IT IS OFFICIAL!!!!

Dan and I were OFFICIALLY Engaged on December 29Th, 2007! Here is just a few of our engagement pictures!!!!!!! WE CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY 9TH!!!!!!

Another Awesome Trip With Dan

I just had another opportunity to go see Dan! Every time I see him our relationship gets better and better. He is truly an amazing man and someone who I adore full heartedly. It is so nice to respect the person you are with and love everything about them.

The event of this trip was attending one of his best friends weddings. I think it is a pretty big step for any couple to attend a wedding together... what's next after that?!?!? The wedding was absolutely beautiful and we had a blast dancing. BY THE WAY, Dan has some serious moves and he even tried swinging with me! It was so fun to get out and dance and laugh with him. It is nice to be able to be myself and not have to worry about what my other half is thinking. He always lets me be myself and I love that!

We also took our first road trip together (the wedding was 4 hours away from his home). OH GOODNESS! Nothing will bring you closer than being enclosed in a confined space for four hours...

We are now heading in to our 7 week separation and I am praying it goes by fast... I HATE BEING AWAY FROM HIM!

Thanks to everyone who watched the boys! It is always nice to know your babies are being taken care of when you are away from them.

WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!

How much better can life get? Dan and I just had the GREAT opportunity to see each other again two weeks after the "FIRST" official meeting.

All I can say is Labor Day weekend 2007 was the best Labor Day I can remember! It is amazing how fast you can attach yourself to someone when they are around you. With him gone it feels a little strange to not have him with me all day.

First and foremost he was absolutely incredible with the boys. Playing with them, loving them and just building a fun relationship with them. Second he fit right into the family. I do believe that every member of my family has commented on how much they liked him and thought that he treated the boys and I so well. Third, but not last.... I am finding myself falling harder than before for him. I know seeing him with the boys and around the family was just confirmation that he is meant to be in my life at this moment, even if it is for a short while, he is meant for me right now and I am grateful for that.

It was such a busy weekend and he did not miss a beat! We had a BLAST at SunSplash on Saturday where he helped me take the boys on every ride for 5 hours. I think that was the most fun the boys have had in months! We went out to dinner on Saturday night with his sister who lives north of Phoenix, and her husband. It was nice to meet at least one person in his family and nice for him to see her. Sunday was church, where the boys behaved themselves (why they can't do this every Sunday I will never understand). We had family dinner that night where he met everyone for the first time and then after that we had a Friends game night where he got to meet some of my closet friends and got to see me in GAME MODE ACTION (and I, or should I say the girls vs the guys, still lost - dang it). Then Monday was labor day where we hung out with the family and swam, ate, Karaoke and laughed. He, unfortunately, had to fly out that night at 11 p.m. and I have missed him every second since. BUT WHAT A FUN, UP BEAT, BUSY weekend! I would not trade it for the world. It was one of those weekends you never wanted to end.... To bad all good things must come to an end.

I am just SO excited about him and our relationship. I am excited that he is becoming such a dear friend to me. I am excited that he bonded with the boys so well and that he had no problem fitting in with my family. I am excited he had the chance to meet some of my friends and get to see the people I am around and love to be around. I am excited that I am lucky enough to have this INCREDIBLE chance!

North Carolina

I just had the most AMAZING trip to North Carolina. I would say "IN MY LIFE," but seeing as how I have never been there before, I just have to stick with the MOST AMAZING TRIP to North Carolina....
I went to see my Friend Dan, who I met at the beginning of July while I was Grocery Shopping (which for those of you that don't know, that is what I say when I meet someone on-line). Not only was North Carolina BEAUTIFUL, but Dan has to be the best looking man I have ever seen! I love that we have so much in common. He has the cutest kids, a boy and a girl TWINS! Both of us are LDS, both have been to one side of the line and then realized the other side was better, and both of us are in love with the 90's. OK the last one was just me, but I am working on his obbsession for all that was good in the 90's!
I have never been further east than Illinois so this trip was a big deal to begin with. I was going to the EAST COAST! ATLANTIC OCEAN! That in itself was exciting. Flying in I was glued to the window with the colors of green from the trees and blue from the ocean, the beauty soon faded though as I got off the plane and could not breath. HUMIDITY!!! What is that?!?!?! Well aparently it makes it hard to breath for those of us who are use to sucking dry air down our lungs.I am sure I looked hideous with traveling all day, but there Dan was and all I have to say for how he looked was, "WOW!" Dark Skin, BIG brown eyes, huge perfect smile, muscles from head to toe.... if you are not drooling right now, just look at the pics of him! When you are set up on a blind date and you go at least if you realize the two of you are not mixing you can go home, I was stuck here though, and to be honest I wish I was still stuck there on that awesome blind date! FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, that is not going to do it for me.... I need more time with him.We did so much and had such a blast. My favorite part was the Marine base (he is a Marine, which may explain why he is muscles from head to toe). I did not realize that a base is like a CITY! I was amazed. They even had a mall, A MALL on the Marine base! AMAZING TO ME! The Atlantic is georgous, and the smell of him living only two miles away from the shore is wonderful!
He made me feel ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, treated me like a Princess and I can feel myself wanting more and more of him. Almost like an addiction, we'll see if later on I need to go to Dan Anonymous classes....