My life as I know it....

Well it's 2011!! A new year and a new start.
I am ENGAGED!! to my amazing man Seth!!
I joined a gym to get my butt in shape and to get healthy!!
I'm going to try and keep this thing updated more!!

So for those who want to know the story of how we got engaged...here goes.
Seth and I traveled to Dallas to watch Texas Tech play their bowl game. For those of you who don't know Seth and I are season ticket holders to Texas Tech Football...we LOVE it and it's what we do!! This is why we will not have a fall wedding->it's during football season and we watch football!! So back to the story we left Midland for Dallas on Thursday afternoon, we found out the Spurs were playing the Mavs that Thursday night and decided to go to that game as an added bonus!! We stayed at the Hilton Anatole (where the team stayed and got to see a lot of the Tech team!! an added bonus for me - Love those guys). We decided to either take a cab or town car to the game and ended up getting to take a limo there and back for cheap!!!
The Spurs won!! So Seth and I were both excited not to mention we had good seats and it was a fun game to watch. When we got back to the hotel we went up to the room to go potty drop stuff off etc. In the mean time this is where Seth subtly slipped that beautiful ring into his pocket (he couldn't make the box fit plus that would have been way obvious). We decided to go walk around the hotel. We had been there 2 years ago when Tech played in the Cotton Bowl but they had changed so many things. We went to one of the bars and grabbed a drink then Seth kept urging me that we should go walk around some more. We went out into the grassy area...the hotel surrounds this area where there is a walking track, little pond, swimming pool, etc. We walked to the back were the pond and fountain was and we found a bench next to it and sat down. (He had asked me to hold his beer for a moment->this is when he reached in his pocket for the ring, I was completely oblivious to this) Seth asked if I loved him and I said ya that I did and then decided to ask him the same thing. He said 'Ya I guess' (sidenote: Seth and I have a silly sense of humor we're playful with each other so this was actually really sweet) and the next thing I knew he was down on his knees in front of me holding the ring and asking me to marry him!!! My first response was 'No freaking way!! You're kidding me' and then I just hugged him, he had to prompt me to say Yes because I forgot I should respond!! So I said 'Yes Of course!!' He put the ring on my finger and we kissed and cried and laughed!!!

A few side funny stories.
We went to Christmas at my grandparents on Sunday the 26th. My brother's suburban had a battery lapse when they were trying to leave so I said I would jump start them. I pulled the pickup around and got my jumper cables from my toolbox...no big deal right. Well unbeknown to me my ring was under the jumper cables. I went back in the house and told Seth that we had to jumpstart Adam's car and he just knew I had seen it. Apparently he had this freaked out look when he asked me where the jumper cables were. I said the toolbox..and was like duh! where else would they be?! I never saw it!!

Seth proposed at around 11:55 on 12/30/10...He wanted to propose on New Years Eve but I had made some comments about how I think it's cheesy when guys propose on holidays (no offense to anyone who was proposed to on a holiday) If he would have done it on New Years Eve I would have loved it no matter what!! So anyway because I had said that I thought it was cheesy he decided to just go ahead and do it the night before!! Super Sweet and totally unexpected...I didn't think he would propose until around March or April....Love him!!

Hope you enjoyed this and Thank you to everyone who has Congratulated us!! We appreciate it!!

Last note: Wedding Date - April 28, 2012!!!

Pictures will be in the next post...haven't had time to upload them just yet...

I've moved to Midland, TX!! I now am working for a company out of Midland named Legacy Reserves, which I love!! No more traveling at least an hour everyday...just to downtown Midland, which has been a very nice change. Seth and I moved into our apartment at the beginning of August and are still somewhat trying to get everything situated. Seth is still staying with his mom in Lubbock and working (he'll officially move to Midland on 8/22/10!!) until Midland College starts. He's going to be going back to get his welding degree!! So if you are ever in the area please come visit us we would love to see you!!!

