A DATE!

Well, we have finally set a date for our marriage. It is January 2, 2009. We will get married in the Newport Beach Temple. Matthew will be finishing his management training and then be able to transfer to So. Cal and keep his seniority and benefits and such. We are hoping to have him move in November before Thanksgiving. I get frustrated not having him here yet, I just want him around and I know he feels the same. But this is better for his career, so I still have to practice my patience. Sigh.

More great news is that he will be going through the temple for his first time on September 6 in Oakland, California and I and my parents will be there too! I am so excited! I feel so blessed to be able to share this special day with him. I can't wait to sit with him in the temple and think about our future.

School will be starting soon for me and I feel totally unprepared. There is just so much else on my mind right now. I have one more week to pull it all together. I know it will work out, its just so much work and I am having a hard time focusing right now. Go figure!

New Beginnings

I am happy to report that after 1 1/2 years of long distance dating (which I DO NOT recommend to anyone who likes their sanity), Matthew and I are officially engaged and excited to be moving forward in our life together. He proposed on June 20th (my last day of school) at Disneyland, taking me by total surprise.

Hopefully he will be able to transfer with Safeway into a Vons here and manage a store that is somewhere in So. Cal so that neither of our commutes to work is terrible. We will also be looking for a house to buy (great timing on that one -yeah). I am so excited that he is moving here and we can continue to be close to my family. My parents love him because he is so willing to be slave labor (just check out the brick flag pole holder we built in the front yard). Well, I will continue to leave updates as things go forward. Its so fun to start thinking about all the stuff to plan and do to get ready for the wedding. Anyone have any great ideas? I am open to suggestions. :)