i guess it's true what they say....

When you catch the bouquet at someone else's wedding, it has to mean you're the next to get engaged/ married right?? Even though I'm pretty sure it was rigged, this was true for us at Erick and Kim's wedding in Florida last summer! Here are some pictures that captured this fun moment :)

questions for 2012

I got this in an email from Jess and thought it would be the perfect blog post. Thanks for the inspiration :) I skipped some of the questions for length's sake, but I kept most of them so ENJOY.

1. What is one thing you would work harder on this year that you did last year? My fitness! I miss being in ridiculous shape from sports, and I'm seriously ready to get back somewhere close to it. Also, I want to work harder at eating better, and cooking more delicious meals for dinner!

2. What is one thing you are happy with that you would keep doing the same from last year to this year? Living with Brett. It's the best thing EVER getting to hang out with each other all the time.

3. If you had to choose one year to go back and re-live (without changing anything) what would it be? Why? This is such a ridiculously hard question to answer Jessica! How can I possibly choose just ONE year to go back to when I've had so many years I would love more than anything to re-visit? OK fine. But this is not the first or last year I would like to re-live, just one of them. I would go back and re-live my senior year of high school. Playing all my sports, having the best time ever with friends, yearbook, my perfect and sweet dog Bo, getting excited for college, driving my subaru, Mr. TJ, 1st and 2nd period announcements, etc...... I could go on forever. This was definitely one of my favorite years and I think it would be SO much fun to re-live it (the good and bad)!

4. Name three events in your life that forever changed you. Have any of these been in the past year? In no particular order... 1. Living in the Netherlands. 2. Getting engaged 3. College

5. What age are you most looking forward to? Why? As of right now, I'm looking forward to 28. At this point Brett and I will be married and maybe thinking about starting a family. I can think of nothing better than that :) Oh, and I'd better have a Social Studies teaching job by then too.

6. What was your favorite moment(s) from last year. So far this year what have your favorite moments been? There were a lot of great moments last year, but obviously one of my favorites was getting engaged. I get to spend forever with Brett, and he's my favorite! This year my favorite moments have been hanging out in NYC with friends, my trip home to Denver was PERFECT, and starting to get into wedding planning has been fun.

8. Look forward to 2022. What would you like your life to look like? Where are you living? Whom with? What kind of job do you have? Kids? Pets? Are you still doing anything the same that you are doing now? What do you do for fun? Are you truly happy? I will be happily married for 9 years, with kids (not sure how many yet), definitely will have a dog, hopefully living in Denver, teaching at an awesome high school with awesome teacher friends, and I will do what I do now for fun which is hanging out with friends and family and all the other super fun stuff I like to do!

9. List three New Year's Resolutions you have this year. 1. To stop biting my nails (this is my #1 resolution literally every year). 2. Start swimming a lot more. I would love to join a master's team. 3. To do the dishes more. I HATE dishes and I should try to contribute more when it comes to this terrible chore.

10. Name one thing that you think would be out of your comfort zone but you would be willing to try in the next year. Ummmm, go skiing. I would for sure be nervous at first since I have only been once, but of course I would be willing to try it again! I want to learn how to ski and dominate some mountains when we eventually move back to CO.

11. Name a crazy, hilarious. scary, adventurous, nerve racking or just ridiculous thing that you would probably never do but if you were to lose your mind this might be the year to do it in. If I lost my mind this year, I would definitely go sky diving. But only if I lost my mind :)

What would your answers be?? Thanks for the writing prompt Jess!

GO BRONCOS!!!!

What a great day to be a Broncos fan!!!! Can't wait for the game next week against New England!

is it really over?

The realization that my winter break is coming to an end is starting to hit me and I am having a hard time coming to terms with it. I know, I know. I am really lucky because I get two weeks off of work to relax and enjoy the holidays when some people have to go back to the real world the day after Christmas, those poor souls. But it still sucks knowing that in a few days, I can't sleep in until 9:30 (10:30 some days) and watch 1,000 episodes of Lost in a row, and not worry about what I have to wear or putting make-up on or any of those daily things that take effort. Having two weeks off is the best thing ever, but it also makes it that much harder to go back to work because you get so used to not having to work for such a long time! Now that the dreaded time has finally come to mentally prepare myself and get back into school-mode I am doing a great job of putting it off as long as I possibly can. Which is exactly why I am writing in my blog! Nothing like procrastination for a little blog inspiration. Anyway, wish me luck on getting prepared for school, I am not ready for the break to be over!

