Getting Engaged!

This is of course my long overdue post about getting engaged in San Diego!!

As I write this post, I am 19 days away from saying "I Do." I feel so overwhelmingly blessed by all of the love and support surrounding me over the past few months and I can not wait to marry my dreamboat.

Before our trip in San Diego I had no idea we would get engaged. I thought Tom was broke and it would at least be another 6 months until he asked the question. But something in me had to ask. I remember sitting on my bed two days before we were leaving and asking Tom, 'are you going to propose in San Diego?' He said no and kept folding clothes. I accepted it and literally didn't think about it again.

There were some hard times to the trip. My sister and I were not used to being with each other 24/7 and an entire week was getting to us. Don't get me wrong I love my sister - it just wasn't our week.

That's when I got an inkling of what was to come.

We were trying to take family photos and it wasn't working out with timing and everything so I told Tom I didn't want to take them anymore and he insisted. Tom never wants to take photos so I thought this was very weird. Then everyone started being really nice to me which was suspicious as well.

But, nevertheless I didn't ask too many questions I just went with it. We got to this beautiful lookout at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego and Tom gave his camera to my brother-in-law and my camera to my sister and was super enthusiastic about getting a photo at this one location. We posed for a few photos and boom. We're engaged!

So that's the story. Definitely beyond my wildest dreams, just like my Thomas.

Year of New

Last year was my year of peace and peaceful it was. I learned so much about peace and God's peace over my life. It was a refreshing year after so much chaos to get to where I am, I an only see the impact of this word in hindsight. Always funny how that works.

Every year I pray for a word over my year that I can focus on and that I feel like God is going to work on in and through me.

I felt like God was telling me at the beginning of the year that this year would be my year of "new."

I actually forgot about this until I re-visited this blog. I missed this little personal project/outlet I used to be able to go to. When I first started using this blog, I was documenting outfits and style just because I thought it was fun and I had just started taking photos so it was a good way to get out and start creating images. After awhile it turned into experiences and a form of documentation of events and after that it became a class project for two classes. I was posting more consistently but everything for school that wasn't voluntary always felt like work.

While I am happy I have a lot of these photo stories and articles, I feel like it's time for me to regain control... and with that ... I have no intentions for this space. I actually kind of hope no one reads this or stumbles upon it and if they don't, even better. :)

This is my space to write, have an outlet, and remember these seasons. I love having these memories to look back on. I'd love to continue it for that reason.

Welcome to my journey. Welcome to my year of "new." This is where I'll look back and remember it.