Thursday, April 29, 2010
Our First Kiss
I pray I’ll never forget our first Kiss. On our first Valentine’s Day, Nick got cheap tickets to see the Piston’s play the Spurs. We went with Chris & Kd, and Adam & Cheryl. That night I got car sick so we pulled over to get a drink so I could take drugs and then we got stuck in the snow. The whole ride home, we cuddled really close in the back seat of Chris’s car and once we got back to campus, Nick walked me to the door of U-hall. We stood there in the cold for a few minutes really close and then we both knew it was coming; he leaned in and kissed her. It was the perfect first kiss. His lips were the softest, fullest most beautiful thing I’ve ever kissed. We were both ready and it was so right! It was instantly warm.
Favourite Wedding Moments
In our first “legal ceremony”
i. The clock on the mantel struck 6 o’clock at the end of the prayer!
ii. Having our 2 best friends drive all the way just to sign the paper.
iii. Gavin asking “Can we sit in Lazy boys at the next wedding?”
At our May 23drd wedding celebration
c. Memorable:
i. 2 of the most memorable moments involved the boys:
ii. They thought that my decorations weren’t complete without putting a Frisbee on the stage, which was pointed out by Pastor Mark!
iii. When Mark asked for the ring, Ross pulled out a candy Red Ring Pop!!
iv. I loved that my mom played the piano at my wedding – it wouldn’t have been right without her playing!
v. Mom and Dad woke me up by singing “Going to the Chapel”
vi. Aunt Steph read beautifully.
vii. Dad and I taking our time getting to the church and stopping in at Gospel Text.
viii. Mel singing How Beautiful
ix. Uncle Paul said the sweetest thing to Nick: “I haven’t gotten a chance to get to know you well, but from what I’ve seen and heard, I know Grandma would have loved you”.
x. My flowers made my Mikyla
xi. Our Cake!!!
xii. Hailey Running down the aisle after Nick and I.
xiii. The message Mark gave spoke about each of us being God’s masterpiece which I thought was awesome since that is the song my mom used to sing to me (Masterpiece – Sandi Patti).
d. My Favourite part: it’s not possible to have a favourite part when you are enjoying every moment!
i. The clock on the mantel struck 6 o’clock at the end of the prayer!
ii. Having our 2 best friends drive all the way just to sign the paper.
iii. Gavin asking “Can we sit in Lazy boys at the next wedding?”
At our May 23drd wedding celebration
c. Memorable:
i. 2 of the most memorable moments involved the boys:
ii. They thought that my decorations weren’t complete without putting a Frisbee on the stage, which was pointed out by Pastor Mark!
iii. When Mark asked for the ring, Ross pulled out a candy Red Ring Pop!!
iv. I loved that my mom played the piano at my wedding – it wouldn’t have been right without her playing!
v. Mom and Dad woke me up by singing “Going to the Chapel”
vi. Aunt Steph read beautifully.
vii. Dad and I taking our time getting to the church and stopping in at Gospel Text.
viii. Mel singing How Beautiful
ix. Uncle Paul said the sweetest thing to Nick: “I haven’t gotten a chance to get to know you well, but from what I’ve seen and heard, I know Grandma would have loved you”.
x. My flowers made my Mikyla
xi. Our Cake!!!
xii. Hailey Running down the aisle after Nick and I.
xiii. The message Mark gave spoke about each of us being God’s masterpiece which I thought was awesome since that is the song my mom used to sing to me (Masterpiece – Sandi Patti).
d. My Favourite part: it’s not possible to have a favourite part when you are enjoying every moment!
