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!!

Valentine's Day

Heyyy!! What's shakin bacon? Long time no blog? yeaa...sorry 'bout that. But kicking it off on a good note!

So Cory has always been really good with surprises and presents and making me feel so special and I really want to do something special for him this year! I would prefer to do something unique that he would not expect but I am not so much the creative one. :/ I know that I will be making him a little album of our first two years together as well as a "Last Name" sign for our front door seeing as h0w we are now ENGAGED!! :) But other than that I really have no idea. Dinner and a movie are my last resorts.

Any ideas? Shoot them my way!

As far as a wedding update goes..We have not done anything yet. We are simply enjoying being engaged and not stressing about a wedding. When we do start planning, it will be completely joint as Cory is not one to not have his opinion heard. Which I don't mind because I know that ultimately we will want the same things and I get the upper hand on small differences :p That being said, you can imagine that doesn't stop me from being obsessed with everything wedding so any good wedding blogs that you know of, send them my way as well!!

Anyways, I get really excited when I start thinking about crafts and ideas that will make Cory happy and surprised so let me know what you think!!

<3 until next time-

ANNOUNCEMENT!

I just returned from a 5 day ski vacation with the beau, brother and sister and sister beau, and daddy. We had an AMAZING time and was one of the best trips EVER! Not only did everyone have an absolute blast but I got an early surprise Christmas gift.....

TA-DA!!

I AM ENGAGED!!!!!!

I am beyond thrilled and so excited! Cory is the most amazing man I could ever ask for and he is without question my other half. He is all of the things any girl would hope to come from their better half and so much more I never even thought to ask for :)

Our Story...

(I love it)

As I said we have been skiing this past week and our first day was Demeber 18th. This was my second trip to the SolVista Basin and Cory's first so he wanted to try his hand at snow boarding before making the decision to switch to skis.

He was having a very hard time making it down his first run and my dad had already lapped us twice and I was getting quite frustrated, just wanted to get down the mountain so we could switch to skis and he could enjoy himself more. But nonetheless, I was patient and let him continue trying until he felt that he had done his best and could be satisfied with making the switch. Well at one point when he took a tumble, he was fed up and just wanted to sit on the side of the run for a break as he was exhausted! So after a few minutes he gets up to helps me up and is still holding onto my hand and starts crying.

side note: I had ABSOLUTELY no idea this was coming. I had mentioned to my best friend (who already knew) that I thought this might be the Christmas and she told Cory who then put on a great act of telling me how he did not want me to be disappointed but that this just wasn't going to the Christmas it would happen.

So he is looking at me and holding my hand and crying and I am thinking it is just from exhaustion and frustration and I grin a little and think, "baby it's okay, we will make it down the mountain eventually." LOL and then I see him start reaching in his pocket! I am SHOCKED!

"really? really? ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

He gets down on one knee and asks me to make him the happiest man for the rest of his life and of course I say "YES!!"

People are passing by and quietly watching our exchange and we hug and kiss and it was PERFECT!

Afterwards, I ask him to please take the snowboard off so we can walk down the mountain together.

So this being said, I am transitioning this blog to a wedding blog. I am absolutely beyond excited and am so blessed with this man God has matched me with.

Fail...

So I know I have been totally lacking in the blogging but honestly, life has been happening!!! And I know I am a total FAIL and I haven't posted pictures ONCE AGAIN as promised. And I am on my iPhone now so I do have some pics to share today but sadly not all of them.

So let's see... Work is ridiculous! So much to do with not enough hours in the day but that's life right? Also school is going fine, I've finally got some sort of a handle on my course work and I am almost done!One of our doggies had puppies!!! They are sooo cute!! AND our other fur baby is preggers!

Halloween was so much fun!! Beau and I carved pumpkins, Freddy vs Jason to be exact, pretty legit :)

Halloween party on Saturday with my best friends! Beau and I were Daisy Duke and Bo Duke, we already had most of what we needed for these costumes so they were practical.

The party was awesome! Lots of flow and drunken funness :) My phone has no flash so alot of the pictures are pretty dark.. Sorry!

On Halloween, Beau and I stayed home and passed out candy and ordered pizza so overall it was a very successful Halloween weekend!On a more somber note, there was a horrible apartment fire yesterday on Tulsa. Em and I went to check it out during our lunch break as she used to work there and knew some of the residents. It was so heartbreaking to watch those families with nothing left sit and watch their homes burn. It really makes you put into perspective how nothing in life is guaranteed and to really count your blessings. Please pray for those who lost their homes and keep them in your thoughts.

So that's all I got for now! Should be, it's enough rambling huh? Hopefully it make up for my absence:) I will be better!!I leave you with this pic of Beau and I just because I love him..(don't make fun of my cheesiness)

Until next time <3

Update!

I know I never got back to you guys about the Taylor Swift concert...I had so much fun with the girls!! The concert was great..I haven't been to many concerts in the past and the ones I have been to were more of rock concerts so this was alot different with many more theatrics and I really enjoyed it!

The fair was fun!! But then again I just love the atmosphere so I'll enjoy it anyways:) We walked around the vendors and eyeballed everything and ate some of the most fattening food I could dream up....are you ready for it......FRIED COOKIE DOUGH!!! *cue choir* It was freakin amazing! I am definitely a cookie dough lover and I had my doubts for some reason about this but it was sooo good. Definitely mine and beau's highlight of the night! But we deemed it only necessary once a year. Other than that I got my annual turkey leg and beau got a Polish sausage and a funnel cake with ice cream and caramel. We wouldn't get that again but it was interesting. Just after everything we had already had, I didn't need to eat anything else!!

THEN.....my best friend turned 21!!! We went to the zoo on Saturday with a small group of us and a party was thrown that night. As always we all had a blast! I am the beer pong champ! yea, be jealous :) hah just kidding, I was just having a good night!

That's all of the fun updates I have. School is SOOOO stressful. I am so thankful I have next semester off. I need a break from school. Non-stop since I graduated high school 3 years ago! This week is the most stressful week of school I feel like I have EVER had as well. A speech(hate/freakin out), Calc midterm, Accounting final, on top of all of my weekly homework. It is getting done but it is so difficult. AND ( I keep remembering more things!) beau and I are taking a Daycation to Frontier City on friday! it is only for the evening mainly but I am so excited to just get away for even an evening with him and it just be us two.

I think that is it for now! So excited it is OCTOBER!!

-Unitl next time <3

P.S. I have pictures! Swear! I am just at work right now so I will have to post them when I get home.

Tulsa State Fair

Is where I am going tonight with the beau!! I absolutely love the fair! I wait for it to come around each year and always will. I just love the carnival atmosphere. Not much of a rides person anymore but I love to walk around and look at all of the vendors and at least catch clips of each performance, although I have to say the hypnotist is my favorite! This will be the second year beau and I will be going together as a couple, and the third year going together period :)

It is ridiculous how fattening fair food is!! I heard through the grapevine that they have fried BUTTER...really? seriously? sick!! Pineapple Whip ice cream is a must for me at the fair. I cannot leave the fair without getting a cup of Pineapple Whip!! my love<3

The way to go is to agree that you will each get a dinner and desert and then split EVERYTHING!! Ha! Food is all we really spend money on at the fair so this is our one time to go.for.it. Anyways I am super excited and am only 2 hours away from getting off work so we can head that way!