Sick Day...

Saturday I stayed home from work, sick. I felt fine the night before, and I was at Tyler's till about 12:30. He finally made me go home and by the time we had read and stuff it was about 1. I woke up randomly at 5 am with a massive headache, sore throat, and a stuffy nose. It was pretty awful. I tried to go back to sleep, but couldn't so I decided that I'd go downstairs and watch a movie and maybe that would put me back to sleep. I was awake for about an hour longer before I finally started to doze off again, and even then I didn't stay asleep for very long. I figured since I felt crappy and didn't get a lot of sleep it would be best if I stayed home, so I called work and told them I wouldn't be coming in. I haven't taken a sick day since before I moved to Cache Valley almost two years ago...I don't get sick that often. I felt kinda bad but then again...it's better to stay home than be barely functional, right? I sent a message to Tyler and told him that I called in sick and asked if he would come take care of me. He came right over...with a can of Chicken Noodle Soup! Isn't he the sweetest? He also brought along Arrested Development and Futurama. We then proceeded to be lazy bums and watched a lot of movies. We watched Harry Potter 1 and 2, Snow White, Shrek 2, and several episodes of Arrested Development and Futurama. I kept telling Tyler I was sorry that I was boring and was asleep a lot. He would tell me that it's ok cuz I was sick and he would rather me be asleep and get better than be at work getting other people sick. See, he's so sweet! So that was Saturday. Sunday I still felt crappy but a little better than the day before so I went to church with Tyler. His ward starts at 9:30 and he has Sacrament meeting first. I was secretly hoping that we would just go to that and then go home but then he went to turn in his tithing and the Bishop stopped him and said he wanted to meet with us after church for a minute since we're engaged now. Gotta have the "Engagement Interview" ;) We decided that since we would have to come back anyway we might as well stay for all of church. Darn. Anyway Tyler found the ward clerk and scheduled us at 2:45, so we had some time after church to eat some lunch before we had to go back. We got done eating at like 1. I laid down on the couch and fell asleep again and didn't wake up until Tyler said it was time to go. It was a good interview, Tyler's bishop is a nice guy. After that I broke into my room mate's room (with permission of course!) and grabbed Friends off her shelf so I could watch it. That's what me and Tyler did the rest of the afternoon...watch Friends. I love that show! It's wonderful. We finished season 4 ("I, Ross, take the Rachel... *GASP!!!!*), unfortunately Karlie (my room mate/cousin) took season 5 home with her over the break, so we have to live in suspense until she gets back! That's ok I know what happens. ;) All in all it was a pretty boring sickly weekend...I'm still not completely better :( I hope I get better soon cuz me and Tyler are taking our engagement pictures on Wednesday...I doubt I'll get better that soon though. Sad. Hopefully I won't look gross and sicky in the pictures...that would be the worst. I don't think I will though. I have a good photographer. :)

Surprise!

So I have the best fiance ever!!! Today he came to the branch to have lunch with me, this isn't the surprise he comes to lunch with me all the time, especially on Saturdays when he has nothing else to do all day while I'm at work. I didn't notice it right away when he got to the branch but as we were walking through the parking lot to my car I noticed he was holding my hand funny. He had his pinky tucked in like he was trying to keep it warm or something, he'll do this with his thumb all the time...but never his pinky. Weird... I was like what are you doing and then I looked at his finger and on it was my newly sized engagement ring!!! He had gone and picked it up on his way to meet me at work! We weren't expecting to have it back until Monday at the very soonest. I was super excited! There may or may not have been squeals of delight and jumping up and down right there in the Macey's parking lot (ok there was...I was excited, ok. Judge me.). It was the greatest surprise ever!! It was perfect timing too cuz now I'll have it when we go down and see his family this weekend!

I love Tyler so much! He's the greatest, sweetest person ever! I'm so lucky to have him!

Tragedy!

