4 things

this morning i talked to my mom for about an hour and a half. she told me that she loved being able to talk to nate (along with my dad) on monday (when he asked them permission, to ask me to marry him). she said she asked him why he wanted to marry me. his four main reasons were:

1. because we connect spiritually. he said that with some people you can just feel that there is a deeper connection. more than just a physical and mental connection, but a spiritual one too. even though he didn't go on a mission he believes that the Lord put me in his life now for this purpose and he needs to take advantage of it. he is looking forward to us being able to grow together spiritually and have experiences where our testimonies both grow.

2. because i am a hard worker. he said that he is glad that i work hard now. even though i don't have the best job, i still do the best i can with what i can. because i don't depend on my parents to pay for me, even though i could if i really needed to. because being a hard worker now will prepare me to be a hard worker when i am a mother and at home with our children.


3. because i am intelligent. he said that i don't ever give myself credit for actually intelligent i really am. but he loves that we can just talk, about anything and everything and we can have a good conversation. he said he's dated lots of girls that weren't very smart and he couldn't do that with, but he can with me.

4. because i am beautiful. he said that beauty is the first thing to draw someone in. its the thing to make you walk across the room to see someone, and to keep coming back.

it made me cry as mom was telling me these things, and it even made me cry again as i'm sitting here writing them down. i'm so in love with this boy, and i'm so lucky to have him love me back.

I started this post on Thursday...Nate told me that he'd tell me one thing that he loved about me a day until we're engaged.

1. my eyes
2. my hands
3. my butt
4. my lips

When we were at the park he began with, I guess I'll just tell you a bunch of things I love about you now, because this is the end of the list... (something like that). He pulled that precious little box out of his pocket and I still don't think I realized what was going on. A few seconds later the tears started dripping out of my eyes. He picked that location because he'd gone there a few times in the past couple months (late at night, after we'd been hanging out) to pray and make sure that WE were right.

He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and, well, I said YES. I was so excited I didn't even give him a chance to put the ring on my finger. I stole it out of the box and put it on myself.

 

can you tell how ecstatic I am?

I'm getting MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i saw "friendly man #1" again on thursday.

it easily made my day.

102

one-hundred and two things I love:

1. my cat Pipin
2. my puppy Natasha
3. my mama
4. my padre
5. my brother anthony
   
6. his wife jana
   
7. their baby, zoe bean
8. my boyfriend boog, Nate
   
9. my cannon powershot
10. my nikon d70
11. my lappy
12. sleep
13. german (the language not my class)
    
14. wiener schnitzel
15. gelato
16. german chocolate
    
17. vienna
18. austria
    
19. and germany
20. and all of europe
21. traveling
22. taking pictures
23. nate's smile
24. pizza
25. yozone
26. yoasis reunions
    
27. macey's
28. 24
29. the office
30. reading blogs
    
31. blogging
32. trying new recipes
33. facebook
34. exercising
35. shaved legs
36. plucked eyebrows
37. eyeliner
    
38. eating
39. texting
40. vienna reunions
41. summer
42. cake
43. birthdays
44. christmas
45. babies
46. zinnias
47. the internet
48. pictures
49. headbands
50. getting flowers from someone
51. graham crackers and frosting
52. lake powell
53. extended family
54. cousins
55. grandparents
56. aunts
57. and uncles
58. being an auntie
59. scheduling my calendar
60. craigslist
61. raspberries and cream
62. being tan
63. the Greindl's
64. clothes just out of the dryer
65. green beans
66. sugar cookies
67. cookie dough
68. rainbow chip frosting
69. stanley
70. my ipod
71. john mayer
72. colbie caillat
73. taylor swift
74. switchfoot
75. new music
76. smarties
77. "stealing" smarties from macey's
78. peanut butter cups
79. chocolate
80. hot chocolate chip cookies
81. farr's icecream
82. clean sheets
83. ride's home after work
84. money
85. friends
86. white teeth
87. whitening strips
88. stuffed animals
89. earrings
90. the scriptures
91. picture frames
92. white boards
    
93. getting an A on a test
    
94. clean carpet
    
95. a clean house(/apartment)
    
96. the beach
    
97. fires
98. fishing
    
99. catching a fish
    
100. and cleaning it
101. finishing and turning in big assignments
     
102. waking up without an alarm
     

I thought this was a fitting post for my 102nd post. Sorry that I forgot to monumentalize my 100th post. and sorry if there are any repeats on this post. or if you got bored reading this.

tired

i'm tired of this weather. and ready for spring. too bad the groundhog decided that we have 6 more weeks of winter.

i'm tired of school. going straight through spring and summer, although it seems like a good idea, may be the death of me. come june i'll finally have a break, cause i'm only taking spring classes this year. can't wait.

that is all.

<3