I'm engaged!!!!

This will definitely be a July 24th I'll remember forever!! Jared proposed!!! He had picked up a bouquet of daisies and yellow roses and we were planning to picnic at Liberty Park and enjoy the fireworks for the 24th of July. We headed over to Liberty Park around 6pm and it was already jam-packed with people. We didn't really feel like braving the crowds and trying to find parking, so we headed up to Capitol Hill to try and catch the fireworks from up there. After a while, Jared goes to the car and brings the flowers down to where we're sitting. He kneels down and then proceeds to 'rap' the following:

You may have noticed I am right handed
I sometimes feel like it leaves me stranded
Before you, I didn't know which way up is
Don't matter now, I can get lost in your kisses
When you are around, I know who I am
I love you babe, I'm your biggest fan
I'd empty my wallet just to see you smile
To spend time wit you would be worth the while
Without you honestly I have no clue
No doubt I would be the bigger fool
I don't know what else I'm supposed to do
Honey, I'm going to have to propose to you
Cause you and I are meant to be
A few more verses of this poetry
Let me read it more seriously
Because the best poetry is you with me
There is nothing more in the world I'd love
If you would be my wife that would be the best
Elizabeth, will you marry me?

And of course I said yes!!

Here's me with an incredibly cheesy grin cause I'm SO happy!

And another cheesy grin!

Me with my beautiful flowers and the new addition to my left hand

Tried to get a picture of my ring - didn't turn out too good

Another view of my ring - I love it!

Our first picture as an engaged couple!! It was so windy up on the hill, so don't mind my fly-away hair!

Me and my sweetheart

Then we sat and watched the fireworks and couldn't stop smiling! It was a great night and I'm so happy to be engaged to the most sweetest, amazing guy ever!! We appreciate everyone's love and support with things!

So sweet

Jared writes poetry and he wrote this poem for me - I absolutely LOVE it! He is the sweetest, nicest guy I have ever met and I'm lucky that he's mine.

Love was once a four letter word,
a curious verb I seldom heard.
But now this word has a name.
My life will never be the same.
Liz, my love, you did it again.
I found my smile, a permanent grin.
Your mood ring eyes from blue to green,
more gorgeous than I've ever seen.
Your smile brightens my every day,
you always know just what to say.
When I thought I would never win,
my love, my Liz, you did it again.
Upon your sight, my heart rejoices.
"You forever," is what my choice is.
You will have my every breath.
I love you always, Elizabeth.

4th of July Fun

This week has been really fun so far! It started off Monday night with the Bees Baseball game against the Reno Aces. Jared and I met up with his 2 sisters, Jennifer and Becky and their significant others and enjoyed the game. It was great getting to meet them. It was a little rough getting to the game though. Jared's car had a flat tire and his jack was 'jacked' up (it's bent and wouldn't fit under his car), so I drove down to where he was and we finally got his spare tire on after a lot of heat (he was in the underground parking at the conference center) and a mishap. All's well that ends well, right? Once we got to the game it was a great rest of the night!

Jared and me enjoying the game - don't mind the slightly blue teeth - we had a blue raspberry snow cone :)

Friday after work Jared and I went to Cafe Rio for dinner and then headed out to Erda for the drive-in. We hung out at the Miner's for a little bit before we headed over to the show. We watched Shrek 4 and IronMan 2. Gotta love the drive-in!

Saturday I drove up and spent the day with Jared and his family. We met in Kaysville at 11:00 for the 4th of July parade. We had really good seats and had a lot of fun. Here's a few pictures of the parade.

After the parade we went back to Jared's house and had some good conversation over good food. After dinner we headed back down to Kaysville for fireworks at the park.

The whole gang - Jared's younger sister Angela, Jared, Jared's older brother Bob, older sister Jennifer, her son Josh and daughter Jorja and Jennifer's husband Richard.

Jared and me enjoying the fireworks. Poor Jared and his sunburned face and head...he even wore sunscreen :(

I tried to get a couple of pictures of the fireworks. These were the ones that turned out the best.

All in all it was a great weekend and I'm so glad I got to spend it with Jared and his family!