the Best Decision, ever!

I was going to do this Monday, but life happens. But, I still want too.

Last year Labor Day weekend is when Jordan and I got engaged - I can’t believe a year has already come and gone. In a little over two months, we’ll have been married a year. 365 days. A year seems so long but really it just flies by.

Jordan and I had our infamous talk about getting married and I knew we would, it was just a matter of time. I went up to the Shields’ cabin with Jordan to hang-out Fri./Sat. and then I had to come home [I was going to the Justin Timberlake concert with my mom!] but on Saturday while Jordan went with the boys to the BYU game, I decided to stick around and hang with his mom, sister, and Kim. Later, I find out they wanted me to go home so they could work on a ‘project’ for me, haha.

So Monday, Labor Day was the day {actually night} Jordan and I got engaged. It was thoughtful, cute, and so exciting! Since we decided to get married, I kept telling him, he better be creative, and Jordan that was asking a lot.

Monday night was the night {September 3rd}. He came and took me to dinner at Macayos, then we headed over to FHE. Not unusual but I had no idea it was coming, I wish I would have been more dressed up for the occasion. At FHE, we played Family Fued, which was probably one of the funnest fhe’s! After we left he told me he wanted to go to the park. I was cranky and tired, and told him I just wanted to go home, and he insisted. I asked him for what, and he said so I can show you a cartwheel. Now, Jordan’s cartwheel skills aren’t necessarily Olympic gold material but I was curious, especially when he then told me he had a present for me. Shoot, I’ll go anywhere for a present!

We went walking around Seastrand Park, and found a spot with no one around. He gave me my present. It was the ‘project’ Trisha was working on at the cabin with the girls help. No wonder they wanted me to leave. It was a scrapbook of all the pictures from our trips that summer with each other and our families. It was so cute, and fun too look through. On the last page was a picture of my ring in the box – I looked up and Jordan was on one knee asking me to marry him. Obviously I said yes, and here we are. He proved his creativeness. I can’t believe he thought of a scrapbook all on his own. It is the cutest book and I love having it now to look through. We look so little even from last summer. I can’t wait to compare it too when we’re a little older.

These are a couple of my favorite pages from the scrapbook.

It was the best decision of my life. Jordan and I just click. We’ve been inseparable since the moment we became instant best friends. We are the lame couple that would rather hang out with each other than friends or other couples. And the greatest thing about getting married is definitely not having to drive home at night when you’re tired :)