love is in the air.

This man...

is my best friend,

the love of my life,

my team mate,

and in four months,

he will be my HUSBAND! 

And I couldn't be more excited :)

Our night started here....

I've been sick, so I requested Zupas so I could eat some delicious soup; which I did. 

Next, we went here....

This is the park where we had our first kiss. We walked around the park and then found a spot underneath a tree to lay a blanket out. Mike was pretty anxious and kept playing with his camera and video recorder on his phone. He kept taking silly pictures of me and we just sat around and talked for awhile. While he continued to play on his phone, I decided to lay down. After a little while, he poked my leg and pulled me up to my knees and looked me directly in the eyes. I won't bore you with the whole "speech", but he told me he loved me and he was tired of having me be his girlfriend (romantic right.....? haha) he went on to explain that it was tiring because we'd been dating for so long and it was time to start the next chapter. He said all that was left was one thing. He pulled a knee up, and asked me if I would marry him. :) I nodded my head (don't have much of a voice right now) and gave him a huge hug. 

It seems so crazy! We've talked about this for a long time and it's finally here! It didn't even seem real, but it was absolutely perfect!

After, we celebrated like any couple would on the day that The Hunger Games DVD came out....

By going to Walmart, buying this movie and watching it!

And this, is what we came home to,

Love my family! 

Such a perfect night! 

photographs of summer.

Ferris Wheel at Liberty Park. 

Boating at Utah Lake with the Flint's

Pioneer Day. Cabin with the Flint's in the morning and early afternoon, BBQ with the Swain's in the evening.

 

 Moab, UT. 

 Celebrating 4 wonderful years together with lots of hikes and lots of one on one time together. I seriously can't believe we've been together for four years! I'm so excited for our future together!

Hiking with David up Big Cottonwood Canyon. 

my racing thoughts.

it has been such a long time since i've blogged! i have so much i want to write about and so many pictures to share, but i'm sitting at work on my lunch break, so i will write what i can and post pictures later.

here are some of my thoughts and highlights from the month of july....

-mike and i went boating with his family twice! so much fun! we went out to utah lake and enjoyed wake boarding, tubing, and chillin on the boat. 
-mike and i got to spend the whole day together on independence day. it was awesome taking fun pictures, having a bbq with my family, and simply being together.
-for the 4th, khemia and i made some awesome stars/stripes shorts. we're so crafty :)
-mike and i crossed items off of our summer list such as: homemade guacamole, the ferris wheel, hiking to cecret lake, etc.
-my family FINALLY took family pictures. it's been at least 5 or so years.
-khemia and i went and visited our camp family up at jurassic journey (cub scout camp) where i practiced my katniss everdeen impersonation. 
-i was crafty later on in the month and bleach dyed a denim shirt...it's super cute now!
-mike and i spent pioneer day together. 1st half of the day with his family up at their cabin, and the 2nd half with my family for a bbq
-mike and i celebrated our 4th!!! anniversary together!!! (wow how time flies!)
-we celebrated by going to MOAB (my first time) where we did a lot of hiking, spent a lot of time together, and learned a lot about each other. we stayed in a bug infested hotel, got rained out....forcing us to sleep in the car, gave each other cheesy gifts, but all in all, had a great time!

this summer has been one of the hardest, and most fun summers i've had. it has taught me a lot about patience and enjoying the small moments and memories. i've made myself try new things and i have big hopes and aspirations for the rest of the summer. i'm soooooo excited mike is done with summer semester this week and i'm insanely excited to flee utah and go to california at the end of the month. 
here's hoping for a good month of august!