people(S) i love

fantastic weekend............check
healthy horses............check
parents home and safe.........check
sleeping in tomorrow?.......hallelujah...check check
having the best fiance EVER.........check
{i really really do}

i just love him so so so.

last night, our friend interviewed us for a class project about the stages of "pre-marriage" and what we are doing to prepare ourselves for this next big step we are soon to embark on. we discussed the challenges that we have faced, the challenges we are trying our best to anticipate facing and how we plan on keeping our relationship successful. i really enjoyed sitting down and taking a moment to discuss all of this. in some sort of weird way, it was exactly what i needed....just another conformation, among many already, that I couldn't be making a better choice (ie: getting hitched) as i sat on the couch and listened to richard tell his friend why he not only wants to marry me but what he loves about me, i hit a 10 on the emotional scale. could've burst with  happiness. it was neat to go back and reminisce on the many stages of our relationship. the highs and the lows, the good times and the bad and ultimately, how richard and i ended up where we are now. we both agreed that one of the most important parts of our relationship and a fundamental building block is communication. {which i must say, i have improved on tremendously since we first started dating} i don't think there isn't one single thing that i don't tell richard nor a topic that him & i don't discuss........kinda funny how that all seems to work. 

long story shortttt

i couldn't have asked for a more genuine, kind, honest, caring, (hilarious) and respectful man to marry (just to name a couple attributes). i feel so tremendously blessed more and more everyday. 

and with each day, i am continually amazed with Richard. just cant seem to wrap my heard around why i got so lucky, why in the world do i get the blessing of getting to spend eternity with him? beats me. 

i just know

i am one damn lucky girl. 

~~

in other news,
the parents are back from saint george along with the pups. i took advantage of the house to myself on friday night and had a bunch of friends over for dinner. surprisingly, i managed to make sweet chicken (insanity) and it turned out pretty yummy. everyone seemed to enjoy it (except for the veggie only eater) and i was proud of myself for actually cooking something instead of resorting to the Meire's Meat to cook for me. all praise "the store"

whose hand could that be??

debbie!! we supported the bulldogs tonight 

& i broke out the cute napkins you gave me. thank you!

Brittany and Adrian

chatting

chris & chelsea

booty

and more booty

never a dull moment :)

and this is what happens when a bunch of white kids get bored....

we try to corn row (i think that's how you spell it) zach's beard

he's cute

it was so fun to see everyone

thanks to all who came ~

much love

have a wonderful sunday! season finale of walking dead @ 7pm!

xoxo

{L}