New Blog!!

Well I'm not really sure if anyone reads this besides my mom and my sister, but in the case that any others do, I just thought I'd let you know that I started a new blog. I realized long ago that the URL that I created two and a half years ago is pretty lame and decided that now was as good a time as any purge myself of it and start a new one...hopefully not quite as lame. So, if you have this linked somewhere, change it to my new blog address because I'll be posting on there from now on. Hope you enjoy!

My new blog: stacieandbennett.blogspot.com

Pre Wedding Week

Last weekend my mom, Andrea, Allie and I took a little girls trip getaway up to our beloved Sun Valley for one last trip before I get married. It was the perfect weekend and it made me even more excited than I already was for our annual family reunion up there in just a few weeks. We stayed at the Lodge, read our books, played cards, swam, and ate a lot of delicious food. It was so fun to spend a little alone time with my mom and sisters for a weekend. Andrea is the designated photographer in our family and because of that I, unfortunately only got two pictures of the whole trip:

Playing cards at the duck pond

On Tuesday, Bennett and I, with the help of my mom and Andrea, started to move things into our new apartment. It was so fun to unpack things and make it our home. It is still a work in progress, but we got a big head start. I can't wait to decorate it and make it feel more homey!

Eating our first meal together at our new apartment

Two Weeks!!

We're getting married in two weeks from today!!

Go ahead and ask me just how excited I am.

(mini golfing with my siblings last weekend)

Engagements

Bennett and I got our engagement pictures back a few weeks ago. I am so happy with how they turned out! I love them. Here are just a few of my favorites:

My Fiance is one Hot Dog

Last night, Bennett and I went to the Salt Lake Bee's game with his family. By about the second inning one of the Bee's cheerleaders came up to us and asked us if we wanted to help out with the on-field entertainment after the 7th inning. It took a lot of convincing, but somehow Bennett, his sister-in-law, and brother-in-law all agreed to be in the Boondocks Race. What is the Boondocks Race, you may ask? There were three giant blow up costumes: a hot dog, an ice cream cone, and a pizza. Each person puts on one of the previously mentioned giant inflatable food items and runs around the perimeter of the baseball field until they reach the finish line. The winner of the race receives two tickets to the Boondocks Fun Center. Bennett dressed up as the hot dog, and about 10 feet into the race he deflated and fell far behind. A miracle took place and he somehow got the hot dog to re-inflate and made the comeback of a lifetime. First he pulled ahead of the ice cream cone and then the pizza until he rounded left field and up to home plate, breaking through the finish line first! Meanwhile, I was sitting on the sidelines filming the race on his phone and laughing one of those gut-wrenching laughs. It was one of the funniest things I've seen- primarily because it was so uncharacteristic for those three to participate in an on-field entertainment race wearing giant blow up foods. I have never been so proud of my little hot dog. Every time I think about it or look at a picture from last night I can't help but laugh a little once again. I thought I'd share the goods with you all and hopefully give each of you a little chuckle:

(sorry for the poor quality and that some are small-

all we had was a phone to take the pictures with)

Bennett and Bryan getting strapped in and ready for the big race

There he is- my hot dog

Go, hot dog, go!

Monumental first place finish!

My Last 9:00 Appointment

For the past eight months Bennett and I have been doing the long distance thing. I have spent every weekday night for the past two semesters talking to Bennett at promptly 9:00 pm. In fact, it's so routine that my roommates all joke that I am off limits to do anything after 9:00 because I have my "nightly appointment." While I've looked forward to our 9:00 appointments for the past eight months, I've never been more excited for something to end. Come tomorrow, I will be able to have face to face conversations with Bennett every day from here on out. No more of these long phone calls. My roommate and I were talking yesterday and realized that Bennett and I have racked up quite the number of phone minutes over the months. This inspired us to do a little calculating. The results were shocking. Over the past two semesters we have spent approximately:

10,800 minutes

or

180 hours

or

7.5 days

talking on the phone

As good as it's been, I am not sad to see this stage of our relationship end. I would say it's bitter-sweet, but there really isn't a whole lot of bitter in the fact that our last 9:00 appointment is taking place just 1.5 hours from now. It only means that I'm that much closer to going home to stay. And boy, am I excited!

We're Engaged!!

It's official!!

On Friday Bennett asked me to marry him and I, of course, said yes! I've never been so happy and I can't wait to marry him! My dad has always said that deciding who I am going to marry should be the most important, but the easiest decision I ever make. And it was. It was a no brainer deciding to marry Bennett.

He's everything I've ever dreamed of.

He's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

We're perfect for each other.

And a million other reasons.

So, save the date:

June 22, 2011

We're so in love and can't wait to start the rest of our lives together.