In other news, Brett and I have gotten to do a little wedding planning together this week which has been fun! Everyone says one of the best parts of the wedding is planning for it, which I have found to be totally true. But, it would be even more fun if I had an endless budget and didn't have to worry about the prices of all of these fun wedding plans. Can I please win the lottery? Thanks. We are currently looking for a venue in Colorado and I think we have settled on a date! I will wait to reveal the date until we have actually booked a venue, then I know it will be 100% official :) What I DO know is that it's definitely going to be in July 2013, yay! So you can also wish me luck in looking for and finding a perfect venue and winning the lottery ;)

The bottom line is, whenever and wherever we have the wedding I know it will be absolutely perfect because Brett and I will happily be husband and wife. And that's all that really matters! Let this blog be a reminder to me to remember that when the planning gets less fun and more stressful, haha. What were the best/ worst parts of wedding planning for you all?? Fill me in!

I hope everyone had a great holiday and let's all look forward to a great 2012!

it's been awhile

Hello there blog! It's been awhile. I stole this from Elaine's blog because I wasn't so sure what to write about and I got the perfect inspiration for a post from her! Thanks for the idea Elaine!

right now I am…

watching: Teen Mom 2. And before that I watched Kim and Kourtney take New York, and before that, Elf. As you can see I have had a really productive day.

eating: Nothing yet. But I've been dreaming about a Chipotle burrito bowl all day and it's almost dinner time...

drinking: A white chocolate mocha from Starbucks, mmm!

wearing: Sweats and a t-shirt

avoiding: Cleaning our bedroom and putting my laundry away. The couch just looked like a better place to hang out.

feeling: Excited! I just found out my girlfriend Ash picked out her wedding dress today! I wish more than anything I could have been there to see the moment in action.

missing: Being home for the holidays. I ALWAYS miss being home in Colorado, but the holidays are especially hard to be away for. The good news is I'll be home in a month, so get ready Denver!

thankful: for my wonderful and perfect fiance´, family, and friends. there is nothing more important to me!

weather: 34 degrees and windy, gross.

needing: To finish my Christmas shopping.

thinking: About what the hell happened in the season 5 finale of Lost. This show is insane and I love it. I can't wait for Netflix to send us season 6 so we can continue with the shenanigans!

loving: The holiday season! And I'm also loving the fact that I have one week left of school until my long 2 week Christmas break, yay!

November 13, 2011

November 13, 2011 = the best day EVER. Last weekend Brett and I took an awesome trip to Mystic, CT. It's a cute and quaint little New England town that I encourage everyone to visit if they are up in the Northeastern part of the country. It was the perfect weekend get-a-way with the perfect ending :) But I'll get to that after I explain the rest of the trip!

On Saturday morning we walked around town and did a little shopping, then afterwards we went to the Mystic Seaport. This is a very cool and interesting outdoor living museum filled with boats, houses, and artifacts from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is like Jamestown or Colonial Williamsburg where you can walk around and see how people lived back then. I loved it and would highly recommend going!

The next day we went to an old cider mill where we enjoyed a demonstration of how they make the cider and also devoured some delicious cider donuts and hot cider. After that begins the final/ best part of the trip! We made our way out of Mystic to Stonington Vineyards for an afternoon of wine tasting and a tour of the vineyard.

When we got there we bought a bottle of white wine to enjoy with some cheese and sandwiches we had brought with us. Luckily it was a beautiful, sunny day so we were able to hang out outside for most of the time we spent there. After enjoying a glass of wine, we took the tour and then went back outside to finish our bottle and walk around to explore the vineyard. When I suggested we go for a walk, Brett told me he wanted to wait until we could walk around alone (there was a big group taking pictures in front of all the grapes), at which point I became the slightest bit suspicious. Might I add, I was hoping that Brett would pop the question sometime in the next couple of months, so I was on my guard at this point haha! After the crowd had left we went into the vineyard to take a picture; there was a wine barrel that made for a perfect tripod for a self-timed photo that he set his camera on. The weird thing about the picture was that Brett wanted to take one with his camera. I'm ALWAYS the one taking pictures, so I was getting a little more suspicious, but nonetheless excited that he actually wanted a picture of us on his camera. I later found out the self-timer wasn't working so he settled on putting the camera on video mode (he got the whole proposal on video, so cool!). He came over to me to "take the picture", bent down away from me to "fix his shoe", and twisted around to face me on his one knee. As soon as I saw him on his knee facing me, the tears and "are you serious'?!?" started to flow. He told me sweet things that are now all a blur and then asked me if I would marry him! I asked him if he was serious just one last time and then of course blurted out YES! It was perfect and I have never had a happier moment in my life.

This whole past week has been filled with excitement and well wishes from everyone and it has been such a special time for the both of us. I still keep running the moment over in my head letting the thought that we will be married sink in. I could not ask for a more perfect person to spend the rest of my life with and I feel so lucky! Thanks for all of the congrats and love :) I can't wait to post more about the wedding planning process!

ENGAGED!

Brett popped the big question today! I'll give you all the details later but I'm just so excited I had to post something TONIGHT! But I will say this: I could not be any happier than I feel right now :D