The Proposal
What was your proposal like? Was it a surprise?
a. We had talked about getting married and I had told him what I liked in rings so I knew it was coming. I had pretty much figured out that he had bought the ring over Spring Break and from then on was constantly analyzing every situation for “proposal potential”. I had told him he had to ask my dad first, and knew that that hadn’t happened so until it did he wasn’t allowed to propose. By the time we’d made it to the weekend of my birthday I was sooo hoping he would ask my dad when we went home, and then that he would ask me. I had no idea that he asked my dad that night while I was out on a date with another man (Nick actually dropped me off for a Birthday date with Earl-my birthday buddy). He had plans to go see a movie with my brother, but instead went to the church, found my dad and asked him. My dad only asked Nick 2 questions. Do you love God? and Have you been baptized?... my dad says that’s all that matters.
b. When I got home from my date, I expected Nick to be gone to the movies, but my dad told me he was downstairs working on homework and that he had come to talk to him at the church. (he probably shouldn’t have told me that… but I knew it had to have happened that night at some point if Nick was going to propose on my birthday – which I soooo hoped he would).
c. We had decided that Nick was going to work on homework and then we would go for a walk at Midnight. So close to midnight I IM’d him (because he was in the basement) and asked if we were still planning on going for a walk….. he said Heck Yes. I got sooo excited at that moment. So about 12:02 we said goodnight to my dad and went for a walk. We took a Frisbee, and played a little of that, we played on the kids jungle gyms. I went down a very wet slide, we climbed a short plastic rock climbing wall, we held hands, he wished me a happy birthday and kissed me. We ended up in the parking lot of a church because there was more light there, and we played Frisbee there. I threw the Frisbee and it didn’t go anywhere near him, so we both ran to get it. He got there first and I tackled him. In that moment I didn’t realize he was about to propose, but he put me in front of him, while on one knee he asked me if I would marry him. I said yes of course. I wanted to whisper it in his ear –like we whisper I love you in each others’ ears – because I thought that would be unique – but I just couldn’t wait to get there to say yes. So I just said it!
d. He had the ring in the little purple box, and I was struggling between looking into his gorgeous eyes and stealing a look at the ring. He put it on my finger. The whole moment seemed so real and so wonderful. I wouldn’t have traded it for the world.
e. We took the longest time to walk the few minutes home than we ever will again. We stopped to talk along the way; I sat on an air conditioning box for a while as we talked. We paused to share a kiss or two. I don’t even remember what we talked about the whole night to be honest – I’m sure it was all very romantic… all I knew was I was looking at the man I was going to marry.
f. PS. I got goose bumps all over while writing this and recalling it all!!!
a. We had talked about getting married and I had told him what I liked in rings so I knew it was coming. I had pretty much figured out that he had bought the ring over Spring Break and from then on was constantly analyzing every situation for “proposal potential”. I had told him he had to ask my dad first, and knew that that hadn’t happened so until it did he wasn’t allowed to propose. By the time we’d made it to the weekend of my birthday I was sooo hoping he would ask my dad when we went home, and then that he would ask me. I had no idea that he asked my dad that night while I was out on a date with another man (Nick actually dropped me off for a Birthday date with Earl-my birthday buddy). He had plans to go see a movie with my brother, but instead went to the church, found my dad and asked him. My dad only asked Nick 2 questions. Do you love God? and Have you been baptized?... my dad says that’s all that matters.
b. When I got home from my date, I expected Nick to be gone to the movies, but my dad told me he was downstairs working on homework and that he had come to talk to him at the church. (he probably shouldn’t have told me that… but I knew it had to have happened that night at some point if Nick was going to propose on my birthday – which I soooo hoped he would).
c. We had decided that Nick was going to work on homework and then we would go for a walk at Midnight. So close to midnight I IM’d him (because he was in the basement) and asked if we were still planning on going for a walk….. he said Heck Yes. I got sooo excited at that moment. So about 12:02 we said goodnight to my dad and went for a walk. We took a Frisbee, and played a little of that, we played on the kids jungle gyms. I went down a very wet slide, we climbed a short plastic rock climbing wall, we held hands, he wished me a happy birthday and kissed me. We ended up in the parking lot of a church because there was more light there, and we played Frisbee there. I threw the Frisbee and it didn’t go anywhere near him, so we both ran to get it. He got there first and I tackled him. In that moment I didn’t realize he was about to propose, but he put me in front of him, while on one knee he asked me if I would marry him. I said yes of course. I wanted to whisper it in his ear –like we whisper I love you in each others’ ears – because I thought that would be unique – but I just couldn’t wait to get there to say yes. So I just said it!
