A Visit from some Besties!!

Some of my best friends came down from Washington state last week, Wes and Jill Thornton. They live in Snohomish, WA. This was their first visit home after the birth of their son, Townes Allen in December. I was so excited to meet him! He is so precious and is the perfect combination of the two. Wes has been one of my best friends since elementary school. He moved to Washington right after high school but we have kept in touch over the years. I was able to go to Everett,WA for their wedding 3 years ago! They actually celebrated their anniversary while they were here. I was so happy to see them and meet their newest addition! We hung out at Jill's sister Beth's house. It was good to see her and my friends from Tuesday Morning! My friend Dollie was there as well. I've known Dollie since we were toddlers. Dollie and Jill are best friends. I alway have a good laugh around Wes, he's hilarious! Love you guys! I can't wait until you finally decide to move closer to home!! :)

Townes Allen Thornton

Wes is a great dad!
Old school friends!

Dollie, Wes and Jill

Dollie, Beth and Jill

Kelsey Moorman and me

A New Shiny Ring!

A new shiny ring can only mean one thing.....WE'RE ENGAGED! I just can't stop saying it! I called my mom the other day just to say it again! Sach finally took the plunge and popped the question on July 2nd/3rd. I've had so many people ask me how he did it, so here goes.
We had a really nice evening. I cooked a very good dinner of chicken parmasean and bought some wine for me and a few beers for Sach. We watched movies and just hung out. We love nights like these. We were lying in bed and talking about how we wanted to get married and have kiddos together. This time of night is both of our favorite times because it's just us and we have great talks when we're in bed. He then started asking me how I wanted him to propose. I said "You can't ask me! That would ruin it for me!" So he said "Would you be mad if I did it now?" I thought he was totally joking, he does that quite often. I said I wouldn't care, still thinking he was joking.Then he made me feel his heart racing! Then mine started racing! He got out of bed and walked over to his dresser drawer and all I could do was just lay there not moving and I'm pretty sure I wasn't breathing either! I heard the "pop" of the box and he said "Could you at least sit up on the edge of the bed or something?" I was freaking out on the inside. So I sat up not saying a word and just looked at him. I couldn't tell if it was a joke or if he was serious. He got down on one knee and pretended to put a ring on my finger. I was thinking, 'I'm going to be so upset if he's joking!' But then I felt the coldness of the ring on my finger and he asked me "Would you be my wife?" and I said "YES!" and hugged him. Then I said "Yes, Yes, a thousand times Yes!" I've always told him when he asked me that is what I'd say but in the craziness of the moment I almost forgot! :) I cried like a baby. And I haven't stopped smiling since! :) He keeps saying he's sorry I don't have some romantic story but I LOVE my story. He did it at a very special time for us and it couldn't have been any better. Although it was 1 am I still called my mom and woke her up as well as my dad :) I don't think they minded. So here is the beautiful ring. I picked out the design (ish) and Sach had it made. The main diamond is my parent's diamond. My mom gave it to Sach to have put in my ring! I LOVE IT!! and it just makes the ring that much more special.

I can't get over how pretty it is!

It looks even better on!

We're super excited and I can't wait to start planning my wedding!!!! :)

Hockey Nationals

Sach recently had his National Rink Hockey tournament in Lake Worth. It was a week long tournament but I only got to go for the last 3 days. Needless to say, Sach's team won first place in their division! They were the defending champs from last year (in New York). Sach also got MVP!! He's awesome! The championship game was against a girl's team (mostly made up of the US Women's team that just won in Japan). They were hardcore! I love watching Sach play. He is so competitive. He coaches 2 kids team which also placed. His Freshman team (14 and under) got 1st place and one of his players got MVP. His Midget team (10 and under) placed 3rd! There were teams from all over at the tournament like Washington state, Pennsylvania, New York and the teams from this division from Arkansas and around Texas. Alan from Lubbock played on Sach's team this year. He's a really good player. I got to meet some of Sach's friends from all over whom he's played hockey with since he was a kid. This is the only time he ever sees them so he loves going to nationals every year. He calls them his "Hockey Fam." Just a few pics and a video of Sach scoring a goal! :) I will hopefully have some more pics coming, my camera did not like taking pics in the rink.

San Angelo Aces

Total nerds :)

Sach's team for the most part relaxing after winning!
Wapo, Daniel, Jonathan, Sach and Art

Hanging poolside!

Daniel was extremely supportive of his team by shaving his jersey into his chest! :)

Sach is #3

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Family Reunion

Wow, I have LOTS of catching up to do. We had my mom's family's reunion in mid June. It was super fun! The last reunion we had was around 15 years ago so it was due time! We had a lot more people turn out that we were expecting but it was fun! My aunt Martha has a lake house in Runaway Bay (north of Weatherford) so it seemed like the perfect place to have the reunion. We rode jet skis and played in the water most of the time. Sach got in on a volleyball game, I'm not very good at volleyball. It was fun for Sach to meet the WHOLE fam. At one of the first reunions I can remember (in Abliene) everyone had a shirt that stated which one of my Gran's siblings they belonged to. For example: my Gran's name was Lois so our shirts said "Lois's Legacy" and her sister Ella's fam wore "Ella's Entourage". I can't remember all the siblings names but there were alot of people there. Well, in honor of the old ways I had shirts made that said "Lois's Legacy" for the fam. I think my uncle was the only one who actually wore his shirt all day. It was SO hot! My cousins seemed to think we were total hill billies for doing it! :) O'Well, maybe we are! We all put them on for a family pic though. My mom only has 2 younger siblings still alive, her other siblings were alot older. It was great to get all my cousins together even though some couldn't make it. I love my family and it was definitely time for everyone to get together! Here are just a few pics of the fam!

My Fam! My mom, uncle Gary and aunt Martha are in front

Ella's Entourage (they just happened to have an old shirt for the pic)

Cousin Alyssa who just moved back from NYC!

My sis, cousin Jana(my mom's niece), and my mom

My cousins Drew, Derek, and Jenni and Sach hanging out

I can't wait for the next one!!