The next month of awesomeness has finally made it to my blog. It took a while to put all of these pictures onto the blog. I hope you enjoy them.
The pictures of Cody and I together, below, are from a trip we took with some of his family to a Lot that they have. It was such a nice place to be. It was some hard core camping we did that day. The first part of the afternoon there, Cody's dad wanted to take pictures of us together. His dad is so excited for us to get married. So we took engagement pictures I guess. They turned out really well I thought. It was kind of weird to do them at first because we were not 'officially' engaged but it got more and more fun as time went by.
That night was so fun. It got so so so so so cold though. I don't prepare as well as I should. I should have brought thicker socks and more jackets I think. Cody kept me warm while we were around the campfire though. It was fun getting to know Cody's family some more. We had hot dogs (which are so much better when roasted around the campfire) and then we had smores. I had been craving smores for a long while and I was so happy that his mom brought some smore stuff. It definatly hit the spot. They take their time roasting the marshmallows and I don't. I go ahead and light mine on fire and pretend it is a comet going through the sky. I love them burnt. It is the best.
Yes, yes we did. We couldn't help but carve our initials into this tree. It was fun trying to make that heart look like a heart.
Before we left we all went on a hike and his brothers were having a competition on who could climb the tree the highest. Of course I had to do it as well. I didn't get up too high. It was harder than I thought it would be. The tree was slippery.
I created a date to do with Cody. I thought it would be a blast to fingerpaint. It was so messy and so much fun. He didn't much like it when I put some paint on his knee. I like all of them so it is hard to know which one is my favorite. The messiest was the hand print one. The black and white one was fun to do. It has three events from our relationship. The first is the derby, then mini golfing, and then camping.
We went to Arizona a couple weeks ago and we had a bunch of fun there. It was nice to see my family. Tessa, Cody, and I went to the temple friday morning. It was such a neat experience to be able to go to the temple with Cody. It solidified everything for me about my decision to be with him. Everything is so amazing with Cody.
On Saturday morning, we woke up super early so that we could go water skiing. It was my dad, Tessa, Cody and I that went. Do you think by the time we got to Roosevelt Lake we would just be able to hop in the boat and go skiing? Nope. We drove the hour there just to have the boat not work. I was so bummed. I have not been skiing for such a long time and wanted to go so bad. Oh well, the drive up and the drive back was nice.
Cody and I went to the Utah State Fair. This picture below is completely made out of butter. How crazy is that? One of my favorite places to go was the photography displays. Cody taught me which pictures are better than others. I am now a better critic at pictres.
Pretty much the hugest cow I have seen in my life. He was really old I think because he was so passive or maybe it was just because he was so big. I don't know. All I know is that he is HUGE!
So.... I GOT ENGAGED!!!
Here is the story. The reason we went to Arizona was for Cody to get to know my family more and for him to ask my dad for my hand in marriage. I knew that he got approval so when we got back to Utah I was so excited to possibly get engaged soon. I was so wanting it so that it could be official finally. I just didn't know when it was going to happen because we were no where near picking a ring out. I had a ring that I liked at Zales but they don't supply that one anymore I guess. So I was wondering what was going to happen. I told Cody that it would be totally fine if he went to get a cheap 8 dollar ring at walmart and then later give the 'real' one. So that is what he did. (yes, the ring up above is the fake one).
We went to Cascade Springs and it is such a beautiful place. I can't wait to go again. It is full of all these little streams and bridges. I found my most favorite spot to be and then we traveled more of the different areas. We eventually got back to the place that I liked a lot and we stood there for a long while. I was wondering when we were going to leave but we just kept standing there. I took advantage of being in the arms of Cody as I was focusing on not being cold.
Eventually Cody said, "I want to get a rock in the water." I was thinking he was crazy because the water looked cold. Cody knelt down and I knelt down beside him. (I learned later that I kind of ruined his plans with me knealing by him). I was trying to find what rock he wanted to get but I couldn't find it. He said that it didn't matter. So I got back up and as I was getting up I saw it! I saw something shiny in his hand. I thought, "oh. that rock." Cody got on one knee and asked me to marry him and I smiled and said yes. So now I have a huge fake ring and it is fun to see peoples reaction to the huge ring. I eventually tell everyone it is fake but maybe I should just say it is the real thing. Whichever I guess. :) I am still so so so happy to be getting married to Cody.
This past weekend Cody and I went rock climbing with a few of his friends. It was such a blast. I was so super sore afterwards. It is amazing how sore you get from pulling yourself up a side of the mountain. I want to go again one day. It was so much fun.
So that has been my life basically. I went wedding dress shopping today. It was the most fun I have had for a long while. The ladies were just playing dress up. I was their barbie doll. It was fun. I can't believe how much a dress can make you feel so good. I found the dress but I can't put the pictures I have of it on here or Cody will see it and that is bad luck. :)
Well, that is pretty much it. My favorite musician this month is Kari Jobe. I love her!
