Engagement Continued

Here are some of our most telling pictures....

Some sweet and tender......

Others just down right silly.........










Others still are down right masterpieces.....(if I do say so my self......hahaha












This is my engagement ring. It has a wrap that goes with it as the wedding ring.

I truly loved all our pictures. Some are oh so funny though!



Next it was time to set the date............................

The Engagement

Michael proposed in a not very Mike kinda way.

He did it at a mall. And maybe you guessed ......

We managed to get locked into the mall.

It certainly makes for a great memory!

It was so late that by the time he had purchased the ring and we had gone to find a secluded spot where we could talk, the mall decided it was closing time.

We never noticed of course. We were all about gazing into each others eyes and communicating our love for one another.

It never occurred to us that the mall would decide it was time to lock all the doors. We ended up having to find a restaurant that would let us in it's mall entrance and then let us out it's front door. That left us on the opposite side of where we had parked so it was a moonlit walk for us. (and yes, I was in high heals....hahaha)

We are lucky to have a great friend from our "Mingle" days. She offered to take our engagement pictures. They are all so beautiful. We went all over to some of Mike's favorite spots here in Liberty to capture our happiness. It was a lot of fun and we have lot's of memories captured in pictures.

Courtship

Michael took me to meet his parents in St. Louis. We went to Dad Wes and Mom Debbie's house first and had a great time with them. We met for dinner at Sal's, which was yummy. They sure know where the great food is to be found. We latter ended up back at their house for a get together with the girls. Madison & Bridgett of course had to sniff me out and see if they approved. After wonderful talks and finding out if Dads rifle was taller than me or not (no, I will not give up that secret) Mike and I said our goodbye's .

We then did some sight seeing throughout St. Louis. We went to the Art Museum and the picture was taken on Art Hill. He took me to see the famous Arch and a drive around some of the beautiful streets. Of course we had an eye open for the architecture. Thank heaven I love old buildings or else I would have been in trouble with my favorite Architect.

In the evening we hunted around for some ingredients that I needed to cook Mexican food for Mom Lylene. Did you know that St. Louis does not seem to have authentic Mexican products? We ended up buying some Asian dish that we could just throw together. We spent the evening meeting Lylene and getting to know each other better. Thankfully she could tell that I adore her son and we had a wonderful time having some deep conversations.

Now we were ready for the next step.............

Let us go back to the beginning.

Our story began when Michael came to Utah so that he could drive the rental moving truck to Liberty Mo. What an adventure!
We drove 17 hours to get to our new apartment. The good thing was that we were able to make a pit stop half way or else it would have been fulminating to drive such a long stretch with kids, stuff and ourselves.
Mike had tones of time in the truck with Ashly and Areos. Ashly proved to love Mike's music and be an avid singer as they blasted song after song.

The great thing about that experience is that the younger kids especially
got to know Mike. They thought he was super great!