past year, and it is just amazing to me what we have because of doctors. For example I still have my grandma, one of my heroes! This is someone that I can truly say I really look up to. She is such a great and wonderful person, she makes me realize that I need to live in the moment. This is really hard right now in my life while I'm planning for the future, but I think life is a lot more enjoyable when you can live in the moment. She has such a sweet spirit that everyone loves to be around. Just today I was over at her house sitting and doing some homework, we weren't talking very much, but I could just feel her loving spirit. It is so nice being able to around someone and just feel how much they love you. I love you grandma!

The Grand Canyon!!

This past week I went on a vacation with my parents and aunt Cindy. We drove to the Grand Canyon! It was probably the longest drive of my life! But totally worth it!! :) We stayed at the Grand Canyon Inn and our shower had no water pressure. I tried to move the shower head up and it just fell right back down it wasn't the best showering place, but I didn't have to make the bed, that was the best part!!! They had beautiful sunsets there. The moon came out when it was still light I love it when that happens, that is probably my most favorite thing to look at:) The reason we went there is because Tanner works at Maverik and he does Helicopter tours! It was so amazing!!!! we were in the helicopter just flying away and all you could see were trees and then all of a sudden it dropped and the Grand Canyon was right underneath us. I couldn't believe it, it was so amazing!!! Tanner showed us this river that was turquoise. It was pretty cool i guess it isn't turquoise for very long so we were pretty lucky to be able to see it. Also the best part I turned off the helicopter, it was just a push of the button but I still did it!!:) I almost got eaten by a bear while I was there too, it was pretty scary! Then on the 4th of July Dad Val Wes and Trav ran in the 5K I was so proud of them, they all did very well!!:) Good Job guys, to bad I had to work:) But I did have time to stay for some of the parade and Canyon wasn't very happy about it, Kayli liked it and Erin was pretty excited too!:) Mom always enjoys the parade and Oaklee is okay with anything. Derek was able to catch up with an old friend, so I decided that no matter how boring the Tooele parade can be you can always take something good out of it, even if it is just exersice:)

The Weekend

This past weekend I went home for Easter. Well on Saturday it was so warm that my mom decided we should paint the hay bells so I was pretty excited. Once we found what we wanted to paint we got started. Well this is what she starts with.

Just plain ol' haybells and a picture to paint from. Mom gets the outline and then everybody get to fill in. My aunt Cindy usually helps a lot to. It really is kind of fun.

After you get the affects of all the fumes you start doing crazy things and everything becomes funny!Well when it is finally finished then Grandma has to come out and check our work to make sure it is sufficiant enough. Love you Grandma Then we admire our work and I have to have proof, so with enough convincing I got mom to take pictures with me:) (Dad and his picture taking you get more of the background then you can see of us. I guess beggers can't be choosers:) Love you to Dad)
Then on Sunday we had a big dinner over at grandmas. A lot of people came. But good old Erb went and got the horses and gave all the grandkids rides. Then Val and Wes came with Oaklee. Derek of course gets her, she loves him A LOT!!! Derek really shines when he is around her I love to see him with her, its like his heart just melts. You can tell that he loves every minute that he holds her. It is so cute, this is the only time that I can get pictures of his face because he isn't paying attention to anything else but her. Then Kayli came with her beautiful white easter dress and green jacket, but the best accessory she had was her umbrella. It was soo cute! Then when they were getting ready to leave megan needed to be changed into her pajamas and of course nanna volunteers to do that. Megan is the happiest baby I have seen for a long time. (besides oaklee) She is so cute and Canyon is right there helping every step of the way with his candy right next to him:) and of course Brady is possing for the camara. It was such a great weekend being with all my family!!! Love you guys!!

Colorado!!!

So for spring Break I got to go to Colorado!!! It was amazing, the drive was really long but I didn't have to drive so it was ok. On friday night we got there a little bit later, so we just got settled in. Then on Saturday we went to Denvers museum of Nature and Science, there was all different kind of exihibits. My favorite one was a natural disasters, it showed you how tornados and stuff happen. There was a part of it where there was a whole cirlce of screans and there was a fan going and it looked and felt like you were in the middle of a tornado, it was way cool. Then Heather got sick, I felt way bad for her. But me and milly got to get to know her family really well, they are so great. Then on Monday we went to Garden of the Gods and Heather took Brock and Aubreys engagment pictures. It was so pretty there!!

Tuesday we went shoping, they have an amazing mall, and they have the Buffalo wild wings and they are .40 cents on tuesday and they are amazing. I could go and tell you every detail but it wouldn't be very fun to read. But we also went downtown shopping I felt like I was in New York or something. It was so amazing!!

then we went to the aquairium and it was way cool.

On Friday we went to the Denver Temple. It is just so amazing no matter where you go the church is still the same.

I didn't want to leave. The Taylors are amazing people I love them so much. I miss them already. I Love Colorado!!!

Dinner

Today Meredith cooked me dinner. It was amazing!!!! We had sticky chicken with rice and then we made chocolate chip cookies for desert. UM UMM GOOD!:) This is what it looked like before we put it in the oven. Meredith somehow got a picture of me puting away silverware:) Then putting it in the oven. Then we had to wait 45 minutes!!! It was a really long time but making the cookies made it better. But in the end the wait was worth it, I mean look at that doesn't it look delicious?