Paint Night!

This past weekend has been one of my favorite weekends in Charleston so far! Brayden and I were able to hang out all weekend with just a little bit of studying thrown in the mix. Not having tons to study over the weekend is something that hasn't happened in awhile!

Friday night after we got home from work and school, we headed over to Mt Pleasant to do some returns and run the Arthur Ravenel Bridge. Running the bridge has been on my list of things to do since we have moved to Charleston. We were finally able to do it together! It is so pretty and the sunset was amazing.

A couple of months ago I found a Groupon for a painting class for two and I have wanted to do this for awhile, so we decided to buy it! On Saturday since Brayden's school schedule finally calmed down a little we were able to cash in the Groupon. When we got there we were by far the youngest ones there and Brayden was the only boy. Eventually one other couple a little bit older walked in and Brayden was relieved he wasn't the only male there. Before the class started we had some good laughs of us basically making fun of ourselves and of how bad this all could turn out. We were a little skeptic on how our paintings would turn out, since neither of us have any artistic talent. But I think ours turned out pretty good for having absolutely zero artistic ability! The class was definitely a success! We even were able to paint the bridge that we ran on the night before. After it was over we thought that this would be a fun group thing to do with some friends, so maybe we will have to come again.

By the time the class was over, we were both starving so we met up at the restaurant Mellow Mushroom with one of Brayden's classmates, Michael and his wife Parker. It was so fun to hang out with them and eat some delicious pizza! I love stress/school free date nights with my husband!

Once we got home, we turned Parenthood (we are obsessed) and had some homemade cookies & cream ice cream! We got an ice cream maker for one of our wedding gifts, and I love it! It makes the best ice cream. After watching a couple of episodes we hopped into bed to go to sleep. Unfortunately, what we were thinking would be nice peaceful sleep, with an extra hour because of daylight savings turned out to be not the best night. Around 2:15am the fire alarm in our apartment building went off. It was so loud and made both of us jump out of bed, still a little delirious I might add. What I realized is I do not function as well when I get woken up in the middle of the night. I was running around our room trying to find clothes and shoes to put on so we could get out of the building. About 4 firetrucks showed up and we sat outside for about 20 minutes. Thankfully, it was a false alarm. But it made me realize I need to be a little bit more organized so I can easily find clothes and shoes :)

Besides the fire alarm going off it was a great weekend!

My cute little artist!

Engagements

We did our engagements at Silver Lake in Utah. On our drive up to Silver Lake I was fixing my make up while wearing my white pants and spilt it everywhere. Luckily, I had enough time to rub it out and our fabulous photographer, Brooke Bakken, assured me you would not be able to see it in any of the pictures. We had such a fun time taking these pictures, the two hour session flew by. I think they all turned out great, and am so happy with all of them. Enjoy!

The Proposal - August 18, 2015

To start, I thought I was getting engaged the day before, so you can imagine my disappointment when it didn't happen. I promised myself I would not try and guess when it was going to happen, but I am way to nosey for that to ever happen... My sister tried to convince me that it probably was going to happen that next weekend when we were in California for the Taylor Swift concert, but I had a hunch it wouldn't. Brayden tried to keep saying that he was waiting to get to California so he could get it from our jeweler in LA, but I knew he could easily ship it to him. Through all of the excuses I was given I tried to believe them, but I just wanted to be engaged to Brayden so bad that I wished and hoped they were all lying.

Monday, August 17th -

I was staying at my sisters house in Orem because I just moved out of my King Henry apartment and I had a few days before I could move into my new place. This day was pretty much like any other day, I woke up, hung out, went to the gym, etc. But later on in the day I got sick and didn't feel very well. I spent the remainder of the day on the bathroom floor next to the toilet (I know, gross). And in my head I thought I was getting proposed to that night, so I was freaking myself out and I needed to get better. All day Brayden was acting a little weird, he said he had a lot of stuff to do and was going to play basketball later that night, which at the time I thought was a cover up for not wanting me to think we were going to do anything. The night came and he really didn't have anything planned, and he told me he probably wouldn't have time to come up to Orem and hang out. In my head I was a little bit irked, I was sick all day and throwing up and he wasn't going to drive from Provo to Orem?? But I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and tried to think maybe he was just really busy that day. Basically the time came to go to bed and I was shocked that I was going to bed without a ring on my finger, I totally thought it was going to happen!

....but little did I know "playing basketball" that night, was code for running errands and meeting up with my sneaky friends to put the finishing touches on the proposal.

Tuesday, August 18th -

Today I decided I would not get my hopes up at all. I was so disappointed the night before that I made sure I would not have any expectations. So the day went pretty much the same as the day before except this time Brayden and I had planned to go to the gym together which we did, then we hung out at his house for a little bit. Later that night we had made plans to go to In-N-Out with some of my friends, which I didn't really think was odd because all of my roommates and I love food and love In-N-Out. So after hanging out with Brayden, I was supposed to go home and shower and get ready. This is where things got a little fishy...

So I went back to my sisters house and just laid around for a bit and when she walked into her room she got so mad that I wasn't showered and that I was laying on her bed. I told her I wasn't planning on getting really ready, I mean we were just going to In-N-Out. I didn't need to look all fancy. I even texted Brayden and told him I wasn't going to get ready, which he never cares really what I wear. But he replied "Why not? I am going to be wearing normal clothes. I'm wearing my gray shoes with a button up shirt." This is where things got really fishy, he wouldn't let me wear my workout clothes, which he always does! And on top of that I had Whitney breathing down my neck telling me to get ready. Luckily, I got ready and we headed off to In-N-Out.

Once Whitney and I got to In-N-Out we met up with Becky, Kenzy, and Emily. Brayden texted me and said that he had to go pick up Freeman really quick because his scooter broke down (which happens quite frequently, so I believed him). I asked him if he wanted me to order for them because we were already in line and he said no because it will get cold. I was so confused why he wouldn't just let me order for him but I thought maybe he really wanted his food fresh...

So we placed our order and sat down. All of a sudden a worker came and brought me my food, which is really odd for In-N-Out, they usually just call your number out and you go pick it up. I was so confused, but the girl just told me she remembered me when she was taking my order and just brought it to me. So I thought maybe she is just going above and beyond your In-N-Out serving duties. So without questioning it too hard, I dug into the food. After finishing my meal, I went to go refill my drink and as I was walking back I could tell everyone at the table was talking about me. When I sat back down there was an envelope with my name on it. My roommates and my sister were all mad that I didn't see that it was sitting in the tray the whole time, but who would give me a red envelope in the red tray?? And I was too focused on food. Well anyway...the scavenger hunt began:

1. In-N-Out
2. The Chocolate
3. Dollar Theatre
4. The Y Trail
5. Payson Temple
6. Lookout point over Utah Lake

All of these places had special meanings to us and each clue had a cute little poem written along with it. 

When I finally got to the lookout point, Brayden was standing with a bouquet of roses with lights everywhere, and a table with Dr, Pepper and coconut syrup. It was perfect. When I finally got to him, he handed me a final letter(which I couldn't read yet) and said some sweet things and then got down one knee and asked me to marry him!! Of course I said yes. That was the easiest question I have ever answered.

It was all perfect. The proposal, the ring, the night, and the man.

Also, later that week we went home to California for the Taylor Swift concert with my whole family. Taylor Swift knows how to put on a show. Hands down the best concert I have ever been too. Going home to see my family that week was the perfect ending to the best week ever!