we're engaged!

most of you, if not all of you, know by now that brandon and i are engaged!yippee!! it came as a complete surprise and it couldn't have been more perfect! so here's the story: for the past few weeks brandon had been mentioning how he wanted to get out of town and suggested we go to the beach on sunday the 31st. for those of you who do not know me, i'm incredibly stubborn! i flat out didn't want to go to the beach for the the following reasons: 1. it was supposed to rain...and rain at the beach is only fun if you're cozied up in a warm cabin sipping tea 2. it was a sunday!!!!! sundays are my lazy days where i mentally prepare myself for the upcoming work week...duh :) 3. i really didn't see what the rush was and why we couldn't plan a whole weekend at the beach after jeff and michele's wedding (this saturday nov. 6 - can't wait). tuesday october 26th is when brandon finally realized i wasn't going to give in to the whole "beach for the day" idea (which happened to include the proposal in front of haystack rock - my favorite place in the world) and since he didn't want to hold on to that ring anymore he decided to do it that night!

I won't go into details about the actual proposal. all i will say is it was perfect and very fitting to our personalities! we are both very excited....and sometimes i still find myself saying out loud "i can't believe that we are actually going to get married" (which is usually followed by a high pitched squeal). sometimes i ask how we got so lucky...but then i remember it was a very long road to get to where we are today: 8 years, two different states, a few relationships that we both learned so much from, and a handful of very good friends who always believed brandon and i would end up together :) thanks to our dear friends and family for the never ending love and support and a huge thanks to all that have wished us well!

i decided to create a blog to document this fun/exciting/sometimes stressful/ experience. it is also a way to semi organize the trillion ideas i have floating around in my head. stay tuned and in the words of leann, michele, chisa, nicole, and sabrina "things are happening!!!!!"

♡