Happily Engaged!

So for anyone who has heard the whole story, Travis and I are "officially engaged!" He gave me my engagement ring on Friday and it is beautiful!!! I absolutely LOVE it! He did a perfect job. For those who do not know the whole story, when he proposed in June, we just didn't have the extra $ for a ring It really wasn't a big deal to me. Of course I am excited to have this beautiful ring but it was not the important thing! Enough rambling, here are a couple of pictures.

The First Zoo Trip of 2009

How excited was I when Bridget and Ben invited me to tag along to the zoo last sunday with them and their boys, the Ballard's and the Carr's (whom I had never met and they have 2 beautiful kids!) Not only do I LOVE the zoo, but I had not had a chance to meet Carli Grace yet! She is such a doll! (Rachel, you sure do make some cute kids!) I love spending time with the Sutphin boys. They are so darn adorable! Danny was worried that my head would be cold because I didn't have a hat so he gave me his! I think I rocked the Spongebob look! The weather was a little chilly but we all had a great time. I let Rachel's son George use my camera and he loved it (and took some pretty good pictures) so I think that was the most time he had ever spent with me. It was a large group of babies and bottles, strollers, minivans, Suvs, laughter and love. What a great way to spend the day!

Accepting Rachel's Challenge

Even though Travis and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day, I though it would be fun to accept Rachel's challenge and list 5 reasons why I LOVE Travis.

1.) He accepts and loves me even with all my baggage. He offers me his unconditional support and respect. He is my shoulder to lean on while at the same time, he makes me stand on my own two feet.

2.) He makes me feel beautiful and sexy all the time. I may not like the way I look right now but he tells me I am perfect.

3.) He shares my interests and has opened me to new experiences. I have found that I enjoy things that I would have never thought of.

4.) We have fun doing absolutely nothing. We have fun at Cards games, watching TV, at a bar etc. I truly enjoy spending time with him!

5.) I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with him. I cannot wait to have children with him! I cannot wait to see what kind of father he will be! I Love him forever!

We found "the one"

How awesome is it that we found my dress and the bridesmaid dresses on the same day in less than 5 hours. I only tried on 4-5 dresses and LOVE the one I picked. I am wearing my Mom's veil and it looks perfect. All of the girls agreed on a dress and I think it will look beautiful on each of them. I am so excited!

Dress Shopping!!

My beautiful bridesmaids and I are finally going dress shoppping!! I am suprisingly very excted about it. I went by myself a few weeks ago and I think I found "the one" but I am anxious for some feedback! I am also excited to pick bridesmaids dresses because I am thinking about more untraditional vs. traditional. We'll see what they come up with. I am letting them more or less make the decision instead of telling the girls what they are wearing! Wish us luck!