I'M ENGAGED!

Well I know we've all heard the news but I'm posting it anyway. On Friday, Septemeber 21 John asked me to marry him. I have never been happier in my life. I love him so much.

About a week before this he asked me if I wanted to go for a walk on the boardwalk where we used to go all the time and then to Carrabba's for dinner. So that was the plan. Well the day comes and it's about 80 degrees outside but it's also about 6:00pm so John says he's going to take a long sleeved shirt "just in case." I didn't think much of it and decided it was probably a good idea. So we went there and right off the boardwalk there's a path that follows a stream for a little ways and we used to go and fish there a lot (it's where I caught my first fish). Soon after getting there he pulled me into a hug and told me he loved me. At the same time I guess he dropped the shirt that the box was wrapped in and got the box ready. As we pulled apart from the hug the next thing I knew he was down on one knee asking me to marry him. I was so shocked that I could barely say yes. Of course I did and now we're engaged! I still can't believe it some days. I'm still getting used to having the ring on because I tend to hit it on things throughout the day. John and I are going to take some pictures tonight and then I'll post them on here so you all can see how happy we are.

Thanks to everyone who have been supportive of us and all who have congratulated us since the announcement. We really appreciate and love all of you very much.

Skillet rocks my face off!

John and I went to the Skillet concert last week Monday and it was awesome! John Cooper was hilarious on stage saying things like "I hope you go home without your face tonight...cause it got rocked off." It was amazing to say the least. They were there with Toby Mac who I thought was pretty good cause I enjoyed the dancing but John didn't like it so much. But we didn't even get to see it all cause we went back stage to meet Skillet. That was also amazing to say the least. We didn't meet the whole band, just Ben and John but it was a lot of fun and we got to talk with them for about an hour and learned some very interesting things about them. After John went to bed Ben prayed with us all before we left. That was very cool, I mean how many people can say they not only met but also prayed with a rock band? Very cool. Well here are a few pictures from that night. Andy in the car after the concert...I realized I hadn't gotten a picture of him and we wouldn't remember that he was there if I didn't
Skillet on stage...the pictures showed up bigger before.
This is Dan, Melissa, David, and John right after Skillet performed...yes, it was pouring.
This is John and I with John Cooper and Ben Kasica is in the background...I love this picture.

School days

Well school has started and things are going fine. I feel kinda frustrated and overwhelmed sometimes but for the most part things are good. Trigonometry is kicking my butt most days. But it's only because the teacher sucks and it sounds like a lot of people are lost. We went over almost 15 questions off the homework today 'cause people didn't get it! So it's good to know I'm not the only one. Journalism is also kinda rough 'cause the professor grades really hard. If I pull out with a B I'll consider myself lucky. Education is stupid, well the class is anyway. It's a lot of busy work and stupid service learning stuff but I like the professor and my classmates. Finally, my communications class is the greatest! We get to watch movies every class period. Last night we watched Charlie Chaplain in The Kid and Buster Keaton in Steamboat Billy Jr. They were silent films of course but very humerous.

John bought The Office season three and we watched one whole disc plus a couple already. They are so funny! He also bought a bunch of food from the Fresh Market the other day and made a fabulous dinner last night. Chicken with noodles, tomatoes, peppers, garlic and some other stuff too. We had some tasty bread on the side and Cubby kept begging us for some. He did get a dropped noodle out of it though.