Josh and Ashley are engaged!

My brother Josh proposed to Ashley on her 21st birthday! It was so sweet! He threw her a 21st party at his house and asked me to help make a "bank" cake and record him saying sweet things about Ashley. So on August 23 Josh skipped church to help me decorate the cake while Ashley was visiting her family in Tampa. After 5 hours in the kitchen and a very messy kitchen at that we were finally done! I don't have pictures at the moment because Ashley has my SD card to get pictures printed but once I get it back I'll update this post with pictures.

So Josh asked me to go to his house so I can record him talking about her and I had no clue at the moment he was asking her to marry him. I was in complete shock.

Monday came and I was able to get off work early to decorate his house before everyone showed up. Her parents were there as well as mine, my grandma, aunt, cousins, her "aunt" and "uncle" and their kids and her cousin. It came time to bring out the "bank" cake and she loved it! I have the best picture of her seeing it for the first time. I can't wait to show y'all. Then it came....

I played the video I recorded just the day before and Josh proposed! She said "YES!!!!"

They want a very short engagement and were hoping for a November wedding but FBC,Jax makes you go though a 6-8 week engagement class plus other things on top of that which would push the wedding into Feb.2010.

We went dress shopping this past Sunday and she picked out the most beautiful dress ever. We also got out bridesmaid dresses and flower girl dresses. She asked me and well as her sister-in-law Nicole to be her bridesmaids and Haley and her niece Faith to be the flower girls! I cant wait to help her plan this wedding.

I'm so excited for both of them and can't wait until they start their life together as one!

Chandler needs your prayers!!!

Lindsey and Chris welcomed their first bundle of joy into the world Friday at 7:10 pm. The doctors found out Chandler has a whole in his lung as well as pneumonia!!! Lindsey has only held Chandler once and it's very hard for her to se chandler in the NICU. If you feel led to pray for her sweet bundle of joy please visit her page and leave a comment. http://lettowfamily.blogspot.com/

Such JOY

26.2 training

Who would've ever thought I would run a marathon. Well I'm not there yet but I am training for the 26.2 with Donna Deegan to fight breast cancer. The marathon isn't until February 2010 but it's going to be a lot of training! I'm not a runner although I used to run with 2 friends every night 1.3 miles but I stopped a while ago. Maybe 2 summers ago! This all started when a guy I used to work with asked me if I would do this marathon with him and I couldn't turn him down. Besides I want/need to get in shape.

Today I started tracking everything I eat and my exercises. I'm allowed to eat 1,015 calories a day and only have eaten 850 calories. I also ran/walked 1.1 miles in 15 minutes! Ok I understand thats not the greatest but its a start.

Tomorrow I plan on waking up at 6 to go on a 30 minute bike ride since tomorrow night will be busy. We'll see how that works out for me. I do have a very good accountability partner-Doug- who has asked me what I ate for lunch and dinner and also made sure I started running/walking tonight. He also has told me that he will make sure I'm up in the morning for my bike ride! he works crazy hours at a radio station here in Florida so he'll already be awake!

I'm super excited about this marathon and the changes that will happen with my body! The only thing that will get in the way of this marathon is my 7 night cruise with my mom and other bloggers going on the MckCruise! But there's a track on the ship so I have no excuse not to keep training while away!

So follow me on this journey of my first marathon!

quotes from Haley

If you follow me on Twitter you probably have already read these quotes from Haley. She's staying at my parents house for the next 11 days while her mommy and daddy go to church camp and then head out to Texas for their 5 year anniversary! So without further ado here are a few quotes from Haley.

----"Oh no! That guy forgot to put a shirt on." - We were driving in the car and he was next to us in his car leaving the beach.

---"That's so silly"- While holding her mouth letting out a high pitched squeal cracking up!

---"Enna go to your room."

---"That's not nice do you understand me."

---"Where's Lola & Khloe?"

I'm sure there's more but I'll post a few pictures to hold you over!










This little boy is my oldest brothers fiance's boy Jordan.

Not Me Monday!...is back

Time to confess everything I have not done recently. This is a way to relive what I did not do in the last few weeks since I haven't blogged in about 3 weeks if not more.

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I did not have to sign a policy at work that I will not get on the internet for "personal" reasons. Which means no more Facebook, Blogger, Twitter, Gmail, Target.com, Amazon,com...you get the gist! Yes, life at work goes by so slow!

Since signing said policy my manager did not teach me to crochet! I'm making a blanket for when I do infant photo shoots. My first infant photo shoot will be of my new nephew in November.

I'm sure most of you saw the post about Haley becoming a big sister right! Well my sister Jamie and her husband Joe are having a BOY! They already have his name picked out too! Ryne Joseph and I can't wait to meet him.

Since learning of becoming an aunt to a little boy I have not bought a ton of cute outfits for him! Nope! Not me!

Today I should be getting my new iPhone in the mail! I got it since I'm no longer able to search the internet during the day. Speaking of new phones... AT&T ported my number before I got my phone on Friday so when I tried to use my phone it would not dial out! So I have been without a phone for 2 days and I'm actually not going crazy. Seriously! It's been nice taking a break from my phone but I'm excited that I can use all the apps on the iPhone like Lose-it!

I started the 30 Day Shred with my mom on Monday last week and we made it to day 3. We had my niece on Thursday so we didn't get to work out. But within 3 days I could tell a difference in my jeans.

Also on Thursday my mom and I packed up the dogs and Haley to spend the night at her clients out in Ponte Vedra. It's one of their houses that they are never at plus my mom had to find the ladies check book she left behind. So once we made it the house we put our swim suits on and jumped in the pool! Then watched The Lion King in their home theater.




Sorry I haven't blogged lately. I guess I just didn't have much to blog about. Hope you all have a wonderful week. Don't forget to join in with MckMama to read more of what others did not do.

First Wedding Shoot

Yesterday I had the opportunity to photo shoot my first wedding. Not sure if I would want to continue photo shooting weddings with the way this wedding turned out. I arrived on location at 3:30, the wedding was supposed to start at 5:00. When I walked into the church nothing was setup! I was in shock. The bride did not show up until 4:15 then had to leave because the flower girl didn't have a dress. When she arrived back at the church it was 4:45 and she wasn't even ready yet! YIKES! I ended up letting everyone know when to walk into the church, when the minister was to go in front of the church, helped the bride get ready and round up her father from smoking the food to get dressed! I felt more like the wedding planner/coordinator than the photographer. It was so hot (heat index of 105-110 degrees) that the bride ended up not wanting a lot of shots outside. I did get a few good ones though if you ask me!

So here's a sneak peek!