I am an engaged woman!!!

That is right folks, crazy crazy crazy!!! So I will tell this whole story from the beginning.. this might be really long so if you don't want to read the whole history, scroll down to THE PROPOSAL.

So Cory and I have known each other since I was 16 and he was 17.. we worked at JAMBA JUICE together, hahaha. I kind of hate that but it's funny. Anyways our days of working together were filled with sarcasm, the fun kind. I actually had a crazy crush on him and I would tell my best friend Joy about it all the time, even when I was "dating" other boys.. I still liked Cory. Joy is actually Cory's 1st cousin, crazy! He was my favorite person to work with and I would NEVER ever admit it to any of my coworkers no matter how much they tried to get it out of me.. but when he quit I finally told the  truth.

(this is Cory ignoring me at all-state choir 2008. I think he was mad because I made fun of him when he tripped getting off the bus.. ;)

Cory and I hung out a few times in high school, okay maybe like once and they (Cory and his friends)hid from us because they were playing "secret agent" aka they ditched us. After that I kinda forgot about him on purpose until his mission farewell, which I did end up going to! Then I saw his big beautiful brown eyes and thought.. I'm going to write him. I went to tell him he did a good job after which is where we shared our first earth-shattering hug. It lasted almost 1 second. After that I went to his house with Joy, and when I was leaving there we shared our second hug. That too lasted almost 1 second.

Then Cory left on his mission to California and I continued life as normal.. finishing up my senior year, starting my first year of college, then my second. We wrote about every 3 or 4 months and I always enjoyed his letters SO much. I always looked forward to them. When he would send them to my house in Idaho instead of Utah I would not only make my little sister read them to me over the phone, but if he sent a picture I had her take a picture of the pictures he sent with her phone, then had her send them to my phone. (I rewrote that sentence four times so I hope it makes sense). 

Anyways, then came the letter that said, "I get home January 26!!" Then I died.

Okay he sent me that right before Thanksgiving 2010 so I was like, "Oh that's awesome I want to marry him!" Haha just kidding I really was thinking, "Oh it would be fun to see him and catch up!"

January 30, the day of his homecoming came and I crammed into a pew with Joy and her family to listen to his homecoming talk. It was so good. After, we talked for literally 3 seconds before this boy swooped in to talk to him. Then I left and I didn't go to his house. I thought that was it. It was good to see him and talk for a second, now I can move on and stop wondering about this Cory boy!

Well we ended up talking 2 weeks later on facebook and he asked me for my number! He called me the next day and asked me out for that weekend since I would be in Idaho anyways. (I really wasn't planning on going to Idaho but when he said he wanted to take me on a date I quickly changed my plans)

Our first date was so fun! He was such a gentleman and the conversation was good!

The rest is history folks.. we would go out whenever I came home, he came to Logan, we talked on the phone almost every night... then came the marriage talk!! When this topic came up I knew I wanted to marry him so the conversation was welcomed with smiles, laughter, tears, hugging. It was a good day.

Take a break from reading and enjoy these pictures...

(Feeding the ducks at the greenbelt!)

(Memorial day weekend)

(s'mores!)

(Preston & Jenny's reception)

The proposal:

In the following weeks we set a date, went ring shopping, started planning... it was a whirlwind kind of thing!!

I didn't really know when Cory was going to propose, he said, "it could happen anytime!!" So after we looked at rings I was suspicious at everything he would do or say.

But a week after we looked at rings I didn't think he could possibly have one already!! Welp.. I was wrong!!

July thirtieth was a day like any other.. I woke up.. lounged around.. got ready..went to Cory's.. then to my cousin Gretchen's wedding reception (CONGRATS Gretchen!!)  After that we went to my favorite place to eat dinner, Texas Roadhouse. Cor was really anxious to get out of there because he didn't want to miss the sunset! We finally got out of there and headed for the hills!

On the way up to the windmills we were practicing our times tables, maybe some long division, Cory also taught me the quadratic formula song! Everything was really lighthearted and fun. When we got to a good spot we got camping chairs out of the trunk of his car and set them up. After we sat down Cory said, "Hey there is a part that's broken on your chair, it's just in the bag, will you get it?"

So I reached in the bag and felt a box.. A RING BOX. I was shocked. How could he get a ring that fast. I was so surprised that I didn't even open the box. Instead I turned around to look at him and he was already on one knee, ring in hand, looking at my with that cute smile. Then he said, "Will you marry me?" Then I died.

But really I burst our laughing, my response to being surprised I guess.  About five minutes after it happened he said, "Wait did you say yes?"  I'm pretty sure I did. But regardless of if I said yes or not, we are getting married on November 11, 2011..11.11.11!!!

I couldn't be more excited to marry Cory!!! He is always kind, thoughtful, sweet, funny, hard working, willing to help, and so many other wonderful things. We always have fun no matter what we're doing. I guess to sum it up I will just say that I am so in love. And I will be forever. Here are some things I love about Cory:

 

I like how he can lift one eyebrow much higher than the other one

 When he is telling a story or talking about something that exasperated him he crosses his eyes a little bit and moves his lower jaw to one side

He tells me how he feels about me. Often.

He is so gifted with music. You should see him play the organ.

  He is so very patient with me and my girly dramatic habits. He is always saying, “I understand, I see what you mean.”

He is a hard worker at everything he pursues, including his church callings and priesthood responsibilities.

He is kind to his family and the elderly

He just really wants to do what is right

   I love his big beautiful brown eyes

I hope that was sappy enough for everyone. If it wasn't I can always dish out more!!

Here are some random pictures of us from the past few months and from the night he proposed

(Preston &Jenny's open house)

(I accidentally elbowed Cory in the mouth)

The night of the Proposal!!!! We didn't get very many pics, my apologies.

(Cory said, "let's take a serious one)

(I don't know)

(Waaaah we're  in love)

(Loves from Cory)

(hehehe)

(haha)

(Our first wedding present.. from my dear Grandma!!)

I leave you with this

Thanks for reading! xo