d. He had the ring in the little purple box, and I was struggling between looking into his gorgeous eyes and stealing a look at the ring. He put it on my finger. The whole moment seemed so real and so wonderful. I wouldn’t have traded it for the world.
e. We took the longest time to walk the few minutes home than we ever will again. We stopped to talk along the way; I sat on an air conditioning box for a while as we talked. We paused to share a kiss or two. I don’t even remember what we talked about the whole night to be honest – I’m sure it was all very romantic… all I knew was I was looking at the man I was going to marry.
f. PS. I got goose bumps all over while writing this and recalling it all!!!
A college memory
I realized that I started blogging after I graduated so all of my college memories haven't been blogged.
This memory is fresh in my memory because I had to call Mel a couple weeks ago to have her refresh my memory. Magan, Mel and I were hyper one night, ridiculous you might say! We measured all of our extremities, compared them... I don't know why.... but we did. I think it probably started because Magan didn't believe that her and I were like the same size... So we measured our arms, legs, breast size, waist size etc..... I have the paper with the results on it still.... it'll be in my school scrapbook if you ever what to see it.... although I don't know why you would ever want to see it... unless I fatten up and you don't believe that I was ever sooo darn skinnny.
This memory is fresh in my memory because I had to call Mel a couple weeks ago to have her refresh my memory. Magan, Mel and I were hyper one night, ridiculous you might say! We measured all of our extremities, compared them... I don't know why.... but we did. I think it probably started because Magan didn't believe that her and I were like the same size... So we measured our arms, legs, breast size, waist size etc..... I have the paper with the results on it still.... it'll be in my school scrapbook if you ever what to see it.... although I don't know why you would ever want to see it... unless I fatten up and you don't believe that I was ever sooo darn skinnny.
A Sweet Man, a couple memories!
I barely remember this memory because I was sooo young, but I have to write about it. I was Areal for Halloween one year and for some reason was at church dressed like that. I had met Orv Gleason in the hallway by the nursery upstairs. He made some smart comment about my red hair. I will never forget about him him. He is just the sweetest old man. He lost his wife too soon.
Another fun memory I have of him is from my Aunt Bessie's 60th birthday. We hosted a huge surprise birthday for her. Themed. It was a progressive dinner, each house served a part of the meal based on a different country. The food was from the country, the decorations, the music etc, We had mexican (nacho appitizers), greek (salad), france (fancy cheese and crackers), and Italy (main course, pasta). Anyways, since my family was hosting the main course, we had the Pope come and pray for the meal. Orv - was that Pope. We even snuck his wife in the back door so she could see everyones reactions. My dad made the costume and it looked so real!
Another fun memory I have of him is from my Aunt Bessie's 60th birthday. We hosted a huge surprise birthday for her. Themed. It was a progressive dinner, each house served a part of the meal based on a different country. The food was from the country, the decorations, the music etc, We had mexican (nacho appitizers), greek (salad), france (fancy cheese and crackers), and Italy (main course, pasta). Anyways, since my family was hosting the main course, we had the Pope come and pray for the meal. Orv - was that Pope. We even snuck his wife in the back door so she could see everyones reactions. My dad made the costume and it looked so real!
How we told other people about our engagement!
How we told other people the news of our engagement:
a. We got back to the house and I went upstairs to tell my parents who were sound asleep, Nick was headed to bed because he was tired. I got up there and they were snoring and sooo asleep I whispered “Mom, Dad” but I couldn’t bare wake them up. (How does one wake up someone gently from sleep?) So I left a note for whoever was the first one awake to come wake me up. Aunt Bessie was the first awake and woke me up at 7ish am. I waited until I heard my mom’s voice to leave my room and told her Nick already gave me my birthday present. I was wearing his overly large Kutless sweatshirt with the sleeves covering my entire hands. My mom grabbed my hand looked at my finger –covered it from Bessie’s view and yanked me upstairs to where my father was still asleep. The three of us sat on their bed as I told them how it happened and how I tried to wake them up, but couldn’t bare to wake them.
