a night to remember

picture this....

getting ready for a hot date. you got your hair fixed all pretty. make up done. legs shaved. killer red wrap dress on. thong undies on-which you havent worn in FOREVER. (i used to wear thongs all the time, but this is one thing i have since retired since becoming a mom.) black high heels to kill on. oh yeah. ready to go. baby sitter all lined up. kids ready to go to granma's, kelly comes and picks me up. everyone's all out in the car read to go. i am heading out the door, my hands are full, mind you-purse, diaper bag, among other things....i have 4 steps down to the garage floor. i step down the first step and suddenly.......as if in slow motion.....i lose my balance, and start to fall off the edge of the stairs-into the garbage. yes, the garbage. there is nothing to break my fall- no railing. and like i said, my hands are full, so i had no hands to break my fall either. my feet are flailing in the air and i land on my back on top of a bag of garbage, literally. dress is over my head, and i am flashing my kids, kelly and my little sister maddie-all my goods. i quickly scramble to cover myself up and moan. kelly comes running over and asks if im okay, not sure if he should laugh or well, not really sure how to respond. i immediately bust out laughing. i have abig scrape on my thigh and i feel like i broke my toe and finger, but seriously, i am such a clumsy idiot! saved by the garbage bag-because i hit my head...so if it hadnt been there, that would have been my head on the concrete. and that would have been the end of date night and we would have probably made a trip to the ER....aye.

so we dropped the kids off at my parents. kelly made reservations at a nice restuarant in oshkosh and we headed there. we parked the car and right before i got out-he said, 'there is something in the glove box for you'. so i opened it up and there was a card. so i opened it and read it-a nice little mother's day card. how sweet. as i was reading-i get to the end and it says, on the very bottom, 'p.s. will you marry me?' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i looked up at him in shock!!!!!!! and he proceeded to get out of the car and come around to my side and open my door and get down on one knee and propose. of course.... i said yes. :)


IM ENGAGED!

ah! finally! we are thinking nov/dec '09. i had originally wanted to get married this fall/winter, but obviously, thats too soon. plus we both decided that we both want to be more 'financially stable'-which means i dont want to put myself in even more debt at this point in time....jaelynn was sooo excited when we got home and she saw my ring. it was precious.

so, it was definately a night ill never forget, from my fabulous fall-that we laughed about all night long, to the proposal....here are a couple pictures for you to see. my 'battle wound'-it doesnt look that bad, but it hurts like a terd....and of course, my ring :)

cheers to me!