I'm Getting Married!

(Disclaimer: This post might be the cheesiest thing you have ever read. But I don't care.)
I am engaged! I am so excited! Twelve o'clock on December 18 cannot come soon enough! Oh my. This is the best thing that is ever happened to me in my entire life. Brad is a blessing straight from heaven made just for me. He is the sweetest man I know and my best friend. He is also ridiculously attractive :) I am so so so blessed. I have no idea how I got him, but he actually does know everything about me and loves me a ton anyway. I am totally marrying up.

Brad proposed yesterday by taking me on a picnic. As some of you who know him may be surprised to hear, he sang me a song that we both love about getting married, and that is when I knew he was proposing. I of course started crying. He made me cry harder while he talked about how he decided to marry me because it was so sweet, and then he got down on his knee and I laughed a little because we both knew what I was going to say. If I hadn't been crying I think I would have shouted the word yes instead of just saying it :)

The next surprise was that both of our families were waiting at his house to celebrate and have lunch together. It was so much fun having them all (well not really all, but some) in the same happy room! I love Brad's family and I love my family and the combination was great! I am glad that they got to meet.

Best day of my life thus far. And my favorite part is that the best is yet to come :)

I love Brad so much and am so excited to be with him all the time! I hope that everyone can come to the reception so that you all can meet him!

Assistant Product Manager

The title of this post is my title at my new job that I can't believe I haven't posted about! I have been working at Wencor in Springville, Utah for just over a week now, and so far it has gone well! I am managing their standard and commercial hardware parts. I mainly price the products all day which involves updating the database of new prices (which I choose at my own discretion) bidding on contracts for the hardware pieces, and finding ways to grow the hardware part of Wencor (which means I help find the sales people opportunities and ways to get customers to purchase with us).

I have learned a lot so far. I am improving, even though it is frustrating not being fully up to speed. It is overwhelming to start from scratch again in learning a business (like I had to do with my internship).

However, my manager and team are great, and everyone is really nice. I think they forget that a lot of what they are saying sounds like a foriegn language to me though because of all the acronyms and specific jargon they use like its no tomorrow. I swear my mind is constantly going a mile a minute to try to decipher and then come up with an adequate response.

They bought me a new way nice Thinkpad laptop which is cool and I am going to get a new chair. I also have a cubicle. I don't like having cubicles. It separates everyone way too much. And gives me too much privacy - it is so much more tempting to text. I have started to decorate my cubicle though, so maybe that will improve it. I brought Viola, my plant, when I realized that she would be fine with such little sunlight (the windows in the building are tiny) and I have a classy board that I am going to put pictures on. My manager told me to decorate because it was making him nervous that I wasn't "moving in". He told me he was afraid I wasn't going to stay! How funny. He is a very nice man.

Today the team went to Tuscanos for lunch. I hear they usually only do that type of thing at Christmas. But we went today and Christmas is coming up! Sweet.

August 29, 2010

I just felt like documenting my day because it was really great and because I need it to be on the record. Today was a wonderful day because:

• I woke up and read my scriptures
  
• Went to iHop with my fabulous ex-roommates
  
• Brad and I washed my car
  
• We went to Jamba Juice for half off (he is such the best at getting us free food), and
  
• We picked up a dress that I've been wanting and they happened to still have in my size
• We sneaked into the Riviera for swimming
• Brownies and mint ice cream
• Independence Day (I laughed, and Brad loved it)
  

6 Months

My first reaction to this milestone is, "Have we seriously been dating that long?" My second reaction is, "Haven't we always been dating?" I don't really remember life without him :) It has been an extremely fast and fun 6 months and I've loved it!

I got a job!

Since my internship is ending, I needed a new job. And magically, I have one!

I will be working at a company in Springville that manufactures spare aircraft parts as an Assistant Product Manager.

This blessing seriously just fell from the sky directly into my lap. It couldn't have worked out more easily and perfectly. Short commute, pay increase from Goldman, fewer hours required of me, more responsibility, and a laid-back culture. And I only had to have two interviews.

I am so excited!

I am also moving again. Tonight. I will be back in my old apartment in Provo across the hall from my favorite girls ever. Yay! And Brad and I will soon be finished with this commuting to see each other garbage. I couldn't be happier about that. Life is better when I see him a lot and lately, I have definitely not been seeing him a lot.

Gotta run - I promised myself that I would get a lot of sleep tonight, so I must go - I have a lot of work to do! :)

Dad dad dad dad

My parents are the best. And my dad mentioned to me in a comment on my last post that while I sarcastically said that I didn't mention Brad's name enough in the post, my dad thought that I did not mention his name enough in there either :)

So I thought I would just post a little something about my parents, and specifically my dad and say his name a bunch of times as well. Not really because he requested me to do so, but because I want to.

I think my dad is the greatest guy around. It is so fun being his daughter. My dad has done such an amazing job of making my mom and my sisters' lives great. My dad has developed so much patience over the years. He is also the hardest worker I have ever met, which I respect a lot. Its funny because while he has been watching me grow up, I have been watching him as well, as he has navigated life and improved himself. He has been such a good example to me. I think that his opinion matters to me more than he knows and more than even I realize. That is how much I look up to him. He is also lots of fun, and likes to have fun (see pictures below).



Don't these two look like the coolest parents ever? I bet you wish they were yours! :) Also, sometimes I wish I still lived at home. I miss my dad.

P.s. don't worry mom, I will write a post about how much I love and miss you as well sometime soon :) You are equally as awesome!

7 Peaks

I feel like my blog is becoming an advertisement for fun date ideas for LDS Young Single Adult people living in Salt Lake/Provo. Ugh.But I have a new camera and what else would I take pictures of but the things that Brad and I do together?
Also, if it seems like I only hang out with Brad that is probably because I only hang out with Brad. How many times can I say Brad in one post I wonder? Brad, brad, brad. Oh my.

The weekend started out with tennis. While Brad still kicked my trash it was much closer this time. I just get all hyped up because the score is so close, and then I choke. It is a mental thing and not a skill thing I swear! Btw, I have been informed that I am terrible at trash-talking. Apparently you are not supposed to laugh while trying to intimidate someone.



We went to Eclipse after that because Brad's mom wanted to go... Brad actually was getting quite upset because he thinks Bella is completely stupid for picking Edward over Jacob. I quite agree. I won't share my other multitude of opinions on the series - it is not worth my time typing.

7 Peaks was our Saturday activity, and I went down the second biggest slide (see orange slide in the photo below. I did the blue one on the other side that is almost identical). I didn't open my eyes once during the entire thing, I was so scared! But despite my protests, I am glad that I was pretty much forced into it :)




As Brad was so sweet to model for me as seen below, we used some gross but effective spray sunscreen so none of us got burned... I am pretty sure that I could use this picture for blackmail if I wanted to someday...


We ate an entire $5 pizza on the way home, and then got these amazing fresh strawberry shakes. Brad got the shake all over his face.


Another good weekend almost over. I am beginning to live for them even though I like my job... I love my summer days in the sun!