The question has been "Popped"=]

I am happy to announce that Dan and I are engaged!!!! (about time, right? haha) We are both SO excited to be officially getting married and actually planning a wedding instead of just talking about it. Last weekend we went down to Lake Powell to camp at Lone Rock with some friends. Looking back, I should've seen the signs....but I was just so convinced it wasn't going to happen at Powell that I dismissed them. The night we got there he was so concerned about where he was going to keep his backpack...I couldn't understand why he was so worried about his backpack which i assumed had 3 days worth of clothes in. (obviously not knowing he had my ring in there haha) The next day (May 31) we drove up to Alstrom Point (my FAVORITE overlook of the Lake) He was acting completely normal, we all ate lunch and took in the view. At one point I kinda walked off on my own and was staring at the Lake, then Dan came up to me and we just started talking....having a normal conversation. (I remember looking back at one point and seeing Chris and Tea standing about 50 feet back just staring at us which i thought was odd....but really didn't think too much about it.) Anyway, Dan and I do this silly little thing where one of us will say "I love you" the other will say "I love you more" so the other will say "Prove it" and so the one proving will come up with some dumb explanation to "prove it". So this happened....and I was the one to tell Dan to "prove it". The next thing I know he was on one knee proposing to me!!!!! I was SO surprised!!! I remember saying "are you serious?" like three times lol!! My ring is beautiful and I haven't been able to stop looking at it all week. He did an amazing job. Anyway, we are so excited and so overwhelmed with all the congratulations. Here is a picture my friends got of us when Dan proposed =]

So that's that!! We took both Gracie and Cooper down with us and they did GREAT!! Gracie definitely remembers the lake and was "at home" from the beginning. Cooper seemed to love it as well. He even got in the water and swam a little bit on his own which Gracie never did at his age....so i was pleased about that! He is definitely going to be a water dog like his sister :) All in all it was a very fun-filled weekend. We will obviously be letting people know more about the wedding plans when we know more! As of now, we're thinking Moab next May!! So we'll see :) 

Here's a picture of my gorgeous ring! He picked it out all by himself!! I absolutely love it!!! 

Here's our campsite!!! Can't complain here!!! 

Cooper lovin the beach 

Fun times jet skiing!! I've definitely missed the lake!! 

Me and my bestie Tea!! So glad she was there to share my moment of getting engaged!!! She is getting married in January and I'll be a bridesmaid!! Fun times ahead and so exciting we're going through the same thing close together!!! 

So happy :) I love him!!

Me and Lauren! She drove up from Phoenix to spend the weekend with us! She worked with us at Powell and is an amazing friend!!! 

All my hard work paid off!!! =]

I am proud to say that I got accepted into the radiology technician program starting in the fall. Rumor has it there were 64 applicants and they only accepted 11 people!! (I'm not sure how true that is, but i do know they only took 11 ppl, and it is very competitive to get into) It has been a long road and a lot of work, but it all paid off! I am so grateful I got my current job last August. (Radiology technician assistant at Alta View Hospital) I know for a fact it helped me get into the program. I also know exactly what to expect while I'm in the program because I work with Rad Techs all day long. As well as the students currently in the program. They have all been really good at teaching me stuff already so I'll have a good head start. I am so excited to be starting the program. It's a great feeling to know that this time in two years I'll be eligible to get a job at a starting rate a lot better than what I'm getting right now. I have worked so hard to get accepted, and I'm so happy to finally see it here! Now comes the fun part of being full-time in school (boo, not looking forward to that part of it). All those late nights studying for entrance exams, and months of looking for a job in a radiology dept, etc totally paid off!! I can't wait to finally be able to take those X-rays! Time to enjoy the summer because in 3 months I will have zero free time!!! 

We bought a house!!!!

After living in my parents house for 4 months, Dan and I finally closed on our house! We LOVE it! It is the perfect house for us and had everything we wanted! 2 car garage, room on the side for an RV pad, full size basement, and fenced in yard. (We still need to finish off the basement, it's only about half done so we'll be taking that one room at a time. We don't need it right now anyway, so it's not a big deal) anyway, we painted the living room and the hallway gray, and we painted the doors black. It turned out amazing and we love it!!! Here are some pics of the house.

This is right after we got our keys!! finally!! :)

Our AMAZING front porch! We absolutely love it!!

This is our front room. When we moved in, everything was all white. We painted the walls gray and the doors black. It was a lot of work, but it turned out great. Definitely worth it.

This is our kitchen, the wall was already red....We'll probably repaint it since it's not done very well...but will most likely keep it red!

This is our hallway with all of the black doors! The first door on the left goes to the basement, the second door on the left goes to the master bedroom, the door straight ahead goes into the guest bedroom, the second door on the right is a linen closet, and the first door on the right is the bathroom.

This is our bathroom, I opened the shower curtain a bit so you could see the nice tile in the shower. I absolutely love it!

Here is our spare bedroom all set up. Now all you guys have no excuse not to visit ;)

This is our bedroom. We will eventually be painting it too, just waiting until we get new bedding to decide which colors we want to do.

These are the stairs, the basement isn't finished yet but it's SO nice to have a basement!

This is the bedroom downstairs that is finished (mostly) it's missing a closet so we'll build a small one in there!

I had to add this picture because I thought it was so cute. Gracie on her "couch"

As you can see, our backyard needs quite a bit of work. It is a really great size though and will be really nice once we get it all fixed up. (which will take time, but that's all the fun of having a house, right??) :D