Guess what we did!!!!!!!

Holy Smokes it's so exciting! Chris's best friend Ryan's wife, Retha, works as a nanny for an extrememly wealthly family here in town and they called us the other night to come over for a surprise. When we got there, her boss showed us these cars he was storing for a friend. The cars were, and I quote, " a Ferrari Ozone 2007 with NOS, and a perfect condition 1967 Shelby Mustang 500 GT." And what's even better is that WE GOT TO DRIVE THEM!!!!! Ryan was saying that he was as excited about these cars as he was when he got a hole-in-one...but if you think about it, he should be because the chance of driving these cars is just as slim! The ferrari was awesome; we got up to 60 in second gear with plenty of room to spare, and you could easily get to 100 mph without even noticing! I drove the Shelby and it was beautiful!! What a beast! What a fun night! These are some pictures of the mean machines!

As you can see, Chris was pretty excited

Poor Guy!

A few days ago, Chris was playing basketball with some old mission buddies. He was SO excited about it, first of all to see his companions again, and second just to get back on the court again! Unfortunately though, he seriouslly rolled his ankle 20 minutes into the game! He was most definately out of the game for the night. Once he was able to stand, we started heading out to the car to go home, but alas, our car was really far away! There was no way he was going to be able to walk that far, so I got to carry him on my back all the way there! I was grateful for the workout, and he was grateful he picked such a strong girl to marry! ;)

First comes love, then comes MARRAIGE!

I'm pretty sure everyone already knows this, but in case you haven't heard, Chris and I are officially engaged! Well, we've been planning on getting married since September, but he proposed on October 15. It was wonderful!!!! He took me to Island Park and we walked around and he showed me all the places he used to go as a kid growing up. As it got darker, we started to drive towards the peak of the highest mountian. I love star gazing, and from the top of that mountain you can see the Milky Way and on a clear night, the Northern lights too, so I was pretty excited. So, we're on our way up, and unfortunately we got stuck in the snow for about an hour trying to dig ourselves out!!! Needless to say, we decided not to go all the way to the peak, so we drove back down the mountain and found a little ranch to set up our little grill to roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Then, to my surprise he pulls out the Astronomy book he gave me on one of our first dates! He opens it to the page about my favorite constellation "cassiopea" (because it is shaped like a W) and to my even bigger surprise, there's a story written in it about how "Cassiopea," the most beautiful and lovely queen of the land met the great, and yet very normal "King Cepheus," and how they fell in love. He is so sweet!!

So now that you all know the story, I thought I would post some pictures of the ring he gave me!

So the official date is Dec 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the Logan Temple.....be there or be square! :D

Oh, and we took our engagement pictures, and the photographer posted them online if you want look at them. Her website is "jrandallportraits.com" and you click slideshows, and the password is "whitney"