Signing Off

It’s time to put this blog to an end.

Sad day I know.

It’s crazy to believe where this last year + has taken me, all the friends I made and memories that were created.

These never would have happened if my marriage didn’t end when it did.

I know I don’t talk about details a lot because it doesn’t matter anymore and as much as my ex has hurt me, it doesn’t do me any good to dwell on the unhappiness I had for 6 years (although I was very good at faking our happiness).

I’m past that, and you know what?

I would relive that marriage over a hundred times.

Why?

It brought me to some of the best girlfriends I could have ever hoped for.

Girls that WILL be in my life forever

Girls that helped me heal

Girls that made me understand what it means to be a true friend

Girls that lent a listening ear and shoulder to cry on

Girls that pushed me to give my RM a chance (thank you!)

I will forever be grateful for my girls

Now the end to this blog wouldn’t be right without expressing my feelings to my RM.

I wish you all knew him like I know him

He is very precious to me

He had quite the job in store for him

It’s not easy mending a broken heart and he sure did stick by my side as I was healing

He will always be the most greatess blessing that’s ever been given to me

How different a relationship is when the main goal of the couple is to uplift them spiritually

Marrying RM was worth every tear, every sleepless night; every hurtful word ever said to me or done to me… waiting for him was worth it all.

I love you Justin

I love you to the moon and back

I love you more than I could have ever imagined possible

I know you were made especially for me and I you

How lucky we are

There is a song that I feel expresses my feelings just perfectly.

I won’t mess with trying to add it on my blog, but instead I will just write out the lyrics

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Find yourself

By: Brad Paisley

When you find yourself

In some far off place

And it causes you, to rethink some things

You start to sense that slowly you’re becoming someone else

And then you find yourself

When you make new friends, in a brand new town

And you start to think, about settlin down

The things that would have been lost on you are now clear as a bell

And you find yourself

Yeah that’s when you find yourself

When you go through life

So sure of where you’re headin’

And you wind up lost…and it’s the best thing that could have happened

‘Cause sometimes when you lose your way it’s really just as well

Because you find yourself

Yeah that’s when you find yourself

When you meet the one

That you’ve been waitin’ for

And (he’s) everything, that you want and more

You look at him and you finally start to live for someone else

And you find yourself

Yeah that’s when you find yourself

When you go through life

So sure of where your’re headin’

And you wind up lost…and it’s the best thing that could have happened

‘Cause sometimes when you lose your way it’s really just as well

Because you find yourself

Yeah that’s when you find yourself

No more Ex Housewife...

I finally got my happy ending.

Not your typical FHE...

After FHE on Monday night some friends and I went to go 4 wheeling in the hopes that we would find some mud and have it turn into mud bogging.

One word of advice...do not drink a 32oz Dr. Pepper right before you are about to be thrashed around in a car for an hour...you might end up a little queasy...just sayin...



Other than screaming at the top of my lungs in fear that I might not make it to my wedding day,

the next best thing about the night was the view.

Breathtaking!

Well look who it is!

Our driver with his 2 lady friends with him.

This guy has serious game to be out with 2 ladies at the same time!

I just love nights like these.

Such fantastic memories were made with some pretty fantastic people.

Double Date

Sometimes I forget how nice it is to be on a double date and this week Mr. RM and I had the opportunity to do just that.

What makes my heart sing even more is when I am able to be on a date with one of my very special lady friends and an ex potential sutor.

 A sutor that may or may not still have feelings for me...anyways, thats enough of that.

So where do we begin all the fun?

Why at In and Out Burger of course!

Now did anyone know that this small food chain listed scriptures on their containers?

So of course Mr. Guy that has feelings for me but is going out with my friend (wow that's a mouthful) proceeds to look all the scriptures up on his handy dandy blackberry and give us a small spiritual thought.

I now do not have to go to church on Sunday... (jk Mom...I go to church every Sunday! wink wink)

After dinner we make our way to to play a friendly game of Put Put aka Goofy Golf aka Minature Golf but before that we decided it would be a splended idea to drive on the freeway in a convertable with the top down. This is what one looks like when that happens...

you don't even want to see what Justin and I looked like....horror folks!

Because we made such a poor decision regarding the drive over, us ladies had to accompany each other to the bathroom to try and manage our manes!