b. After talking to my parents for probably 30-45 mins, I went down to show poor aunt Bessie. She loved it and was very excited.
c. When we got back from our little walk I called Mel’s cell phone 7 times, but never got ahold of her. Since I was awake so early, I called her about 4 more times before she finally saw all the missed calls and called me back. I told her and she was very excited. I told her not to tell all the other girls in the house though so she had to keep a huge secret for a day and a half!
d. Then I called Carrie and asked her if I could come over. It was 8:30 in the morning and she thought that was a bit ridiculous and maybe I could come over when her parents got up. On my way over there I stopped in at Earl’s to show him. He wasn’t home, but as his wife was opening the door he pulled in the driveway. I ran to the car and had my hand in front of his window before he even had a chance to turn the car off. (The night before I had gone for ice cream and told him I had hoped he would propose soon, that morning he said WOW I didn’t think it would be that soon!!) Carrie had no idea why I wanted to come over, so I showed up at her house and showed her my hand. She was very excited. I showed Linda her step mom too.
e. From there I headed back home for about noon when Nick decided to wake up. We told my brother at that point. I think I simply just told Michael that Nick asked me to marry him and I said yes – to which he replied congratulations.
f. Mandy showed up at my house to give me Red Gerber Daisys for my birthday. As she was standing in the door I shoved my hand right in her face and she was like “For real???” I said yep!!!! Again very exciting… Nick was standing in the background, not quite sure what to do, I stepped back and he came over, put his arm around me and she said congrats to him too. Her mom was out in the car so I ran out to show her too.
g. Nick got ready and then we headed to Gospel Text. I was looking forward to this very much because for the last several times I had gone in to visit – they asked if I was engaged. So Nick and I walked in hand in hand, with my left hand out in the open for them to see. Jane came to the door and was talking the pleasantries, a few minutes in her eyes slipped quickly down to my hand where she finally saw it. It was killing me!!! So my hand now up with Jane looking it, Helen and Penny who were by the counter realized Jane was looking at my hand and squealed and came over to look too! I thought Helen was going to cry! Chris came over to see it too. Linda was on lunch so I asked Nick if we could drive down the street to her apartment. We went there, she was very surprised. We talked at the door and then I finally reminded her it was my birthday and showed her my present.
h. We went to Walmart to pick out a shirt for Nick to wear to church the next day, and then home for Mom and Dad and the 2 of us to head over to Stephs. We got there and mom and dad buzzed up – not letting on that Nick and I were there too. We walked down the hall, Nick holding my left hand to keep it a secret because we had a plan for this one. She kindof eyed our hands and had a quizzical look in her eye but asked nothing. We sat down on her couch and I worked up the courage to start this silly story about how the night before dad pulled out a record with a song on it. The word to the song went something like this: Daddy, I met a boy named Ray and he asked if I could come out and play….. Daddy I met a boy named (I changed it to Nick for the purpose of the story) Nick, and he asked if I would marry him and I said yes. She listened intently then grabbed my hand and said “I wondered when you two walked down the hall looking all sneaky.” While there I called both Mark and Terry leaving messages for both.
i. Helen brought over Pink Gerber Daisies as a congratulation for Nick and I.
j. That night we had planned to have an Austin family birthday party Michael and I as well as Dana’s new boyfriend (his birthday was in April) so that she would have an excuse to bring him home to meet the family. So once everyone where there, my mom went around the circle and introduced everyone to Michael. When she got to me she said this is Brittney and this is Nick her fiancé!! It went right over there head, so she did it again this time very much exaggerating when she got to us!!!! Then they realized and the congrats came again!!
k. The last most significant moment was when I showed up to Jaspreets house before all the girls were to hang out for Mandy’s Bachelorette/my birthday party/my predicted engagement party. I hid my hand till all of the girls were there, and once they were I used it as I would normally – expecting someone to look or see it. I even opened a birthday gift using that hand up in the air as much as possible for them all to see. Finally after about 15 minutes we were about ready to go, when I put my hand in Karen’s face, she thought I was about to give her a high five then she saw the ring. None of them could believe it – yet were all like “we predicted this was going to happen how did we forget?” It was very funny!!!!
