We are ENGAGED!!!

Finally.
Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and as most of you know Nick asked me to marry him early Christmas morning. We started a tradition our first Christmas together (3 years ago) where we will write each other a letter and put it into each others stocking. It basically talks about the year that we had together and why we love each other so much. Well...Nicks letter this year was the most amazing thing I have ever read. At the end of the letter he wrote "I asked your Dad and he thinks this is a good idea so put this letter down and look at me." So of course I knew right away what he was doing and I started crying the second he got down on one knee to propose. The "hysterical" tears came soon after that when he presented me with not one ring but TWO, and explained to me that the single diamond ring was the ring my grandmother wore and it is the ring that my dad gave to my mom. The 3 diamond ring was his grandma Nobles and its beautiful. We plan to combine the two rings into one. We are so so happy and love calling each other "fiance" as dumb as that is. We have NO plans yet as far as when and where the wedding will be but we will keep you all posted when we figure it all out! Love you all!

From CA to CO

Nick and I packed up our snowboards last week and headed to back to CO for the first time in 9 months! The trip was planned so that we could suprise our best friend Chad at his engagment party, meet his soon to be wife, and get a little snowboarding in as well. It was so great to see our families, say goodbye to Duke, and meet the newest addition to the family, Josie. We spent one day up at Breckenridge in 3 degree weather but it was totally worth it (especially when I beat both boys down the mountain first run...I still got it!) Being in Colorado made us a little home sick for sure and we were sad to leave after only a few days. Christmas is going to be very strange without snow and all of you. Thank you all so much for everything and we plan on coming back soon....as soon as we save up enough money.


Our first snow sighting!


With mom at Breck


Joes Crab shack


Chad and his amazing Fiance


At momma Beths house



Nick and Mom


Me, Nick, Chad and the newest addition to our fam Brielle!

Rest in Peace Duke

We are thinking of Duke today and know that he is in a better place and is no longer in pain. We feel very lucky to have had him in our lives and feel so grateful that we got to say goodbye to him last week when we were in Colorado. We know he is somewhere up there in our snowboarding heaven eating as many snow cones as he wants. We love you Duke and will always be thinking of you.

They said I do!

Its official! My best friend Jessie is the first (of many) of my good friends to get married. The wedding took place in Old Town San Diego and it was beautiful. The night was perfect... up until someone spilled red wine all over the brides dress (that she has to wear again next week for her second wedding in South Africa). Congrats to the newlyweds, we were so happy to be a part of it all!