God Gained an Angel Today

Well, it has been a rough day for many. My sister informed me last night that a friend of ours was not doing to well and I have been keeping close tabs on each and all updates on FB and Twitter all morning.

After a year long fight with Leukemia, a dear friend of mine, Ronnie Balfour, has gone to claim victory with the Lord. Ronnie was a championship wrestler at my highschool and went on to wrestle at Oklahoma University. He was a fantastic athlete but an amazing friend.

Sometimes you do not realize what an impact someone is until they start slipping away from you. Ronnie has the entire community behind him and I'm sure that is not even half of it. He was the life of the party and brought a smile to everyone's face.

Funny story: He was in love with my sister for quite a while and would always mess with me to talk him up to her so one night we were at a party and he pulled my cooler seat out from under me as a joke, not funny. So I was like, "nope, that's it, you will never get in with Sarah after that little stunt you just pulled." Needless to say he was definately a suck up for a while after that but I knew he was a great guy and my sister and he ended up dating for a short period of time but never lost touch regardless.

(My sister and Ronnie)

Ronnie will always have a special place in our hearts and will be so missed but we know that his pain is gone and he is now free to Rest in Paradise.

You will never be forgotten Ronnie and will always be loved by so many.

Ronnie Balfour

(February 19, 1992-February 21, 2012)

Get Creative This V-Day

Quick post!

So Cory has always been so good at surprising me and going above and beyond in all situations, well this year it is my turn to surprise him!

Now I do not feel like nail this on the head as well as he does but he understands I am a work in progress and I just hope he enjoys everything I have gotten him for V-Day. (I know it's not about the gifts but who doesn't love to see their loved ones face light up because of something you did! :))

Anyways, because we are trying to save as much money as possible this year in an effort to buy our home, I got super creative and made Cory some gifts which, if I do say so myself, I am SUPER proud of!

{I don't have pictures uploaded right now but I will definately be posting!}
First: I made him a coupon book! //original I know// but still fun!

Next: I made a date jar! This is such a cute idea, I can't remember which website I got it off of, but I made a list of 12 date ideas and rolled them up and put them in cute little holders and put them all in a jar and each month we will pick a date from the jar and that is what we will do on our date night that month!

Also: I made him a sort of picture book thing which I am beyond proud of myself for!! This needs pictures to explain but this is seriously the best gift I have ever made!

The biggest surprise is that I will be blindfolding him and taking him downtown to a hockey game! I know it is not a huge deal but he is always talking about wanting to go watch hockey and I have a girlfriend who works at the BOK center so I was able to score some free tickets and I know he will be excited about that!

My only dilemma now is what the heck do I wear?..I always want to wear something I don't already have :/ oh well, I will figure something out.

Until next time <3 I hope all you lovelies have a great V-Day!!