l. The next morning at church we got there only a few minutes before the service began but still everyone in the lobby knew with in seconds of us walking in the door. I can’t remember it happened so fast, someone, I want to guess an Ancheta looked and saw, then screamed!! Then everyone was looking, my hand was the center of attention and I was on the outside of the circle. The squealing was so loud it caused Pastor Andrew to come out of his office to see what was going on. The Ostropolec family was scattered throughout the foyer, and I think Matt and Amy saw it first, and as I was hugging someone else, Meg had heard the screaming from the sanctuary and came quickly to the foyer. I held my hand out as I was hugging the person (sad I don’t even remember who) for her to see. She was one of the people I was most excited to show the ring too. So by the time the service started and the announcement was made most people already knew!! They still were very excited and clapped as we stood up even if Pastor Marc goofed up when he asked when the date was going to be for the wedding – which would be the first of many engagements for our church.
m. Nick called his parents to let them know sometime on Saturday I think, but they already knew he was going to proposed, he was just calling to let them know I said yes.
n. I got back to school and Nick I and went to my house first. Mel met us at the door and grabbed my hand and congratulated me in person with a big huge hug. (She had found out from the other girls in the house that I was hoping he would propose that weekend – somehow I thought she knew that was my hope, but she didn’t. She was really mad at first because I had asked/wanted her and Kevin to come home with us that weekend so she would be there for it, but they decided to come before she knew my hopes). We told the rest of the girls and then headed over to Nicks house.
o. The only person home was Kevin, and we showed him and asked if Mel had told him. She had not, we were all impressed and I was sooo proud!
p. After that I went home and stopped in to see Anna Wilkinson, she was outside taking pictures of Gainey. She asked me how my birthday was and I said “it was this good” and showed her my hand. I literally thought she was going to faint. She stopped breathing and took a step backwards. It was funny and a great reaction. Probably my favourite.
q. The 2 of us headed up to my old floor to tell those girls. We got to Kaitlin McCarrells room who had also gotten engaged that weekend about 5 hours before me, and asked if I could see her ring. She said she heard I’d gotten engaged too, and I said yes and showed her my ring. Her reply was; “Wait, really I was making that up!!!! It was hilarious.
r. In the middle of the night after Mel and Kevin’s wedding we decided to sleep at Nicks house instead of driving all the way back to Michigan, and at about 1:30 am his parents met us in the kitchen and looked at the ring on my hand for the first time.
a. We got back to the house and I went upstairs to tell my parents who were sound asleep, Nick was headed to bed because he was tired. I got up there and they were snoring and sooo asleep I whispered “Mom, Dad” but I couldn’t bare wake them up. (How does one wake up someone gently from sleep?) So I left a note for whoever was the first one awake to come wake me up. Aunt Bessie was the first awake and woke me up at 7ish am. I waited until I heard my mom’s voice to leave my room and told her Nick already gave me my birthday present. I was wearing his overly large Kutless sweatshirt with the sleeves covering my entire hands. My mom grabbed my hand looked at my finger –covered it from Bessie’s view and yanked me upstairs to where my father was still asleep. The three of us sat on their bed as I told them how it happened and how I tried to wake them up, but couldn’t bare to wake them.
b. After talking to my parents for probably 30-45 mins, I went down to show poor aunt Bessie. She loved it and was very excited.
c. When we got back from our little walk I called Mel’s cell phone 7 times, but never got ahold of her. Since I was awake so early, I called her about 4 more times before she finally saw all the missed calls and called me back. I told her and she was very excited. I told her not to tell all the other girls in the house though so she had to keep a huge secret for a day and a half!
