* Last Sunday was the day our church found out Ryan and I were dating. We put a lot of prayer into that day - more on that saga later. (I feel like I say that all the time now.) But anyway. It went better than we could have hoped, and people seemed genuinely excited for us. We appreciated that so much! After church, we had lunch with his family and people, I have to tell you. I have waited 34 years to have an in-law family, and never EVER could I have scripted such a warm welcome as that crew gave me. Unreal.
* Monday we celebrated a birthday at work and you've GOT to see these darling Pinterest inspired cookies that my friend Sheryl Glancy made. They are SO SO cute:
* Tuesday evening I went to Portland, Indiana, to hear Philip Gulley share some of his writing. He's a Quaker pastor who also writes fiction, and his writing is so entertaining. Jon and Julie (you all know my friends Jon and Julie) invited me to go with them to hear him. We had such a great time! This will crack you up. I met them at Pizza Hut for dinner first and Julie told me later that she'd told the workers there was one more person in their party coming. They asked what I looked like and she said, "Well, I think her hair is brown and...it might be straight...or curly..." LOL!!! My ADD for hair gets me in trouble!
* Wednesday evening Ryan came over and we went for a run. I had my best mile ever followed by my two worst miles ever. Take the good with the bad, right? :) Thankfully race day wasn't like that!
* Thursday, as you might have heard...um...I GOT ENGAGED!!!!!!!!! OH my word. I still cannot believe I am writing those words! Here's a sneak peek of the event for those of you who are not already tired of it from Facebook:
* Friday, Ryan and I took the day off work and went to Brown County. We planned that even before I knew I was getting engaged but I was so glad we did. No way could I have focused to work that day! WE had a great time and someday - you know in 3 weeks or so when I have you caught up on everything else...I'll tell you about this date!
* Saturday was so busy. (Wait. What day ISN'T busy??) Anyway. In the morning, I went to a 31 Party and then in the afternoon we went to a Tim Hawkins Comedy event and then to a pumpkin patch and corn maze. We're worried we might run out of pictures for the scrapbook so we keep scheduling things. HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pinterest Inspiration: As you might have gathered, I did not have time, but I am so proud of my man that I just have to share this. He assembled this for me as part of my engagement gift - and he said he loved it so much, he thinks it is Pinterest worthy. I totally agree. So I'm putting it here and you Pinterest addicts be a dear and pin this thing to your boards so he can have his dream come true of creating something Pinterest worthy? (I am so in love with a man who utters the phrase "I think this is Pinterest worthy.") And for the record, it's a real rose dipped in gold - and then he put it in the jar full of coffee beans because coffee is our THING.
6 comments:
"We're worried we might run out of pictures for the scrapbook" How big is this scrapbook?? :)
Do you have to have a work crew move it around?
Oh Ryan,
That is a pretty awesome looking flower. Nice job.
I'm a pinterest fan, but not sure how to pin Ryan's flower. Shouldn't you pin it first then we can re-pin it? I think it's awesome!
Mark - The scrapbook for the year (in Bekahland) runs just under 200 pages. Other events are so big...they just get their own.
Anonymous...you should be able to use the pin marklet thing to pin it but yes, I am planning to pin it to the Mid-Morning We Like it Wednesday board at work! :) Then you can repin to your heart's content!
We now know that Ryan and Mark will be good friends. They both proposed with gold dipped roses! Great minds always think alike.
Lynette,
I am assuming that you are speaking of a different Mark. I proposed with roses too. Mine were undipped and a family of 12.
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