We Have A Surprise To Tell Every One....Here We Go Again!!!

so a couple blogs ago i told you all how nathan wrote "Marry Me?" in the sand when we were at the beach and right when i started getting all excited he told me "just kidding" i still think its hilarious. 

well what i didnt tell you is that just a week later while in oklahoma visiting Grandma and Grandpa he proposed again. but this time he meant it! 

nathan and i have told several people that we were engaged to be engaged. after you have kids its not really a surprise when marriage gets brought up (at least for us). we had the ring picked out and ordered before he actually proposed. i knew it was going to happen but it was just a matter of when. i never really pushed the subject cause we have been together so long, have already vowed our love to each other and I'm just not the type to need a ring or paper to prove anything to me. but nevertheless it was still exciting when it happened. 

well heres the ring! its really hard to see and get a good look. its a white gold ring with  1.5 ct. true emerald cut diamond center stone with a diamond frame around it. a bagget diamond on each side and then a diamond band. its not the original one that we had purchased but the original one had a flaw that i just couldnt stop obsessing about so we returned it to find out it was no longer made. so we got this one and i love it even more. i love the true emerald cuts. they dont have very many facets (sp?) so they dont sparkle as much but they have a very vintage feel to them which suits my personality perfectly!

dont expect a wedding anytime soon. with nathan in school it makes it difficult to plan a wedding. i feel married already and i would be perfectly happy just staying engaged forever and skipping the big hoopla. we had planned to do some engagement announcements and still may but as for now this is what you get lol. with my back issues, nathans school, my work and the three kids its been too hectic to even think about doing photos for announcements. but like i said it may still happen. knowing us they will prob be sent out a year from now, and wont be a big suprise since you all know already lol, unconventional i know but what else would you expect from such and unconventional family? btw if we do have a wedding dont expect that to be traditional either..... =)