d. Then I called Carrie and asked her if I could come over. It was 8:30 in the morning and she thought that was a bit ridiculous and maybe I could come over when her parents got up. On my way over there I stopped in at Earl’s to show him. He wasn’t home, but as his wife was opening the door he pulled in the driveway. I ran to the car and had my hand in front of his window before he even had a chance to turn the car off. (The night before I had gone for ice cream and told him I had hoped he would propose soon, that morning he said WOW I didn’t think it would be that soon!!) Carrie had no idea why I wanted to come over, so I showed up at her house and showed her my hand. She was very excited. I showed Linda her step mom too.
e. From there I headed back home for about noon when Nick decided to wake up. We told my brother at that point. I think I simply just told Michael that Nick asked me to marry him and I said yes – to which he replied congratulations.
f. Mandy showed up at my house to give me Red Gerber Daisys for my birthday. As she was standing in the door I shoved my hand right in her face and she was like “For real???” I said yep!!!! Again very exciting… Nick was standing in the background, not quite sure what to do, I stepped back and he came over, put his arm around me and she said congrats to him too. Her mom was out in the car so I ran out to show her too.
g. Nick got ready and then we headed to Gospel Text. I was looking forward to this very much because for the last several times I had gone in to visit – they asked if I was engaged. So Nick and I walked in hand in hand, with my left hand out in the open for them to see. Jane came to the door and was talking the pleasantries, a few minutes in her eyes slipped quickly down to my hand where she finally saw it. It was killing me!!! So my hand now up with Jane looking it, Helen and Penny who were by the counter realized Jane was looking at my hand and squealed and came over to look too! I thought Helen was going to cry! Chris came over to see it too. Linda was on lunch so I asked Nick if we could drive down the street to her apartment. We went there, she was very surprised. We talked at the door and then I finally reminded her it was my birthday and showed her my present.
h. We went to Walmart to pick out a shirt for Nick to wear to church the next day, and then home for Mom and Dad and the 2 of us to head over to Stephs. We got there and mom and dad buzzed up – not letting on that Nick and I were there too. We walked down the hall, Nick holding my left hand to keep it a secret because we had a plan for this one. She kindof eyed our hands and had a quizzical look in her eye but asked nothing. We sat down on her couch and I worked up the courage to start this silly story about how the night before dad pulled out a record with a song on it. The word to the song went something like this: Daddy, I met a boy named Ray and he asked if I could come out and play….. Daddy I met a boy named (I changed it to Nick for the purpose of the story) Nick, and he asked if I would marry him and I said yes. She listened intently then grabbed my hand and said “I wondered when you two walked down the hall looking all sneaky.” While there I called both Mark and Terry leaving messages for both.
i. Helen brought over Pink Gerber Daisies as a congratulation for Nick and I.
j. That night we had planned to have an Austin family birthday party Michael and I as well as Dana’s new boyfriend (his birthday was in April) so that she would have an excuse to bring him home to meet the family. So once everyone where there, my mom went around the circle and introduced everyone to Michael. When she got to me she said this is Brittney and this is Nick her fiancé!! It went right over there head, so she did it again this time very much exaggerating when she got to us!!!! Then they realized and the congrats came again!!
k. The last most significant moment was when I showed up to Jaspreets house before all the girls were to hang out for Mandy’s Bachelorette/my birthday party/my predicted engagement party. I hid my hand till all of the girls were there, and once they were I used it as I would normally – expecting someone to look or see it. I even opened a birthday gift using that hand up in the air as much as possible for them all to see. Finally after about 15 minutes we were about ready to go, when I put my hand in Karen’s face, she thought I was about to give her a high five then she saw the ring. None of them could believe it – yet were all like “we predicted this was going to happen how did we forget?” It was very funny!!!!
