SOME of the Waiting is Over...

"I'm in love, I'm in love, and I don't care who knows it!"

I have been putting of blogging for so long because I wanted the pictures of the day it actually happened but after so many reason and excuses I decided to just post! On Labor Day weekend, Ryan and I and Mama and Daddy drove down to Las Vegas to meet up with Richard and Melissa and their kids. Richard needed to meet Ryan before too long and there really wasn't any other time to do it. We drove down on Friday and ended up in Fillmore. The next morning we had planned on going to the temple, but got going late. Well, we didn't end up getting to Vegas until about 3 pm on Saturday. This is where the story gets interesting!



Ryan, being the one I love so much, is teasing me ALL day about when and if we were to get married...UGH! I was sooooo tired of waiting for him to figure it out. I knew, I received my answer and am not a very patient girl. So anyway, I was getting really irritated by all his jokes. He noticed and we talked about it for a minute and he said, "I'm sorry, what if we go look at rings next week? Will that make you feel better?" I told him it only sort of did because it was just another thing to do that would be LIKE we were getting married but we still weren't!



Okay, so now we are in Vegas, FINALLY, and I am irritated and not feeling much like going to the temple anymore. I said we should just go to the pool and Ryan said we should go to the temple. I told him I didn't really feel like it, but he suggested that we just go and I should see how I feel when we get there. I agreed. We all got in our church clothes and went to In and Out for dinner before heading to the temple (Thank heaven for GPS units). In the dressing room I told Mama how tired I was of waiting and she said, "Well, you want him to be sure don't you?" I said I definitely did but that I was pretty sure he was sure. She didn't say anything else.



We went through the session and Ryan was being so smiley and happy...I thought he was just feeling the Spirit and was extra in love with me. In the Celestial room (which is absolutely gorgeous by the way) I made my way around to find the English scriptures and sat down on a sofa. Ryan sat down beside me and told me he had something, "a loner until we get our own" and pulled out a small white box. He opened it and slid off the sofa onto both knees and asked,

"Sister Karren, will you be my wife forever and ever?"

I said, "YES, ABSOLUTELY YES!"

We HUGGED AND KISSED!

Then, Daddy did what Daddy does and went around and told everyone in the Celestial room what just happened! They congratulated us and then Ryan and I went and said a prayer together. I love praying with him. It was a very beautiful experience!

So now, SOME of the waiting is over and a NEW kind of waiting has begun!

Is waiting still the hardest part? YES, even harder!!! :)

(p.s. Thanks Lynette for taking the pics!)

AMBER ALERT!!!!!!

HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
NAME: The Crazy Lady
FROM: Escondido, California
DATE MISSING: Monday, July 28 2008
LAST SEEN: "Utah Vacation"
DATE OF BIRTH: September 6
AGE: not too old and younger than her age
HEIGHT: taller than Leighann but shorter than Lynette
HAIR: brown
SEX: probably...she has four kids!
WEIGHT: none of your business...skinny...that is all you need to know
EYES: hazely green
DESCRIPTIVE FEATURES: Double jointed knees, pencil lead in eye brown, no ear piercings or any other bodily piercings (that I know of)

If you have any information or know where she might be please contact us immediately. She has been know to frequent other blogs, leaving comments but her specific whereabouts are unknown.

REWARD: A generous reward has been offered by her parents of salt, garden fresh vegetables, family group sheet, insect identification and knitted socks. If found blogging fresh homemade bread is included with the aforementioned reward.

Labor Day Weekend! Such a wonderful time...

On our way down to Las Vegas, we just couldn't sit close enough...man, I love him!

AW! Just look at that face!!! I LOVE kissing it!!!

LOOK!! They still kiss, too...well, if you ask them to for a picture...

At Circus Circus, we wanted to play lots! Look at all our tokens!

Then we went and ate dinner...it was pretty good Italian food but WAY overpriced I thought. Usually you get cheap food in Vegas, but at least we got to spend lots of time with Richard, Melissa, Jordan, and Jadyn.

We went to the temple...thank goodness for Daddy's GPS unit! How did we used to get around without those things??? This picture is before we became engaged...the last minutes of me being just a girlfriend and Ryan being just a boyfriend...

NOW WE ARE ENGAGED...TWO FIANCES VERY MUCH IN LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ryan and I were really excited to see the symbol on this part of the temple sign. The circle and the square represents when God and man meet. God is the circle and man in the square. When we go to the temple we come very close to God and marriage is the way that we become most like God because we are starting a family. Ryan explains it better, but he doesn't blog... :)

Physical Therapy...hmmm

After too many car accidents to name anymore and trying several different chiropractors, I finally found something that seems to be working...physical therapy/chiropractic care. I do these exercises twice and day and it is supposed to fix me by Christmas. The good news is the first time I went he adjust my head and VIOLA! I saw the world on a whole new level. Literally, things were level again. It was insanely amazing. The exercises are supposed to put the curve back in my neck and lower back. It is painful at times, but my mood has improved, headaches lessened in frequency, and I actually feel like this system is going to work! YAY!