Catching Up!

Well hello there to all of my readers (ha! ha!). It's been a while, since I wrote you last my garden has become overgrown with weeds (again...), I went through finals week, traveled to Florida, started and finished my summer online class, got engaged (EEK!), hosted a bridal shower for Kara, was in her wedding and am now busy planning our wedding! Wow, that's a lot going on! No wonder I haven't updated my blog. You know, because so many people read it and those of you (Laura) who do read it are so interested in the goings on in my life and don't already know about everything. :P

I will focus on my favorite thing for this post: our REAL engagement! As most of you (haha...okay, Laura, as YOU know) our wedding date was set long before I had a ring on my finger so looking at rings and getting a ring wasn't a huge surprise, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't special or exciting for us.

We went ring shopping in Lawrence one Saturday and found one that I fell in love with. After dealing with a couple of stores we weren't very impressed with we walked into Kizer-Cummings Jewelers on Mass. Street in Lawrence, I'm telling you, if you need a nice place to go, this is it! We got to choose from a few loose center stones and I went back to do that once they came in. The store was wonderful to us, got the stone set the same day so we wouldn't have to drive back to Lawrence again. Now I just had to wait for him to give it to me. *sigh.

Ross made a reservation for us at the Grand Central in Cottonwood Falls, and we got to sit out on the patio on our own away from the main dining room. Our waitress hadn't even come back with our drinks before he popped out of his chair, got on his knee and was saying the words I'd been waiting a loooooong time to hear. "Ali, you're the only woman I ever have loved. You're the only woman I ever will love. Will you marry me?" And of course, being the pain in the a$$ that I am I rolled my eyes and said "I guess...". Poor guy, what has he gotten himself into. Way to ruin the moment, Ali.

Isn't she beautiful?!

Ross: "What the hell have I done?!"
Ali: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!"