fresh strawberry.

this week has gone so well! on wednesday, i was job offered at texas roadhouse! i am so excited to start serving. it's the one by the mall just off the freeway--come visit!! and kylee got promoted at work. she text me that afternoon telling me that her boss gave her a gift certificate for the cheesecake factory. yum. i was so excited to go to dinner with ky. we love to get dressed up and eat. we are good at both.


we decided to go on friday night since mike had a million softball games, or three. either way. kylee and i met at 7pm and waited an hour to be seated, talked our faces off becasue we are good at it--mind you, we both have communication degrees. gosh, i love that place and love being at the front door because that's where i first saw/met mike jones. reverse to new year's eve:


kylee and i got all dressed up that friday night with expectations to look hot and eat good food (sound familiar?). we got to the restaurant earlier than the boys so we put our name on the list and stood by the door chatting like crazy because we hadn't seen each other for a while since she had been home since finals. i see ian walk in the first door, pulling open the second glass door. following him was a man. long red hair, which i didn't especially love, but i did love his frame. muscular and solid. he walks in and immediately him and kylee are talking. he didn't even look at me. i must not have looked as hot as i thought haha. he spoke confidently and matter of factly. i was intrigued by their converstaion. then he saw ian put his arm around kylee so he looks around for his date and spots me. then we talk a little, but i have to admit, i was a little shy meeting this tall, handsome stranger. something about his adorable nose and crooked smile : )


fastforward back to september 2011: we are finally seated and we order the chicken quesadilla appetizer. holy smokes it was delicious. then we get our entrees. talk some more and laugh. it was a perfect night. then time for cheesecake. i had zero room for my fresh strawberry slice. kylee conviced me to order though. hers was brought first and then mine was brought over, "...and who ordered the diamond cheesecake?" my brain was soooooo confused. mike? i glance over and see my man serving my cheesecake. i look back at him--freshly cut hair and a shaved face. he was soooooo handsome! but wait.. he said diamond? diamond. diamond? and why is he here?? whaaaaat?

i look at him, back to the plate just brought to me, back to him. back to the plate. there is a RING on my slice of cheesecake! i look at him again, "do you have something to say?" haha count on me to ruin a precious moment!!

he kneels down, right there. tenderly picks up my hand and recalls our first meeting at this very place, then tells me how he loves me and many things he loves about me. he loves a lot of things about me. who knew? the list was like ten minutes long. good work mike ; ) and then he asks if i will marry him. yes!!!!! and we kiss. everyone claps and cheers. it was  p e r f e c t .

*grown ups*

pinterest

pinning interests. brilliant idea!

breezy, my sister, calls me a few days ago to tell me about cute wedding ideas she is finding on pinterest.com. i was super curious and requested to join. ADDICTED.


you have boards that you pin photography, ideas, sayings, recipes, people, whatev and people can "follow" each other. it also has the information where you found it. it's almost like free advertising for people w/o them knownig about it. i love the sayings on there. i dedicated a whole board to mike. it's cute! check it out guys:


http://pinterest.com/scherb11/pins/

*meeting your gma and cousins at OG**

powell

first trip to lake powell!! wahooo!!


ryan and shelly have a houseboat down there which is super cool, and it was the first time i'd ever been on a houseboat. it's said house then boat, not boat house--sometimes i said it wrong...  anyways, the weekend after labor day is supposedly the best time to go since the lake isn't very crowded and the weather is super awesome since it isn't so hot, but still great weather.


it rained.


hahah but it was still so fun! the oldies (allison, shane, emily, jason, me and dawes) got to sleep up on top under the stars and under the bats--eeeek! there's a wicked slide off the back, and two bathrooms. it was wayyy cool.! we spent our days wake boarding, skiing, and tubing. fun!!!!


but the sad part was, mike wasn't there. and the cell service was horrible. occassionally, in the evenings, i'd get service up on top before i fell asleep, nothing great though. it was hard. ten days away from my man. yuck.


tuesday rolls around and dawes had to head back to slc for work. i definitely hitched a ride back with him. i know it sounds dumb or lame or whatever, but i was going crazy and was soo sad and was missing mike way way way too much. the skin around my eyes was all dried out from crying. judge me.


i had this awesome plan to surprise him at work. i text him and told him my cousin, dani, was going to swing by before nine and drop off some make up she wanted to exchange. he didn't suspect a thing. i was doing such a good job not to text him or anything on the ride home. and occassionally when i did i just would say all the fun things we had done or food we ate--boring stuff couples text about when they are missing each other. 845 rolls around and i creep into his office. i saw he was on a call so i walk behind him and kiss his cheek. he thought i was dani!! hahaha and he was so confused! and then he was just staring at me and had to say a couple times to his customer, "yeah, i'm still here."


that night he left me a cute note about how much he loves me. seriously, did one of his sisters tell him to write love notes all the time? how did he learn this ancient, forgotten skill. he's amazing. and i'm so happy to be home.


*le nonne & pear pasta*