Ok so another long overdue post....things seem to be crazy but slow all at the same time. Here's a quick little update for now so it's not overload. I'm still doing the landman thing and spend the week usually with Mom and Dad and working either in Big Lake or Rankin...pretty much out in the middle of BFE :) I usually head to the Lubbock area on the weekends to see Seth!! We're currently planning a move to Midland when our lease is up in July in Lubbock on our apartment. I wanted to buy a house but we'll see how that goes (currently have some issues - no not bad credit...I actually have great credit), Seth is planning on going back to school which I think is awesome for him. I'm excited for him that he found something that he's really interested in and wants to pursue!!! Anyway that's the basics for now....hopefully I'll get some pictures added to my computer so I can upload them to this and give some visuals of our journey so far :) until then......

Ok so I said I would post soon so here it is...
My last big post was in October and so much has happend...Texas Tech football came and went and we were sad to see it go, and had tons of fun going to the games and tailgaiting. We're actually starting to get the hang of it!! and the parents came for quite a few games which was a whole lot of fun!! Especially since I'm pretty sure they only came to 1 game the entire time I was in college!!! We are really sad to see Coach Leach leave...he was a hell of a coach and will be missed...aarrrggghhhh; but we are super excited about Coach Tubberville and what he's going to bring this coming season!!!
Opening Day for Deer Season and Seth and I were so excited to get to shoot our first of many deer!! We went and sat in the blind, which I'm not good at sitting still, especially when it's cold, but we saw and buck and Seth shot it!!!!! We had to do a little tracking, which was my favorite part, but we found him and he made great steaks and jerky!!! Then around Thanksgiving I got my chance to shoot at a deer...a doe came out a little bit before dark and I was so nervous. Seth had told me how you just get so nervous and you start breathing hard and you can't stay still or focused to shoot and I kept thinking surely it's not that bad...but he wasn't lying. I had the opportunity to shoot her 3 different times but I was shaking and couldn't steady myself, but when the time came I shot and she dropped right there next to the feeder where she was standing!!! I felt like such a pro, that shooting sports when I was younger paid off, even though I'm sure the next deer I shoot, I will probably gut shot it.
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun we spent the first half with my family in St. Lawrence and then we headed to Dallas to spend the last half with Seth's family. It was so much fun actually getting to spend time with them for more than just stopping by and grabbing dinner while we're in Dallas. So we got to spend 4 days with them!!! It was so fun to get to know them better and see Seth's nieces and nephews and even his great nephew....yup people Seth is a Great Uncle!!! We also went to the Baylor vs. Texas Tech game at the new Cowboys Stadium...and let me just tell you that TV doesn't do that stadium justice...it is massive!!! We had great seats thanks to my cousins Kendrick & Timothy for going and getting us cheap student tickets!!!
Then comes Christmas!! We spent Christmas day in Lubbock with Seth's family, which was fun and ate lots of food!! SueAnn, Seth, & I did Christmas at our apartment before going to his Mema's. Seth got a shotgun from his Momma, which is way awesome, and then I got him a pair of boots...Seth is going country!!! I keep joking that next year is a cowboy hat and a belt buckle but he doesn't think that's funny. I got an Amazon Kindle from Seth!!!! Which if you aren't familiar with it, it is like an iPod for books...I love to read and have really enjoyed having the kindle!! We both got SueAnn individually some nice jewelry from James Avery.
We didn't do to much to bring in the New Year...it was really weird being in Lubbock. Since I have known Seth we have always gone to the Texas Tech bowl games and usually spend New Year wherever the game is, '08 was in Jacksonville, FL, and last year was in Dallas, so needless to say being in Lubbock was just a little bit weird for us. But all in all this year has been a good start so far...I'll try to put up some pictures of Seth and his deer, mine is a little to gory and some pictures of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I'll also try to post soon on the new job front...till next time hope you have a great day!!!

ok so i promise a better post will be coming soon...thing's have just been crazy with the holiday's and starting my new job!! (yes there will be more of that in the next post), and traveling. Needless to say that hasn't left a whole lot of time to blog much less blog with pictures of our fun adventures...and to say the least i have gotten a little lazy...i have to drive a lot and sometimes when i get home i just wanna relax...driving wears me out and for some reason my latest jobs have had me drive at least an hour each way...so i promise when i get caught up on some work and sort of get more in a groove there will be a post!!!
Stay tuned and thanks for being so patient!!