Happy happy day

Well it happened. I got engaged and couldn't be happier! It was a total surprise and super sweet. Aaron planned everything out perfectly. I don't even know where to start, there are too many funny, happy and crazy stories that encompass the engagement night.

I guess for starters... the ring!

I picked this ring out the first weekend of January, yep you heard right January! I have the tiniest hands/fingers ever. Apparently a size 3 1/4 is a very uncommon ring size... like very uncommon. So they had to special order the band from the manufacturer. So that took a longggg time. We also ordered the halo in rose gold, which they had to special order in as well. 

After countless times of me bugging Aaron, asking him when the ring would come in, and 7 1/2 weeks later, it made it! Aaron was so sweet to let me choose exactly what I wanted for my ring- oval center diamond, rose gold halo, baguette stones on the side with pave diamonds on a skinny band. 

Right after I said YES! Loved the candle path in the background!

I'd better space things out so these posts aren't too long.... more to come this week! 

Moving

It seems like in the past few months Aaron has moved like 3 times.... oh wait he has haha! He's moved from his Provo house, to an apartment in Murray with a work pal to a town home in Murray to a basement apartment in Holladay- where he/we will stay! 

We found a perfect one bedroom basement apartment in Holladay and love it. The living room is big, kitchen has plenty of cupboards and a washer/dryer, the bathroom has granite countertops and there are 2 storage rooms. We got away with a steal! Not to mention we included cable, so every time I go over there ESPN is always on.... always. Did I mention ALWAYS? 

Spencer is awesome and moved in with him. He will be living there the next few months. They always talk sports together and love to eat pizza, so it works just fine. 

Right now the apartment is pretty bare, you know the typical boy style- huge big screen tv because nothing else matters haha. There is a small couch that Aaron used to use as a pullout to keep his mattress on..... but they needed a couch to watch all that ESPN on. So now his mattress just sits on the floor. 

And then my mom sent me this and I laughed because this is totally Aaron.

So right now we are looking for tables and chairs and couches and microwaves and wishing we didn't have to wait for toasters and more plates and cups and ice cube trays and blenders and fancy can openers. But we/they are getting by just fine. 

And then Aaron sent me this text and I couldn't agree more. 

My go to joke

Oh the Bachelor....

Isn't it nice when you get a little text like this? 

Last summer I somehow convinced Aaron to watch the Bachelorette with me. Since then he's been hooked ;). But really he remembers every date and moment and person from Des's season, and still talks about it to this day, comparing it to this season, I love it!

I think the best part about the Bachelor/Bachelorette is talking about it with other people, it instantly connects you!

The finale is next week! I'm not a big fan of Clare or Nikki, but I think he will choose Nikki. Who are you rooting for?

Running- Charity Miles Style

Since the weather has been warmer, I have decided I need to start running outside again. Actually I decided that I need to start running again period. The last time I legitimately ran outside was probably my half marathon last October.... it's been a long extended leave. 

The run was not good, very unimpressive, slow time and cold lungs. It was also colder than I thought it would be outside, the sun always tricks me, especially this time of year when all you want is for spring to come. 

So I ran, and ran, and maybe even walked a little. But I got to use one of the coolest apps. It's called Charity Miles. Once you have the app downloaded you turn it on when you run, it tracks how many miles you run, and in turn donates money to charity. It's awesome, definitely makes me feel better. There are a bunch of different organizations to choose where you want to donate your run/walk/bike to. 

Various businesses sponsor Charity Miles, and they are the ones that donate the money. Yesterday I ran for the World Food Programme.

Happy running to everyone! 

Thank you Tom's!

Last night I came home from work to see a big package sitting on the coffee table waiting for me to open it. I was a little confused, Valentines Day was last week, I hadn't ordered anything online lately, and my family doesn't usually send packages. So I opened the box and found this note:

And then it came to me. Remember this post from August? Aaron and I went to Zion National Park over Labor Day weekend. We hiked up the gorgeous Angels Landing trail. We ended up behind some nice girls at the chained part and followed them up to the top and started talking to them. They realized they forgot their cameras, and asked if we would mind taking some pictures of them at the top and email the pics to them. We didn't even think twice about it, no problem, super easy thing to do. 

Well these two girls work for Tom's in California, and said as a thank you for taking their pictures, we could go online and pick out any pair of Tom's shoes we liked and just send them the link and my address and they would ship it to us. 

Fast forward to 6 months later. We had emailed them the shoes we liked and forgot about it, until now. 

Not only did we get one free pair of shoes, but TWO! Can't wait to start wearing these beauties, especially for spring to come so I can wear the wedges without freezing my toes off! 

Thank you to our friends at Tom's!

Just Keep Pinning

Pinterest always makes my day at work go faster. Here's a little dose of some of my favorite pins lately.

 Tiny state necklaces, Utah please! 

Gorgeous sparkly tablecloth

Sparkly shirt, unfortunately no longer in stock at Aerie... Can you tell I love metal colors and sparkles? 

Pretty craft tutorials I'll never do

Foods I should never eat

Hair styles for a special event in May! Hurry up spring!

Happy looooove month Pinterest. I <3 you.