A Wonderful Engagement

I came across this article yesterday about a surprise proposal featuring Wiley Valentine, a stationary designer (who actually designed our wedding invitations :). It is such a sweet, well planned and fun proposal. It was fun to read and I hope you enjoy it as well!

Happy Reading!

3 Years Ago This month. . .

. . .our lives were about to change forever.

When it rains...it poor's, literally!

About a month ago I was sitting at the computer getting some work done. I had the window open and was throughly enjoying the cooler weather! I could tell there was a storm brewing in the distance and I could even hear some thunder. The breeze felt so nice, it wasn't too cold, but cold enough to remind us that winter is approaching, and I was loving it. Within a couple of minutes, maybe 10 max, I started seeing some sprinkles in the street. Yeah, its sprinkling, I thought. It didn't seem like a lot or that it would be picking up anytime soon. Boy, was I wrong!

All of a sudden it got very dark and started raining. . .hard. The wind really picked up, too. I closed the window and kept working on the computer, wondering where this storm came from? Only a couple of minutes later is just kept getting worse and worse. Like, reallllly worse. It started hailing, the wind was so strong, the trees next to our house were banging against the windows, making me wonder if it was a bad idea to be sitting right here with the computer. And the hail - it was coming in like a freight train! All of a sudden I go into severe weather warning mode! Whenever this happens I grab the following:

Rain coat

Fishing boots

Camera

I've learning that when storms pass through Arizona, they don't give you much warning, they hit hard and leave before you know it. And that's what happened with this storm. This might have been one of the worst storms I've been in. The hail was hitting the house so loudly that I couldn't even hear Levi on the phone, and I was waiting for a window to break any second. I was pretty nervous being there alone, I wasn't sure if I should watch or run and hide. I choose to watch since it was happening so fast and it was pretty crazy to see!

It literally was over in 20 minutes. Once the hail stopped I went outside to survey the damage. Our spa cover got wrecked but that was it for us. Many people had uprooted trees, broken windows, and even Levi's mom's car had several dints from the hail!

Here's a video I took during the storm from inside the house

After. . .

Mason was a little hesitant at first

Some of the hail was HUGE!

Our Birthdays!

I am falling behind on my blogging! With work, vacations, being sick, I couldn't keep up! Hopefully I will catch up soon! :)

Levi and I both have birthday's in August, 2 weeks apart in fact. August is always a fun month since we both have fun things to look forward to. We were in California for my birthday and celebrated it with my family. In the morning my mom and I went down to Orange County to go shopping and of course, go to Jack's on the beach for strips with cheese! My favorite lunch! I've been having those since high school! After that, we had dinner with the rest of my family and then opened gifts. My mom numbered the gifts this year since it was Friday the 13th, so I got 13 gifts to open. The tags she made were so cute and they matched the wrapping paper and ribbon perfectly.

Levi got to open his birthday presents from my family that night too

That's a hammock in that small pouch!

The next day Levi and I drove back to Arizona. That was the day that Levi set aside to celebrate my birthday, just the two of us. He had decorated the house, wrapped all my presents and best of all, made an EXCELLENT dinner! He even made cupcakes AND frosted them! Everything was sooo yummy! What a great husband I have!

Then two weeks later we got to celebrate Levi's birthday. We celebrated together and then with his family. I made the decorations around the house, all to match the wrapping paper I used for his gifts. It was fun to see our house so festive :)

Mason could hardly contain his excitement. . .

His mom made him his favorite cake: German Chocolate :)

Where, Oh Where, Have The Luster's Been?!!

Can it really almost be September?!

Oh my.

Where has the time gone?

Where have we been? What have we been up too?

A LOT.

Let me tell you. . . .

Happy July!

Happy June!

So surprised...

...to find these beauties on the counter from Levi. How thoughtful of him! (I think he's picked up on my secret indulgence of 'gossip' magazines ;)

The flowers just kept getting prettier and prettier!

Happy May!