Ok so this really isn't a tragedy at all. It'll be better later anyway. I just have to be patient. Not one of my strongest points sometimes. Me and Tyler took my ring in to be sized yesterday afternoon. I didn't want to do it in the first place cuz it meant taking it off and being without it, but I don't want to lose it either cuz it's too big. It was a sad moment, especially when the lady that helped us told us it wouldn't be ready until February 22nd!! A whole week away! She told me that sometimes it's done sooner than that but they just like to give the worst case in case it really does take that long. After we left Morgan Jewelers we went and wandered the mall for a while, then we went to dinner at Chili's. During dinner, Tyler reminded me that we were going down to Centerville to see his family this weekend since his sister will be in town. Then we realized that they haven't seen my ring yet and will want to see it while they're here...and we took it in to be sized and won't get it back till after the weekend. Oops!! They'll just have to settle for a picture I guess...cuz that's the best we can do right now. If it had been earlier we have gone back and gotten it back...but they had already closed. Dang!

So here is a story...

all about how my life got flipped turned upside down. I'd like to take a minute just sit right down and I'll tell you how I got engaged in my little college town. (that was rad.) =D

So as my clever little intro may have mentioned, I'm now engaged! It's so exciting right! Anyway here are the deets. I knew Tyler was picking up my ring sometime Monday afternoon and I also knew he was planning on calling my dad that night as well. I didn't think he would propose the same day though. In fact I figured he wouldn't. He told me many times that once he got my ring he would probably carry it around in his pocket for a week before he actually proposed. I told him when I first showed the ring that I wanted that I didn't want to know when he bought it or anything like that cuz I wanted to be surprised. Yeah...that didn't go so well, even if he tried to do it that way my curiosity would have gotten the better if me and I would've bugged him till he told me anyway. So surprise is out the window at this point. Anyway, I got home from work that night knowing what all went down for Tyler that day. He came over to my apartment and asked if I wanted to get pizza with him cuz he was hungry. I had already eaten but I said I would go with him anyway (ok I did end up eating a slice and a couple pieces of crazy bread anyway...). I knew he bought my ring that day but I didn't know if he had it with him or not. While we were waiting for our pizza I got curious and started checking his pockets. I checked all of them! His pants pockets, his jacket pockets, even the hood on his jacket...no luck. Grrr. Then we got in the car and drove back to my apartment. I started on some homework, slightly disappointed when I couldn't find my ring. He leaned over to me and told me that he did have it on his person and that if I could find it then I could have it. I got excited and checked all his pockets again. Nothing. I went over by the door and shook out his shoes. Nothing. I checked all the belt loops of his jeans. Nothing. I checked all the seams of his shirt. Nothing. I checked his socks. Still nothing. Then I had an idea...ya know that little tiny pocket that they tuck in the normal pocket that's barely big enough to put a tube of chap stick in? I hadn't checked that one yet. I started to go for that one and Tyler immediately said, "Hey, stay out of there." I knew I had hit the jackpot! I didn't pull it out yet though. I'd let him do that part. ;) So I went back to my homework trying to finish as soon as possible. I couldn't focus anyway. A little bit later we started watching Arrested Development and as we were sitting on my couch he started playing with my Claddaugh Ring that I had been wearing before. He would take it off and wait a minute before he put it back on. My hand was under a blanket so I couldn't see what ring he was putting back on my finger. Every time I checked, it was never the real one. After he did this like 20 times I took my hand away so he would stop torturing me. Another few minutes went by and I was starting to get antsy and a little annoyed that he hadn't just asked me yet. It was torture I tell you! ;) Then he grabbed my chin the way he always does and said, "Hey, look at me... Katie, will you marry me?" I smiled and said yes. Then he put my ring on my finger. =D It wasn't anything elaborate or this huge planned out thing, in fact we weren't even home alone, all my room mates were just in their rooms at the time. It was still pretty cute though. So, yeah, that's the story.

We'll be getting married Thursday May 19th in the Logan Temple. I'm super excited! I never thought I would say that a Monday was a fabulous day...but this one was! =D

Warm Fuzzies

So if you ever need something to give you that warm fuzzy feeling or a reminder of what you're striving for I found this scripture randomly today. It's Proverbs 31:10-12, 30. It says:

" Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."

Anyway I just thought this was a good reminder to me of who I really am and what I should be doing. We all need that every once in a while...right? So I thought I'd share with all of my wonderful followers. ;) You're all the greatest!

Happy Groundhog Day!

So just to update everyone that reads my blog, which probably isn't many. ;) Things between Tyler and I are still going strong. He got hired at a research lab on campus on Monday and put in his first day yesterday! It was super exciting. I freaked out when he told me he finally got a job. I'm so proud of him for never giving up even though he wasn't having luck for awhile. Love him! :) Just an FYI since this new development in his life there may be an exciting story or two in the very near future ;) ;) *cough cough, hint hint* ;) Haha!

