Who knew?!

So I'm now an engaged women! It's been awesome, weird, tiring, and fun. He's the best guy a girl could ask for; tall, handsome, kinds, generous, a man of God, and basically the perfect fit for me! To top it off he proposed in Paris (yes France, not Paris, CA) on a boat, on the river Seine, while the Eiffel tower was lite up! I know, right?! I have a great one. To top it off he did an exceptional job on my ring too!

Now it's the joyous time of planning our wedding! I'm so excited and thankful that I get to plan a wedding (what girl doesn't dream of this?!) but there's already things that have come up that prove to make planning not as "fun" as you would think. But, I'm determined to keep on smiling and being thankful that I get to plan a wedding! Thank you Lord for this. I pray that everything works in the perfect timing!

I found the most amazing place to have our wedding! It's gorgeous. I love it and it's so us!

We had an amazing time traveling Europe! 6 countries in 2 weeks; England, Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Thank you again Lord for a very blessed time!

Now, back to wedding planning, as my amazing Fiance' works diligently next to me.

Love/hate relationship

Since I was young, I've had a love/hate relationship with fridays....I always had this overwhelming feeling that "everyone" was out on a date or having fun or doing something better than me! Call me a hopeless dreamer but I guess it comes from all those cheesy chick flicks or random sitcoms....but that's just what I've always thought!

Well, on this particular friday I have no such dread of the evening....I have plans, but not any thing close to what I've described above. I'm going to pack! Yep, that's right, pack. Pack up things that have stuck close to me these last 4 years. Pack in eager expectation of my love arriving. Pack with a sense of an ending upon me.

Today I closed a chapter in my life. It was my last official working day and it's now time to prepare for leaving. It's mixed feelings; sad to end, sad to say goodbye, happy to be reunited with ones (and one in particular) that I love, happy to move forward in life and see what's next.

So, I'm going to embrace this friday night and...PACK!

still a little shy....

I'm feeling anxious! I have a lot to do (yeah, why am I blogging?!) but I'm feeling ready!  I love reading your blog Robyn...it does my heart good and makes me want to rejoice too :) I love that you are able to rejoice in the gifts God has given you! 

The days are fast approaching that I will once again be reunited with my love! Thank you God for the most amazing man I've ever met and that he will some day soon be my husband!

I'm ready to start on the adventures of our travels (passport stamps here I come!) and ready to see my family and friends again...I'm not ready to leave England and say goodbye to some very special people in my life....but God's timing is perfect and I trust that (most of the time...)

Well, I needed a break from packing but back at it! (and I wish that stupid dog would stop barking!)

Me.

Call me a copy cat!

so, I'm following in my older sister's footsteps like I have most of my life, although I have chosen my own path much of the time, I think I dabbled in her steps at least a bit. Reading her new blog and knowing how I do love to look at others and feel a creative flow start in me, I thought this might be a time in my life to start such a thing....

It's a new chapter...it's scary, it's unknown, it's beautiful, amazing, intriguing, new...

I know a huge desire in my life is being fulfilled, I get to soon be in the same country again as my best friend and the one I plan to spend the rest of my life with. I get to once again be apart of my family's lives and get tired of them :) I'm leaving a country and a place that I've loved, served, and learned in. It's not familiar, it's still home (in cali) but it feels new all the same. Being away these last 4 years has made me realize just how much I love Cali and that I'm truly blessed to have grown up there. So, I'm embarking in this new chapter. I've had the amazing opportunity to be a missionary for these last few years but I'm now searching, seeking, and looking for the next stage in this chapter...