through it all...

in the midst of all of the stress, all of the decision-making... there is one thing that still floors me. I'M GETTING MARRIED. to the love of my life...

BEST Christmas ever!

so yeah. it was an eventful Christmas. :)

who knew?! seriously. oh wait... just about everyone in my family!! but i guess i'll forgive them. ha.

to look back a year ago... even just 6 months ago, i am floored at what all has happened in my life. the Lord has truly blessed me. it hasn't been an easy road... but it was the journey laid out for me.

oh. so i guess i should tell you what happened. but then again, most that are reading already know! but i'll just get to the point. i'm getting married to the love of my life. WOW.

so steven flew into big d from colorado on the 22nd. we had already talked about his mom picking him up from the airport for them to spend some time together and grab some lunch before i met up with them. little did i know, there was some scheming already going on. and boy was it a LONG morning/afternoon for me!! it had been a long several weeks since i had seen him at thanksgiving. and knowing he was in dallas and wasn't with me was killing me.

he called me about 11ish to let me know that plans had changed and that he was going to eat a quick lunch with his mom and for me to pick him up not much later. well, not much long after that, i got another call changing plans yet again... letting me know that he wouldn't be ready until 2:30. and to "trust him". i kind of wondering what was up... but i just had to find something to do for 3 HOURS until i got to see him!! turns out he was meeting up with my dad to ask for him for his blessing! (it had been a stressful weekend for my family so S's plan to meet my dad had kind of been hindered a bit... but they made it work. thank goodness. hee hee)

i got to S's mom's work to pick him up and we headed back to my house. he had been talking since after thanksgiving how he had an ornament for me for my Christmas tree... so when we got to the house and once he got a little settled, he went and got the ornament. he told me he had to find the perfect place for the ornament and made me turn my back towards the tree so i couldn't see. when he was done, he kept my eyes closed and pulled me close to the tree. when he let me open my eyes, i saw this:

after i realized what was going on, i looked and saw S get down on his knee... and i'll just leave the rest for me & S. :) but in case you are wondering, i said "ABSOLUTELY!!!".

he truly is the love of my life. i can't imagine my life without him. i love, love, LOVE that the Lord has crafted our story just for us.

its going to be a long 5 months until he is here for good. but hopefully it will fly. and then we'll just have a little over a month until i can call him my husband! CRAZY!!