I LOVE BEING IN LOVE.

I'm sorry for gushing. But I couldn't help it after reading Becca's post. I just am so deliriously happy (besides the uncontrollable crying spells I've had the past week... stupid birth control) that I want the world to know and get sick to their stomachs over it! (sorry Katy!) It's just the coolest feeling in the world to look at this guy and know that he thinks about me so constantly, knows me so intimately, loves me so deeply. And I feel the same way about him! Every day, every time it just grows more and more intense (like the Native Americans). And I can't wait to be married to him and continue our lives together! I can't believe he's only been in my life just four short months... it feels like I've known him my whole life. And totally ditto Becca's sentiments-- we are SO perfect for each other. How could I or he have dated anybody else?? Silly silly silly. I'm through with ambiguous text messages and meaningless kisses and waiting by the phone and feeling miserable and unsure. I think we were on our second hang-out, sitting on the trunk of his car when Tim looked at me and said "ummm... I like you... a lot" and I said YEAH BABY! Then, two weeks later, sitting on a rock high up in the Wyoming Tetons, I was the first to utter those first three words that will carry us through it all.

Ok, enough of the cheese. We hiked through a swamp today (no gorgeous mountain hikes here)... it was hot and muggy and smelled wonderfully of rotten tree trunks. It was peaceful and serene and I could do it the rest of my life with Tim by my side.

[Insert adorable kissing picture here]

Nauvoo

On the way to South Carolina (yes, we were crazy enough to drive!) we stopped in Nauvoo and saw the sites. I hadn't been there in years, so it was neat to go through all of the little shops and houses again. We even went to the original Browning Arms shop, home of Tim's great-something grandfather! He got to sign the descendant book. I felt important.




I love this one! It was a statue, and the name of it was "Courtship for Eternity". I think that is so appropriate... and it sounds simply blissful.



On the banks of the Mississippi... Tim tried to teach me how to skip rocks, but I failed miserably!

We also had an opportunity to do baptisms in the Nauvoo temple. It was so cool to have Tim baptize me... I LOVE going to the temple with him. I think we will do it all the time!

Lake Powell

So, this post is the start of a succession of posts regarding prior occurrences I neglected to blog about-- and I haven't yet perfected that getting all of the pictures into one post thing with the little comments underneath... so multiple posts will have to suffice for now.

First, LAKE POWELL!

And really first-- THE DRIVE TO LAKE POWELL!
So, apparently Lake Powell is a lot bigger than Tim and I thought. Well, I really didn't even know it existed except for I vaguely remember driving over it on the way to a certain Grand Canyon vacation. We were going to be staying on Tim's friend's family's houseboat and it was going to rock. We arrive at the docks after an 8-hour drive through NOWHERE (Southern Utah is.... bleh). Only to find out an hour later that we've gone to the wrong dock... we though, alright, hey, another hour drive will get us around, right? Well too bad there are no roads that will take you around the lake. You have to go all the way back to the interstate, around, swiggle around some mountains, go through some insane canyon passes where it is literally straight cliffs on either side... and all of this in the middle of the night. It was QUITE the adventure. A nice couple at the wrong docks gave us 100 bucks to see us through the night in case we needed to stop anywhere and get a hotel. We ended up camping for a few hours when I was just too exhausted to keep my eyes open. It was worth it though, because we woke up in the most beautiful valley and drove all morning. We finally arrived at the lake, after ten more hours of driving.... and had a GREAT TIME! Brock's family was so awesome to us, and there were friends and cousins and it was a blast. I jumped off a cliff! And learned to wake-surf (kind of) and we rode Jetskis and did tons of other cool stuff. But I think both of us realized a few days in that lake trips aren't REALLY our thing so we headed home early so Tim could get back to work and I could get a bunch of stuff done before the real road trip.

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Weddings weddings weddings!

Oh my! I can't believe how long it's been since I blogged... Well, wedding plans are well under way and invitations are out (if you'd like one, please do contact me as we have some extras). Other than planning a wedding and attending my brothers', the past few weeks have been surprisingly relaxing considering the amount of stress we've been under (oh no, it's begun. I'm already using "we" on my blog). I get to have my big bridal shower tomorrow, which I am very excited about!! Some women from my home ward are throwing it, so you know it'll be good. Not gonna lie, I'm pretty excited for kitchen gadgets.

Last weekend, my brother Devin got married to Hillary Tresnak in the Washington DC temple! It was so cool because Tim and I were able to attend the sealing in the temple, knowing that we will be the ones across the altar in TWENTY-FIVE DAYS. And the wedding reception... FABULOUS. I couldn't have done it better... I loved Hillary's dress, flowers (in fact, I'm totally stealing them), bridesmaid dresses (I AM stealing those)... everything! And now they are off honeymooning the Caribbean and we are beyond jealous.

They looked so beautiful and happy coming out of the temple:




And we had an awesome time together at the temple:






Ok. My fiance is HOT. That is all.

Just because.....

I like him. That's all.

Engagement photos

We need help! We are just too hot, and thus cannot pick our engagement photo for the invites. Please vote on your favorite...

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