We had a swell time with one another out on the range however the boys somehow lost their manners and didn't let us win! What gives!?!?!

Now....I think I am FINALLY ready to fulfill #73....

First comes Love....then comes MARRIAGE!!!

I'm engaged!!!!

Even though it's been 2 weeks now I'm still in shock.

Am I really ready to go down this road again?

HECK YES!

So here are the deets as to how it all went down...

I didn't want to get engaged until my Temple sealing with my ex was approved.

I don't think I've ever prayed so hard or fasted so much in my life.

I knew that cancellations could take upwards of 4 plus months to even get looked at.

Within 5 weeks I received word back that I was clear to get sealed in the temple again.

SHOCKED...

Even though this joyous news came back, I still thought it would be a month or so for Mr. RM to get a ring together and actually ask me to marry him.

He waited exactly 5 days.

This boy was on the ball.

On February 12th we had small plans to celebrate V-Day.

It started out going to the temple together and doing sealings...

RM was a little more emotional during this than he normally is which I though was odd but I fell in love with a tender soul and crying and showing his emotions was not out of ordinary for him.

On the way back home from the temple we were driving, jamming out to T. Swift Love  Story.
I'm in my own world belting away at the lyrics and I look over and RM is full on weeping.

It was actually really precious but a little unnerving.

Why in the world was he crying to T. Swift for cryin out loud!?

Anyways, we break for a few hours and RM picks me back up to go and have a picnic.

He's packed away all my favorites...

PB&J sandwhiches, Salt & Vinegar Chips, Dr. Pepper etc...

Afterwards we headed on over to the Hale Center Theater in Gilbert.

We have attended this theater many times...in fact it was one of our first few dates that we went on.

Prior to this, RM told me that when he ordered the tickets, the box office called him and told him that he was randomly selected to take a backstage tour of the show and meet some of the cast members.

I was so excited for this!

RM knows my love of the theater so I was really looking forward to this.

After our picnic we get to the theater and RM picks our tickets up at the box office.

We are then lead to an usher type guy who begins our "tour"

Little did I know this was a fake tour that RM set up.

So the usher begins his explanation of the theater and their shows and I am eating this all up.

RM and the usher are booking it through the backstage part while I am taking my time, looking at all the pictures and costumes and set designs backstage.

Soon we are lead out to the middle of the stage when the usher turns around, looks at both RM and I and says, "Well, okay..."

and then leaves us alone.

In my mind I was thinking, "what in the world!?!?!?"

All of a sudden Justin turns me around and begins to explain how much he loves me and wants to take care of me amongst other sweet things.

He then kneels down on one knee with a ring box and asks me to do him the honor of marrying him.

I am FREAKING OUT. In fact, freaking out would be an understatement.

My first words were actually, "Are you serious?" which RM replies, "Yes of course I'm serious!"

I keep repeating over and over YES YES YES!!!

Clapping and cheering begins happening in the background as all of the Hale Center Theater Cast/Staff are watching us on their monitors.

After we hugged and smooched for a wee bit I had to take a look at the ring.

We had both agreed (or at least I thought we agreed) to only get bands.

I didn't need a gaudy diamond to show off nor did I even want one.

I only cared about being sealed to RM.

Anyways, I am sure you can imagine my surprise to see bling.

What I love most about my ring is RM picked it out himself and it fits me just perfectly.

(The stage where RM proposed)

After the proposal we stayed and watched the play however I was a little scatter brained aka twitterpaited and paid more attention to RM and my ring than the actual play.

We have set the date for April 29th

It's coming up so quick and sometimes I wonder why I gave into RM's wishes for a quick engagement, especially with school being as crazy as it is.

All I can say is I have never felt more love with RM in all my life.

I thought I was in love once before but it doesn't even compare to the way I feel now.

He is more than I could of ever hoped for and I feel so blessed to have been brought into his life.

I finally get my happily ever after ♥

Gospel Doctrine in the Single's Ward

We get teacher's that like to draw images of what they think the Prophet's look like.

Oh this ward just cracks me up!

No 1

To sum it up....

he's made my past worth it.

This by no means is an announcement...I just simply want to share the love.

So if you see me around town with a smirk on my face, you now know why.

(For those of you unfamiliar with my list, scroll down to the very bottom...)