So I'm going to steal this idea from a cousin-in-law of mine and I'm going to do a review of last year! :) I guess since I was terrible about updating my last blog this will be a good way of reminding myself how amazing last year was!!!!!!!
January:
This was probably the hardest month of last year. It was the beginning of my second semester of nursing school, I had one more month l
eft in the purgatory that is better known as waiting for a missionary, and lets face it, January is a just a boring month anyways! But I endured to the end. I did most of my nursing assignments and presentations in January so that I could spend as much time as possible with Eric when he came home. That about sums up my January.... everything was done in preparation for the next whirlwind months! :)
February:
That blessed day finally came!!!!!! Eric came home from his mission on February 9th and I flew up to Cody, WY to reunite with him 3 days later! This is the picture of our first meeting! I wasn't nervous to meet him until the plane started it's approach to the runway. Suddenly, I realized that this was it. Would my two years have been wasted? Would he still like me? Would it be awkward? How fast would he move? All of these questions started swirling in my head when the plane landed. I had a few minutes to put myself together and the steps off the plane were lowered and I was walking into the airport. Thinking about how nervous I was still makes my stomach tingle!
But all that worrying was for nothing! I walked through the doors and there he was, as if I hadn't had to wait two whole years to even hear his voice. It was the most natural thing to do to run up to him and give him a hug! But things got even better! After hugging for a couple of seconds, Eric leaned back, and....... he kissed me! All of my questions were immediately answered! He still loved me, my two years weren't wasted, and things were looking good for our future. Amazing what a few seconds can do. ;)
Well, the rest of February passed in a blur. My parent made a surprise trip up to Cody to go to Eric's mission report, I flew back home after a couple days in Cody, Eric came down for my birthday, nightly phone calls, stinky good-byes, and much more. Then came
March!!!
March was also a very amazing month. Eric's parents had graciously and amazingly invited me to go on their family vacation to Hawaii over Spring Break!!!! I didn't have to think too hard about whether or not to accept this offer. So March comes around and off we go to Hawaii!!
The beach right in front of our condo's!!!!!! Gorgeous!!!
An amazing Hawaiian sunset!
Of course the most exciting thing to happen while in Hawaii was that Eric and I got engaged!!!!!
He did it at a romantic restaurant, over-looking the beach, at sunset. Yes, he has earned his brownie points for life!
The temporary ring and the ring box
The kiss afterwards :)
I said yes!
The above pictures were taken by the restaurants photographer after she found out we were engaged. She had taken this picture
and was giving it to us before we left, when she saw the ring on my finger and the ring box. She immediately took us out by the beach to had us re-create the moment while she took pictures. She then proceeded to offer to marry us on the beach in a couple months. Lol We thanked her politely and refused her offer but thanked her for the pictures. After we left Hawaii, Eric and I parted ways again for another couple months. We saw each other here and there for a couple days of each month, but the majority of the time we were separated and had to resort to nightly phone calls. :( But we did manage to have a few fun adventures :)
Eric took a liking to bow-ties on his mission :)
This was a 4-wheeling outing that Eric took with his Dad in April. Isn't he so handsome!
Eric shooting his gun for the first time since he got it 2 years ago
In April Eric came down to visit and we got killer tickets to watch General Conference
We bought both mine and Eric's rings while he was down. His ring has granite inlaid into the band. We liked the symbolism of it. He served his mission in Fresno, CA which included Yosemite National Park. Yosemite has the most granite of any national park! Also, the thought of being rock solid in our marriage seemed pretty cool. And Eric liked the "gray" color ;) Eric's color-blind, and I may have teased him a little bit about that.... Later on I had his ring engraved on the inside saying "EFY 04- Eternity"
My gorgeous ring! Eric's mom has connections and got a really go deal on the center diamond. I'm usually not a bragger, but I will brag about my ring. It's beautiful. Lol
A hike Eric and I went on in April
Eric took me to a Dinosaur Museum while I was up in Cody during May
Huge fish!!!
Eric's new ride! He's already put 12,000 miles on it because he drove down to Utah as often as he could to visit me!!! What a sweetie!!!
Just a couple days before we got married we went to the Cache Valley Car Show, and guess what car made a special appearance.... The Batmobile!
So basically April-June we endured to the end. At the end of June Eric moved down to Utah into our apartment!
A corner of our bedroom
Eric and my dad worked on this island to give us more kitchen space
Andrew was helping Eric move in and a friendly neighbor cat decided he wanted to move in too. Luckily Andrew caught him before he made it under the bed. Lol
Our "Kitty" picture :)
The kitchen in progress. Everything that looks like dirty dishes are shower gifts that were looking for a home. Lol
The study side of the bedroom
The bedroom side of the bedroom:)
I've decided to have two posts for 2011, cause this is a huge post already and I've only gotten to June! I will post again about the rest of my year starting with my wedding!!!!!
