Plans are starting to form

Wedding plans are starting to come together. First off we have a date!!! Mark your calenders for August 8, 2009. I have only now just realized that we are it is on the 8th day of the 8th month.

Due to a lot of help from family we have a Reception Hall, a Chapel to get married in, and a location for a rehearsal dinner. (Thanks Mom for helping with the reception location and chapel... Thanks Dad and Charly for helping with the rehearsal dinner) It is all very exciting and nerve racking to make these decisions, but Arthur is great at making me feel comfortable that we are making the right choices. The best advice I have received came from Arthur's father, Hereward. He told us that it is going to be the happiest day of our lives and the only thing that really matters is us both getting to the church and committing our lives to each other. Everything else is just added bonuses.

Another great thing I have noticed is how supportive and encouraging everyone has been, we have a fire mantel full of Congratulation cards from friends and family. Many say what a wonderful guys Arthur is and I am lucky to have him... which i completely agree with. So thank you to everyone for all the wonderful and positive messages. I am so excited to start my life with Arthur and hope that many of you will be able to make it to Colorado to join us on our wedding day!

SKYPE

Hello all,

For an easy way to contact me please read the instructions Arthur so kindly wrote for me...

Skype is a means of calling friends and family, wherever they may be in the World, via your Internet connection. The best thing about it is that it is completely free when calling from computer to computer, so what are you waiting for! It takes literally 5mins to do…

Go to www.skype.com and click download

Once you have completed the next couple of steps Skype should now be installed to your computer (if you have multiple computers, you will have to install it to each one).

A Welcome to Skype screen will appear asking you for your Skype name and password. Click on don’t have a Skype name and create a Skype account.

Once you are signed in you can search for people, add them to your contacts and then start talking! Some computers will require a headset, but these are available for very little Best Buy, Walmart, amazon etc. (make sure they are Skype compatible –most are). As well, webcams can be attached to add to the whole experience! Make sure you search for me!

The Proposal

The engagement.

Even the worst blogger in the world has to write a message about this… As some of you know I am now engaged. ☺

Thought I would give a little background info first:

As many people know, I left the US to go the UK on January 19, 2008. I was going over for work and the last thing I was thinking about was a relationship. After just being here for a few weeks, I went out with a running group and met Arthur.
We instantly clicked and started hanging out. After date 5 he finally kissed me… or as I remember it I kissed him. Since then we have spent most of our free time together. It has been almost exactly 9 months. This past week was Arthur’s half term from school (Half term is a week off school for all the American readers), so we planned a trip to Italy. We spent 3 days in Rome and 3 days in Cinque Terre. I will write a detailed blog about the trip later this week, but this blog is about the proposal…

The last night we were in Cinque Terre, Arthur and I took a walk down to the Sea front…. It was beautiful, the sea was still very rough and the sun was setting. He started to make up stories to pass time, because there were other people around us… and for some reason he was stalling and didn’t want to walk to other areas. Finally when we were standing there alone. He asked me If I would marry him. I of course said Yes and gave him a huge hug and kiss. The next thing I thought was, so am I engaged? I’m still not sure it has sunk in, but I have had a permanent smile on my face since. I have been on cloud 9 and feel so blessed that I have ended up with someone who is as wonderful as Arthur.

Below is a pic right after he proposed... the next moment the camera died... so this is the only pic...