To-Do list

What a whirl wind Ive been in. We have a date set, April 11th, 2009 and so far we have the location, the dress, cake, and colors taken care of. My next task is photographer and possible dj. So if you know of any please email me! And we are knocking out the caterer on Sunday.
Richard and I are going to San Antonio for the day on Saturday. He is riding in a mission bike tour, my grandmother and I are going shopping for material..she is making my veil for me. Im so excited. So much to do... so little time!
This past weekend Richard and I planted two new trees in our front yard. We also cleaned up some of the over-growth (is that a correct term?) from the flower beds. It looks so much better! While Richard was busy using his toys aka power tools I pulled out all of the Christmas decorations. We put our tree up on Sunday, and we are slowly getting it decorated. But our lights are a little retarded. Last night they were all blinking, and tonight there is one section of a strand thats not blinking. Atleast they are on I guess. O-well I guess Santa probably wont care, right? I cant believe that Christmas is 24 days away... time goes by fast when your having fun!

'SURPRISE' Engagement Party

They got me! Martha and Kay threw us an engagement party tonight. I was under the impression it was my birthday dinner, so needless to say I was a little surprised when my grandparents and family friends were there as well. It was a lovely evening, they did an awesome job!

Martha, Kay, Mom, Steven, Grandma, Papa, Mandy, Sophia, Sarah, Zach, Jean, Marty, Jenifer, Sonya, John, Chris, Charla, Christy, DeeDee, Daphne, and us!

WE ARE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One year ago today Richard and I first met. We had been talking awhile online before face to face, at Baby A's in north Austin. Because of work he was late, so I sat at the bar and had a couple margaritas and waited..patiently! And boy am I glad I did.
So today we got up this morning and went to church, then headed to Baby A's for lunch. Afterwards I suggested going to Mt.Bonnell since it was such a beautiful day since Richard had never been. We hiked up to the top, and walked around then we were standing on this huge rock. And he had pulled the box out of his pocket and he asked me to marry him. My heart started racing, I cried, and I said "Yes!".

My face is a little sore from smiling so much! :)

Celebrating Birthdays!

Papa's Birthday is tomorrow (he will be 79) and mine is next week (I'll be 29), so we all went out to eat tonight. Mimi's Cafe---YUMMY! I had pistachio crusted salmon, it was delicious. Had a great time with everyone!

Richard's Sisters

Richard's sister Silver who lives in South Carolina came to visit last weekend and we got to visit with his sister Robbi who lives in Round Rock. There was a lil get together for a birthday Friday night, saturday we walked town lake and watched football. Saturday night we took Silver to Hula Hut and to the Warehouse district. Did a lil bootie shaking and had a couple of cocktails. Can you tell they are related.. Im not really so sure :)

Random pics

A few random pictures from the past couple weeks. Dinner at the Saltlick with my mom, Steven and Martha. And after a night out.. good times:)

Laura's wedding

A friend of mine from high school was married last week. Laura made a beautiful bride and it was an amazing venue on Lake Travis. The bridal party did the "Hustle" was very cute.

Dinner with the Ferrier's

We had the opportunity to have dinner with some of my family a couple weeks ago. We were celebrating my great uncle Doug's 65th birthday. It was great seeing them, and catching up. Pictured: Uncle Doug and Aunt Marie, Cousin Katie, and Cousin Tom.

On the road again...

So we had a long weekend, full of friends, family and many many good times.

Over 15.5 driving hours, 900 plus miles.. austin to abilene to lubbock to plainview to hamlin to abiline to austin. A few other stops in between.

On the way home we made a pit stop at the Colorado River. And yes those are cows in the river. They were trying to get across the river and back up the other bank, but were having issues. Silly cows. BTW-Richards shirt says, 'you're ugly and your momma dresses you in burnt orange' he got it when we stopped in Lubbock.

Tyrell's Bday Party!

Tyrell turned 5! Such a sweet boy, and adorable! We stopped at Tractor Supply store and bought him a John Deere book of tractors and a gift card so he could go shopping. He loves Tractor Supply, and it was my first time..very cool place, some really cute stuff--FYI. The party was at Gatti's in Abilene and we got to hang out with Richards family which was great since we dont get to see them too often.

The bottom pic from left to right: Travis, Tabitha (sis), Aimee' (sis), Tyrell (nephew), Jimmy, me, Richard, Lanona, Randy (bro) and Ashton (neice).