A Magical Day

On Thursday Shea and I didn't have any plans. In my mind I had thought I would stay home all day and study.
That morning Shea told me that he needed to go downtown to pick up something for work and he wanted to take the dogs to the beach afterwards. I really had no interest in going, but reluctanly decided to go with him.
We ran the errands and Shea mentioned going to the King Courtyard.
It is this really pretty little courtyard on King Street downtown that I have shown Shea before. It is one of the things I love the most about this city, the courtyards to me are like hidden pockets of serenity. This one in particular is really cute. There are a couple of fountains and I love the sound of the water in the background.
I told Shea before that I thought it would be the perfect place for a our future wedding.
We go there and he was asking how it could be set up for a wedding and where people would sit.....I showed him where the pastor would stand....him......me. He was very causally asking me all details of how it would play out. As I was standing in my spot, Shea got down on one knee and proposed!
It was the most beautiful moment of my life. He said a lot .......I cant remember most it though...I just know that it was magical.
I am not shocked that he proposed, of course I knew already that he would be my husband, but what shocks me the most is that he actually surprise me. I love to be surprised but I am extremely observant and attentive, my wheels are constantly turning. It is hard to pull anything over on me.
He did such a great job. I am so proud of him. I cant wait to marry him!







oh yeah.....the ring is beautiful too.......cant forget that !

Happiness Worth Gushing Over

I realized today that there is a great deal of blogging to be done! Especially when there is so much happiness in my life today.
I am one that holds my inner thoughts very close to me. Even now when I feel so much happiness and love within me, I still tend to push down the desire to shout it from the roof tops.
Not wanting to be overly cheesy and bore others with my swooning over this man. But I feel that I must shout it today! I have found wonderful love in this wonderful man. He has been my best friend, confidant, my family,a part of my everyday life for almost seven years. The last 8 months my heart has grown even more for him as our friendship has blossomed into even more.
Shea brings so much happiness to my life.
All of our lives on this earth is truly a love story for the books of eternity. That story stretches beyond just within the relationships that we find among ourselves, but also in the one with our Lord. Loving someone this way has made that revelation even more real to me. Because of HIS love, I am realizing that our own love story is truly beautiful!

Chirstmas Pictures

It has been a while since I have taken the time to write. I am on Christmas break right now. I have a couple more weeks until I am back in school. I went o Macon for Christmas. I had a great time! I enjoyed the boys so much. Asher is really starting to talk now, and calls me BoBo, trying to say JoJo. One of the cutest things Asher says to people is "sit down" even if you already are sitting. It is really funny....it must be his favorite thing to say!

My dad dressed as Santa for them Christmas morning. They dont understand the Santa thing yet, but it was a lot fun for us. I have it on video! It was even funnier when Asher told Santa to "sit down."
The grandkids really liked sitting on Santa's lap..........












And so did the big kids!






We created a lot of wonderful memories this year. I am looking forward to the wonderful year that is ahead for my family and myself. I am a very blessed woman with so much to be thankful for.

Perfect Morning

One of my favorite things about living in Charleston is living near the beach. I am a little bit of a drive away, but the trip is always worth the time.
Especially considering the fact that for the last 2 years I have lived 16 hours away!
A few weeks ago the opportunity presented itself for me to be able to take the dogs to the beach one morning. Since it would take so much time to drive to school then home and then to the beach, actually going with the dogs is hard. I usually have class from 8 am-11:15am, but this particular morning I had a class in my first class, and my next class had been canceled for the week.
Since the test would only take 30 minutes, I let the dogs stay in the car while I was taking the test. When I was finished I drove out to Sullivan's Island. It is one of my favorite places here. The beaches are more like private or residential beaches, not commercial at all.
I stopped in this cute cafe for a latte and headed down to the water. The dogs got to run free, playing in the ocean, chasing birds and wearing themselves out! I enjoyed every moment of watching them and running with them. I especially enjoyed my delicious caffeine....I mean coffee. It was a beautiful morning.
It was the perfect morning.

New Scrapbook Page

I haven't had a lot of time to play on PhotoShop lately. Things are a little crazy and getting crazier as final draw closer.
But I squeezed in a some fun time to play with these pictures of Aidan and Asher. I love to archive these precious moments with them.

Pictures of Aidan & Asher

Cute Video

This is a video that I took over the weekend in Georgia. I love that even though my dogs are enormousWhen Asher is at my house, Game follows him around, right on his heels, observing everything he does and listening to every noise he makes. Moses on the other hand is not as interested in kids. While Game allows them to climb on him, pet him (which is a lot like hitting him) Moses will allow it for a minute but then gets up and looks for the quietest place to hide. This video is so cute of Asher "petting" Game. The funniest part to me too is Moses in the background. The first half of the video is the cute part.