Anyway that's really all I have going on right now. School is going good, still super busy, but good. Work is still the same as always. Good times at the credit union. :)

Life is wonderful and great!

I realize that the title has nothing to do with this post other than I posted it on Groundhog Day. Which, by the way, according to an article on Yahoo the groundhog predicted an early spring! I'm totally ok with that! It's been freezing cold the last couple days! Walking to class in the morning has been nothing short of torture. I live like two minutes from campus and my face was completely numb by the time I got there. Totally insane! Oh well...that's what I get for living in Logan I guess. Maybe someday I'll live somewhere warm...hmmm...well actually...probably not, Tyler likes the cold...darn...kinda ruins my plans. 

Last Weekend of Freedom!

So this last weekend was crazy! It was super busy but nice at the same time. I worked my last shift for the week on Wednesday and then had the rest of the week off. That was super nice! That night me and Tyler just hung out at his apt since all of our room mates were gone still. Thursday we went to lunch with my dad and then packed up a weekend bag and headed for Tooele to stay at Tyler's dad's house. We made a short stop in Centerville at his mom's house for a little bit. We didn't stay long because no one was there. Then we made another stop at Tyler's brother Levi's apt in Salt Lake to work on his computer that was having issues. Tyler's good at that stuff. After that we went up Millcreek Canyon to a restaurant called Log Haven. It was pretty fancy. I think the cheapest thing on the menu was like $20. It was super tasty though. Both me and Tyler were glad that his sister and new husband (the main reason for all of the happenings of the weekend) were treating all of us. They live and work in NYC so the cost of living in Utah is practically pocket change I'm sure, haha. Anyway, after dinner we finally got to Tyler's dad's house in Tooele. Everyone was already in bed and we were tired too so we went to bed. Friday we went up to Park City to spend time with Tyler's sister Charity, the one that just got married. They were staying at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel up there. Also super nice. Their room felt more like my apt than a hotel. It was fun though. We played games and talked with family. We left the hotel around 11ish and headed back down to Tooele. The next morning we got up and just chilled until about 12:45-1 ish. Then we went and had lunch at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake. Another meal that was super tasty but no doubt pricy. It was really good...and the desserts, divine! From there we went to Sports Den to look at some shoes that Julia (Tyler's other sister) wanted to get. They were those cool running shoes that have a slot for each of your toes. They were pretty sweet. After that Julia dropped me and Tyler off at Levi's cuz his comupter was still having issues so Tyler had to look at it again. They got it fixed now though so it's working. Then we went to the Devoreaux (sp? I have no idea) Mansion across the street from the Energy Solutions Arena. This is where Charity and Greg (her new husband) were having their wedding reception. They got married at the beginning of November last year in New York so they had to come here to have a reception for the friends and family that couldn't make it to New York for the real thing. It was a really nice reception and they had a pretty good turn out. At least I thought so. Once everyone had come and gone we cleaned up and headed home. We watched a movie...Julia and Steven (Tyler's younger half brother) did, me and Tyler fell asleep. After the movie we were obviously tired so we went to bed. Sunday morning me, Tyler , and Julia were the only ones that slept in. Everyone else got up and went to church at 9. Julia got up and went to Sacrament meeting. Me and Tyler just hung out till abou 11 then we got ready for my friend and former room mate Tammy's farewell. She's leaving for the San Bernadino California Mission on Wednesday I believe. She's going to be such an awesome missionary! I will miss her though. That's ok, she's doing the right thing. She's so great! It was good to go and see all of the Monkeys again. I miss them all so much! We got a picture of all 6 of the originals together (Nicole, Jessika, Annie, Tammy, Emma, and me). It was like a reunion. After the meeting we went to Tammy's house and had dinner. It was starting to get dark so we decided we better hit the road since we had to get back to Logan before too late.

Overall it was a very eventful weekend filled with family, friends, and fun. I was a little sad when it was all over...that could be because I knew the next thing I had to do was school, which started this morning...ick. Anyway, I'm ok with it. It will hopefully make the next fews months go by quickly so we can look forward to more family events ;) It's going to be a good time!