l. The next morning at church we got there only a few minutes before the service began but still everyone in the lobby knew with in seconds of us walking in the door. I can’t remember it happened so fast, someone, I want to guess an Ancheta looked and saw, then screamed!! Then everyone was looking, my hand was the center of attention and I was on the outside of the circle. The squealing was so loud it caused Pastor Andrew to come out of his office to see what was going on. The Ostropolec family was scattered throughout the foyer, and I think Matt and Amy saw it first, and as I was hugging someone else, Meg had heard the screaming from the sanctuary and came quickly to the foyer. I held my hand out as I was hugging the person (sad I don’t even remember who) for her to see. She was one of the people I was most excited to show the ring too. So by the time the service started and the announcement was made most people already knew!! They still were very excited and clapped as we stood up even if Pastor Marc goofed up when he asked when the date was going to be for the wedding – which would be the first of many engagements for our church.
m. Nick called his parents to let them know sometime on Saturday I think, but they already knew he was going to proposed, he was just calling to let them know I said yes.
n. I got back to school and Nick I and went to my house first. Mel met us at the door and grabbed my hand and congratulated me in person with a big huge hug. (She had found out from the other girls in the house that I was hoping he would propose that weekend – somehow I thought she knew that was my hope, but she didn’t. She was really mad at first because I had asked/wanted her and Kevin to come home with us that weekend so she would be there for it, but they decided to come before she knew my hopes). We told the rest of the girls and then headed over to Nicks house.
o. The only person home was Kevin, and we showed him and asked if Mel had told him. She had not, we were all impressed and I was sooo proud!
p. After that I went home and stopped in to see Anna Wilkinson, she was outside taking pictures of Gainey. She asked me how my birthday was and I said “it was this good” and showed her my hand. I literally thought she was going to faint. She stopped breathing and took a step backwards. It was funny and a great reaction. Probably my favourite.
q. The 2 of us headed up to my old floor to tell those girls. We got to Kaitlin McCarrells room who had also gotten engaged that weekend about 5 hours before me, and asked if I could see her ring. She said she heard I’d gotten engaged too, and I said yes and showed her my ring. Her reply was; “Wait, really I was making that up!!!! It was hilarious.
r. In the middle of the night after Mel and Kevin’s wedding we decided to sleep at Nicks house instead of driving all the way back to Michigan, and at about 1:30 am his parents met us in the kitchen and looked at the ring on my hand for the first time.
Telling friends that I had gotten engaged!
So I'm just thinking about the fact that I'm going to a wedding tomorrow of a couple who have been together since Kindergarten. And somehow that made me think of when Nikki, the bride found out that I was engaged! It was a crazy exciting moment!
Here's the low down on that:
l. The next morning at church we got there only a few minutes before the service began but still everyone in the lobby knew with in seconds of us walking in the door. I can’t remember it happened so fast, someone, I want to guess an Ancheta looked and saw, then screamed!! Then everyone was looking, my hand was the center of attention and I was on the outside of the circle. The squealing was so loud it caused Pastor Andrew to come out of his office to see what was going on. The Ostropolec family was scattered throughout the foyer, and I think Matt and Amy saw it first, and as I was hugging someone else, Meg had heard the screaming from the sanctuary and came quickly to the foyer. I held my hand out as I was hugging the person (sad I don’t even remember who) for her to see. She was one of the people I was most excited to show the ring too. So by the time the service started and the announcement was made most people already knew!! They still were very excited and clapped as we stood up even if Pastor Marc goofed up when he asked when the date was going to be for the wedding – which would be the first of many engagements for our church.
Here's the low down on that:
l. The next morning at church we got there only a few minutes before the service began but still everyone in the lobby knew with in seconds of us walking in the door. I can’t remember it happened so fast, someone, I want to guess an Ancheta looked and saw, then screamed!! Then everyone was looking, my hand was the center of attention and I was on the outside of the circle. The squealing was so loud it caused Pastor Andrew to come out of his office to see what was going on. The Ostropolec family was scattered throughout the foyer, and I think Matt and Amy saw it first, and as I was hugging someone else, Meg had heard the screaming from the sanctuary and came quickly to the foyer. I held my hand out as I was hugging the person (sad I don’t even remember who) for her to see. She was one of the people I was most excited to show the ring too. So by the time the service started and the announcement was made most people already knew!! They still were very excited and clapped as we stood up even if Pastor Marc goofed up when he asked when the date was going to be for the wedding – which would be the first of many engagements for our church.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Embarrassing #2
Have you ever ran out of gas?
