Friday, February 19, 2010

Forever Yours.......


I love my Valentine too! The inscription in the ring said "Forever Yours". I'm so lucky to be forever Garlan's. He is absolutely the BEST thing that has ever happened to me! I can't wait for April 22nd! Okay, enough of the mushy stuff :)
We had a great week and weekend with my mom in town. She helped to all the "little things" and actually a lot of the "big things" too. She took our engagement pictures Wednesday (they turned out fabulous) and then helped put on a fabulous shower for me - along with Liz, Kirsti, Corinne and Michelle. She is the most amazing mother in the world!
Another fantastic part of our weekend included meeting more of Garlan's wonderful family. Jason and Brooke with their kids were in town and we got to spend Saturday afternoon eating and bowling with them. It was a short visit and Garlan and I already are making plans to go visit them in SoCal!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

My Beautiful Valentine!

so this here is garlan, making my agmccoy blog debut. i know its a couple days late, but i wanted to give a little shout out to my sweetheart. i'm sure all you readers know how wonderful and amazing amanda is, but i want to let you (and her) know how much i love and care for this gorgeous woman! i still cant believe how fortunate i am to have found such a great person. she's strong in the gospel, loves her family, loves and serves others, is caring, smart and beautiful. i really am so very lucky to have her in my life.

our valentine's day was really good. we spent the day down at her grandparents in monticello to hear her grandma give the gospel doctrine lesson. her mom was in town this last week to do our engagement pictures as well, so it was fun to be around her family and listen to childhood stories and hear them reminisce. i can tell where she gets her great qualities, her family is pretty special and i'm glad i dont have to worry about crazy/weird in-laws! it was a very pleasant and peaceful day.

for my v-day gift she engraved the inside of my wedding band. even though i kind of (okay, so i did completey) ruin the surprise for her, it was still very special and meant a lot to me what she did. the night before we went to the haiti fundraisor event and spent a fun evening together. i just love being with her, no matter what we do. i know she likes to dance and unfortunately i'm in no way inclined to moving my body that way. i mean, its quite sad to watch me try and dance, lets be honest. but i still enjoyed it nonetheless and appreciated the opportunity to hold her close during the slow songs (its hard to be bad at those)

i love amanda so much and really cant wait for our big day come april. there are so many qualities she has that i admire and respect her for. how could a guy ever get so lucky? I Love You Babe!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Viva Las Vegas!






Garlan and I spent a fabulous weekend in Vegas celebrating Cannon's bday and receiving the Aaronic Priesthood. I have to say that I was a little nervous to meet the big brother and family but that quickly dissipated as soon as we arrived and I was surrounded with hugs and kisses. My new nieces and nephews are awesome as is my new brother and sister-in-law.

We enjoyed watching the twins hoop it up with Brandon as their coach. Then we got to cheer on Kenzie's and Cannon's soccer game. They truly were a dynamic duo!!! Oh and let's not forget Brinkley's fantastic dance - for some reason I still hear that song playing in my head. haha