Canada, eh?

I spent the past week in Vancouver and Victoria Canada with my Family! It was a great little family trip – lots of pretty driving, pretty scenery, beautiful weather, and good family times!

Warning!! There are a ton of pictures in this post!!

A cool bridge right outside the Washington/Canada border

Dad, me and Dave at a cool waterfall

downtown Vancouver at some cool, really old clock

eating lunch at a park

a view of Vancouver as we left on the Ferry.

me and Dave at the Chinese Gardens

family photo! right outside Whistler - where the 2010 Winter Olympics are going to be

Dave and I did a zip-line tour. There were 5 zip lines, and it was awesome! The longest one was almost a half-mile long!!

dave on the zip line

me and Dave at one of the tree balcony things

self-portrait while on the zip line!

Dave up-side-down!!

Me up-side-down!!

me and my mom!

me and Dave touching the freezing cold water off Vancouver Island!

Dave giving Mom a piggy-back ride. How cute!

view from another ferry ride

is there ever such a thing as TOO much ice cream?!?!
[obviously the pre-wedding diet has NOT started! haha]

views around Vancouver Island

A cool Castle tour in Victoria, Canada

family bike ride along the water in Victoria

Great family trip!

....here comes the bride......

we're engaged!!!!!!!

that's right - Matt proposed last night, and I said YES!! And we are getting MARRIED!!!! There are not enough exclamation points in the world to explain how excited I am!!


We are getting married on September 19th in the Bountiful Temple! The 19th is a special day for us, and September 19th, 2003 was our very first kiss - way back when we were freshmen in college!


DISCLAIMER!!!:
apparently this is not my real ring! The diamond is the real thing, but there were some problems with the band, so this is just a temporary one. Matt just wanted to propose on the 19th, and I'm leaving on Friday, so the real thing will be finished when I get back. I promise to post pictures as soon as we get it! So just ignore the weird band for now!
The proposal story is nothing super exciting. It was sweet, simple, and meaningful - just like I've always wanted!! So when Matt came over to my place yesterday afternoon, I was watching Garden State [remember this post! haha] - which is our favorite movie, for many reasons. I think we both see certain characteristics about ourselves and each other in the main characters. Honestly - I don't remember exactly how it happened, but it was at the end when it's playing one of our favorite songs, and we started talking. We were just sitting on my living room floor, and all the sudden, he got up on his knees and started reaching into his pocket. In my mind, I was thinking "Holy crap - is he really going to propose right now?!?!". And he DID!! He said all sorts of sweet and wonderful things, and then asked if I would marry him. And of course I said YES!!! Afterwards, he took me to dinner at my favorite place ever - Noodles & Co. On the way there, we got pulled over for Matt not wearing his seatbelt, but once we told the officer that he had just barley proposed and I flashed him my ring, he let us off with just a warning! Pretty funny that the first person to find out that we were engaged was some random police officer!! haha!

And now begins our lifetime adventure together!!!!!

[ps - have I mentioned how much i LOVE this boy?!?!]

TWO years!!

Two years ago today, I packed up my car and moved to Portland!! I never thought I'd love Portland as much as I do!!!! I love the city, the scenery, but most of all, I love all the wonderful people that I've met since moving here!

As much stuff as I could possibly fit into my car!!Here's to the next few months being the best summer ever!!

completly unrelated

Wasn’t I just adorable!

Best movie ever:

I have probably watch this movie atleast once a week for the past 2 months. LOVE it! Zach Braff is great, and I just love Natalie Portman! The soundtrack is also excellent!

[It's Rated R, so you can borrow my edited version if you want to watch it!]

Quote of the Month:

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question that he wanted to spend the rest of his life answering”

From the book:

west side!

He's here!! Matt's here! We're both in Portland and despite the rain, everything is great!! Yesterday, we went to the coast - and even though it wasn't the best weather, we had a good time! We went to dinner, and Matt had some of the best crab legs he's ever had! He was talking about them the rest of the night!!

Cute houses along the coast at Cannon Beach

Matt touching the water on the West Coast!

not so sure about the face that I'm making - but I love these new shades! :)
... and Haystack Rock in the background

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ELEVEN DAYS!!!

That's right - only 11 days until this cute boy is moving to Portland!!

We've survived the past Six months of long distance, and now we finally get to live in the same place!! No more nightly phone calls lasting until the wee hours of the morning. No more Skype dates. No more only seeing eachother every 3 or 4 weeks. No more sad good-byes at the airport. No more worrying about the time-zone differences. And no more not being able to get a hug when you really need one!

Just US, the wonderful city of Portland, and a summer that's bound to be full of adventures!

happy April!!

OK – so I realize that I’m the worse blogger ever! And it’s not that I don’t have anything to blog about – it’s more like I have too many things to write about, so I just don’t write about any of them!

I should post pictures from my trip to San Francisco with my mom – which was a blast! Or from the short trip up to Seattle with Matt over his Spring Break. But there are just too many pictures to choose from! Next week, I’m heading to Utah for my friends wedding! And then no more trips planned until I head to Washington DC for the Fourth of July! I absolutely LOVE fireworks, so I can’t wait to be in DC on the Fourth! How much more patriotic can you get?!

Matt is now a certified Phlebotomist Technician. Congrats to him!! This means that he can draw blood from anyone- and he's certified to do it in all 50 States! He had to take a month long class, and take a written test as well as get a certain amount of ‘pokes’ by taking blood from other people. I’m scared to death of needles, so he has yet to poke me! But if any of you need your blood drawn, I know someone who would love to do it for you!!

And here is the most random assortment of a few pictures from my last couple weeks:

SAN FRANCISCO WITH MADRE:

Mom and I rented bikes and rode across the Golden Gate Bridge - in the wind and rain! But it was still awesome and totally worth it!

The Tour of Alcatraz. Very, very interesting!

Best store ever!! I always spend way too much money there!

SEATTLE WITH MATTHEW:

Matt and I at the Aquarium in Seattle

Space Needle!!

Happy April Everyone!!

he's cute :)

birthday ideas??

My birthday is exactly Nine months from today. I'm sure that some of you are already wondering what to get me this year..... so here are two ideas:

a Nissan GT-R

or a Porche

Either one will be fine - I like them both equally :)

i just changed my background to Audrey Hepburn. i love her. seriously - she's gorgeous.


i can't wait until i have a room to scrapbook in, cause i'm totally getting a big picture of her to hang in there!