Nope -
my mom did once about 10 feet from the pumps...
but in the middle of an intersection. I was really young...
it was right after evening church service.
Nope -
my mom did once about 10 feet from the pumps...
but in the middle of an intersection. I was really young...
it was right after evening church service.
an Embarrassing Memory
This is one memory that I don't think I'll ever forget because it is one of my most embarrassing memories.... however since I went to the Chiropractor today, I feel like its a great one to share:
I once was at the chiropractors and when the Doc. went to crack my back, a burst of air from the lower regions of my torso area...... it was loud and it was embarrasing.
Go ahead, Laugh.
I once was at the chiropractors and when the Doc. went to crack my back, a burst of air from the lower regions of my torso area...... it was loud and it was embarrasing.
Go ahead, Laugh.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Going Down in History
This memory goes down in history!
Do you already know what it is?
Yes its the time that my mother forgot me, when setting the table for Thanksgiving! Yes believe it or not! It was the first Thanksgiving home from College, so yes, I had been gone for about 2 months. My mom counted each family, Kathy had 4, then there was the Grandma/Ron/Bessie combo and then she said our family had 3. Well our family had 4!!!!!!! Now to be honest she actually counted more than once. We all sat down to eat only to find we were one chair and one place setting short.
That's it.
Do you already know what it is?
Yes its the time that my mother forgot me, when setting the table for Thanksgiving! Yes believe it or not! It was the first Thanksgiving home from College, so yes, I had been gone for about 2 months. My mom counted each family, Kathy had 4, then there was the Grandma/Ron/Bessie combo and then she said our family had 3. Well our family had 4!!!!!!! Now to be honest she actually counted more than once. We all sat down to eat only to find we were one chair and one place setting short.
That's it.
Baking Everywhere!
One memory I hope I never forget is the time I was baking in the kitchen at home and turned on the kitchenaid toooo fast with powders in the bowl.... well if you bake, you know what happened.... there was flour everywhere!!! The memory isn't quite clear because I think Aunt Bessie was there with me, but I also have a memory with my mom too.... did I do it more than once, or did one of them do it with me there to witness it?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
A dream
Today I remembered a re-occurring dream I used to have as a kid....
It had something to do with a parachute, and it was a scary dream, it had something to do with angles. Thats all I remember.
Another dream that I used to have all the time, which I have discussed at legth with Melanie (shoot I almost did it again - called her Melanie Fish) Eccles, because she had the same dream so it must mean something. The dream went like this: I was in a white room, not really a room but everything, my complete surroundings. Sometimes the dream would be up close, and other times it would seem really far away. So what is the dream you are wondering? Screaming... loud high pitched screaming.... it was an aweful dream!
It had something to do with a parachute, and it was a scary dream, it had something to do with angles. Thats all I remember.
Another dream that I used to have all the time, which I have discussed at legth with Melanie (shoot I almost did it again - called her Melanie Fish) Eccles, because she had the same dream so it must mean something. The dream went like this: I was in a white room, not really a room but everything, my complete surroundings. Sometimes the dream would be up close, and other times it would seem really far away. So what is the dream you are wondering? Screaming... loud high pitched screaming.... it was an aweful dream!
My Memories
Lately I have been having flash backs of memories I never want to forget. Since I'm blogging about my life now, I have a record of the things that are important happening now, but there are so many memories from the previous 22 years that I don't want to go down in history. I want them to live on. So most of these posts will be short, and really only for my benefit and those who are really close to me.
My BFF, writes out a memory in detail once a week in her blog, but I feel like I have too many so I'm making my own blog specifically for those precious or not so precious times.
If you read this, I hope you enjoy.... maybe it will inspire you to write down your own memories too.
My BFF, writes out a memory in detail once a week in her blog, but I feel like I have too many so I'm making my own blog specifically for those precious or not so precious times.
If you read this, I hope you enjoy.... maybe it will inspire you to write down your own memories too.
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