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Engagement Photos

I figured some people would want to see some of our engagement photos, so here are a couple. We think they turned out really good :) If you can't tell, we had lots of fun taking them. Yup....these pretty much sum up Dan and I !!!!!!

Spring Break!

What is spring break you ask?!?! Well, as a BYU student unfortunately I don't have much experience with it. Spring break doesn't actually exist here. Instead we take finals. Hahaha, the sun is finally shining, the snow has melted, the trees are beginning to bud. There is the smell of sun and flowers throughout the air. Its about this time that I start to feel the itch. I've been in school since last July...thats ten months. My brain and my body are starting to revolt. All I want is a trampoline, a glass of fresh lemonade, and my backyard in Wisconsin to lounge in. But instead BYU decides its time for finals. Hours upon hours studying, trying to recall what I learned back in January, trying to keep some sanity in my life. This semester is particularly rough. With the wedding plans well underway, and Dan only living a block away from me . . . its getting progressively more difficult to concentrate on anything else. So what do you think we did?!? We had our own personal spring break. We took a day off and decided to enjoy the sunshine in one last hoorah before buckling down to study for finals. Dan was adorable. He took work off and planned the entire day! We left after my class from 12-1, and headed up to the mountains. We stopped in Heber, ate at Dairy Keen (better known as "the Train") then visited one of Dan's great uncles. Then we went fishing. Neither of us actually caught anything, but I did hook a fish. It was huge . . . at least compared to the little bluegills we always caught in WI. :) it was super exciting, I wanted so badly to catch a fish!! But then...it jumped out of the water and slipped off of my hook. I was kind of disappointed, but we still had tons of fun. After that we went to Park City. We saw historic Main Street, and visited the Outlets. Dan and I just enjoyed each others company, it didn't matter a whole lot to either of us what we actually did. We went to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory . . . it was delicious!!! And then we looked through travel books in the bookstore of all the places we want to visit together. It was a blast and it was nice to relax before craziness breaks loose as preparations for finals start!!

In Heber - The food was awesome!!

Dan . . . contemplating the meaning of life through the eyes of a French Fry.

All geared up and ready to go!!

Fishy . . . why are you sleeping?!? - name the movie :)

Me and my best friend! I love this boy!!

. . . Pretty much sums up how I feel every single day that I get to spend with Dan.

PKP

Today Mom and Dad came down for a banquet for the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society. It was lots of fun, and I was really glad they were able to come. It was a super nice . . . sit down dinner, three courses. It was delicious!!! And then afterwards Dan was waiting for me outside with a dozen red roses. It was the best!!! Hahaha, I love that kid so much!!

So domestic :)

Look at this BEAUTIFUL apple pie I made!! To be completely honest, I'm extremely proud of it. Hahahaha, maybe I won't be a failure of a wife after all.

Less than 3 months!

Holy smokes, its kind of crazy to think that in less than 3 months I'll be married . . . It happened so fast. I'd say I didn't really see it coming . . . which would have been true a year ago, but lately I've just known its the right thing to be doing. Marriage however comes with a lot more responsibilities than I've ever had to think about before. I mean, I've only been 20 for about 2 months...my biggest struggle up to this point has been feeding myself . . . and ask anyone who knows me. I'm not that good at it :) hahahahaha, but now there is a lot more to think about. Money being the biggest, housing, food, the future. It can get kind of scary...but as I write this I'm only excited. I'm ready, I'm young, but I'm willing.  This will be a new chapter in my life. Its crazy to think about how life-changing this decision really is. Luckily for me I know I'm making the right one. And I couldn't be happier or more excited!!!

:)

Life is funny. You spend every day, every moment, just trying to make it through. If I can survive this class, if I can survive this semester, if I can make it until the weekend, if I can just get through this assignment, if I can just make it to graduation, if I can just survive until this summer. Life is full of waiting for the next big stage of life to come and greet us. But I don't think any of us are completely prepared when suddenly we realize we've made that switch and our lives will never be the same.

By now everyone has heard the news. The people who needed to have been called, everyone else most likely found out through facebook. And truth is there isn't much to be said on here. I can't explain how I feel, I can't explain how excited I am. But there is one thing I can say. I never ever saw this coming. I never would have expected this last semester. I guess God has this way of pulling us through hell so that when we come out on the other side we can recognize how spectacular and blessed we truly are. I'm so grateful...I'm so excited. I know everything I went through last semester and summer prepared me to be where I am today. And now that I can see the positive outcome, I'm grateful for everything I went through. Yeah it was hard, yeah it totally sucked, but no, I wouldn't change a thing.

Dan...is amazing. Nothing I say will give him the credit he deserves. He puts up with me...I think that says a lot about who he is :P He works crazy hard everyday, he's smart, he has an amazing family. I basically feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I never saw this coming, I never expected a year ago to be where I am today. But I couldn't be happier. I couldn't be more excited, and I couldn't be more in love.