Jennifer Anne

So.. First of all, The Boy is Home!! Tyson flew in September 14th and it was the best day ever! I don't think I've ever been so nervous and excited in my life. I'm not kidding. I could have thrown up from the massive amount of butterflies I had in my tummy. But he's home and it is amazing!! Almost like he never left :) And yes, yes he did Hug me when he got off the plane. But guess what? I'm SO glad he did.

Ok, now time for the Real big Story... How He Proposed!! Let me do a little background story first though... Tyson and I have been together for 3 years. And yes, we are counting the time he was on his mission because we were in constant contact. A letter or more a week for two years..yup, I totally consider that constant contact. Anyway when we decided to officially date, we were out star gazing... on his last night with me before leaving for the Mission we went star gazing... I think you can see where this is going but I'll continue anyway. Here we are 3 years later, to the day and what are we doing? Yup. Star Gazing. It's just our thing. Normally we just go right outside his house or somewhere close because of where he lives, you can see them that well. But tonight he wanted to show me one of his favorite spots. This whole time I have been thinking there is no way he would propose tonight, it's just way too expected. I totally made myself not get my hopes up at all and just enjoy our Anniversary. with it being officially fall now, its starting to get really cold out after dark so we had to get all bundled up, especially because we would be taking the four-wheeler most of the way. It was going to be a Freezing ride. I suited up in three pairs of socks, two pairs of pants, two shirts, a hoodie, and a Coat, along with boots a beanie and mittens. I was all ready to go! or in other words...I was looking really good. I had the blankets, flashlight and everything just waiting at the door. We were about to walk out when suddenly Tyson remembered that he had to call his boss. One phone call turned to two, and then that turned to helping his mom with the vacuum... all while I'm still suited up sitting on the kitchen floor with the biggest, thickest blanket known to man. I.was. melting! We were going to go but then, oh wait! You can't forget to check the Four-wheeler and make sure it has enough gas and oh yes, make sure you call your cousin about a skateboard...what was this boy doing?! Finally he asked if we should just stick around here and go another time. Are you kidding me? Heck no. I was determined to go. There was No way in Heck that I was going to get all dressed up and not go to where we had planned to go. We were finally ready to go and about to leave when his mom yelled out to watch out for Bears, Cougars and other Animals that have been spotted just last week. What? Excuse me? You've got to be kidding me...You're taking me to where I could be eaten alive?! I was now in a panic. I was trying to hide it the best I could, but I think he could tell. He didn't seem too worried so I tried to forget it and just have fun. We finally left and because I had sat inside roasting for so long, let me tell you, a 9pm four-wheeler ride has never felt so good! We rode for what seemed liked for...ev...er and got deeper and deeper into the woods. This is when I decided that I watch WAY too many episodes of Criminal Minds and CIS:NY, because my imagination was going crazy with possibilities of things that could happen to us out in the middle of no where! After “getting lost” and trying to turn around, we spotted a car that was driving up there, Tyson looked back to me and told me that he Hated it when people were up in this area this time of night because it always freaked him out. I have never known Tyson to be scared of something so hearing this, yeah I was shaking in my boots. Literally. We sped off in the other direction from the car and finally made it to the Spot we had been looking for. As we walked down the hill hand in hand, I started to feel better about being out there. It was such an open area and the view was breath taking that I didn’t even think of something attacking us... all until I saw the “Glowing eyes” in the brush. I froze, pulling Tyson back to stand right in front of me, pointing to where I saw the "eyes" I told him to go check it out. He said he couldn't see anything and started walking away. I was still freaking out because those "Eyes" were following my every move! I finally got him to walk over there and see what it was or to see if this creature was going to attack... And yes, I sent him to look at it. He's the man, he'd protect me and fight the beast off...right? Anyway, to our luck it wasn't anything. And of course that made me feel a little like an idiot. We walked a bit further until I realized what I had seen glowing in the brush. It wasn't eyes...it was a Broken Glow stick! And it was Everywhere!! There was yellow glowing brush everywhere around us. For a second I thought it was really cool because it was still glowing...but then it dawned on me. There was NO way this would still be glowing this bright if this wasn't JUST done. Which only meant one thing. We weren't alone on this mountain...in the middle of no where...in the pitch black...with nothing but a flashlight and blanket. I had that thought and BAM! I fell to the ground. Now, if you've ever seen a scary movie this is the perfect time for the girl to be taken away being drug by her ankles or something creepy like that. Good thing I had Tyson there to help me back up though, embarrassing moment of the night? Check. Tyson got me up and made me keep walking, but of course I made him follow the trail of the glowing brush with me because I was curious. Scared out of my mind that I was still going to get attacked...but curious. We followed the trail right to the side of a cliff. Well, honestly I don't even know if it was a cliff but from what I saw, it most defiantly was. It was pretty dark out so who knows how far down the ground was. Anyway, On this side of the cliff I saw out of the corner of my eye that there was something written on it. I moved closer to get the full look and to my Surprise, there written in Glow Stick was "Jenn Will you Marry Me" I spun around and there Tyson was getting down on one knee to ask me…It was beautiful and mushy and great just like I always thought it would be :) And then I felt so incredibly stupid for freaking out about the “Glowing eyes” and the car that we saw earlier and thinking at all that I could get attacked with Tyson right there with me.… that car we saw was in fact his Sister and Cousin who had just left from writing the message out, which he had actually carved into the rock earlier that day. It will have that message forever :) It was perfect! Now to answer all your questions about the Ring, Two and a half years ago Tyson gave me my Ring when he asked me to wait for him while he went on his Mission. So since I already had my ring he gave me a Beautiful necklace from Wales, where he served his Mission. It's a 'Love Spoon' which is a Welch tradition and it's actually really cool! You can learn more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovespoon. So that is our story. I waited two years, he got home and 2 weeks later, We're Engaged!! Sounds perfect to me :) I don't have the pictures from that night yet, but here is the Most Recent one of us and you can see my ring if you haven't already!

As a Nanny of four boys and a little 4 year old girl, my Laundry load is well... HUGE. All the time. Everyday. It sometimes amazes me how many outfits they can go through just in one day. I can understand Addie (the four year old) going through a lot because she's a girl and lets face it, girls change their clothes at least 4 times a day. But the Boys? I never thought I would do so much of their Laundry and not to mention their Ironing. But I actually don't mind it, most of the time. I have my two Laundry buddies who make it bearable to stand in that room about 50% of my time there. The other 50% I'm in the Kitchen. But whenever I am doing the Laundry or Ironing Addie and Trey (12 years old) come and join me. They like to sit on top of the Washer and Dryer and just talk with me or sometimes I'll help Trey with his math (yeah, it's true, I do.) When I'm done with the Dryer they like to "surprise" me