pAcKiNg...

i am getting a head start on packing up all my stuff & honestly i just feel like i am making a mess. a HUGE mess. going through old boxes...i am finding all kinds of junk meaningful things. i sit on my floor reading everything & laughing at the pictures i find. some i throw away & others i keep but this i had been looking for & i am super excited to show you this: jake & i in 1999, he was the football player & i was his cheerleader cheering him on! Go JAGS. unfortunately i was 10 & looked like that...((age did me well))

ThE pRoPoSaL

the whole week jake had been in santa barbara working & friday he was on his way home...that evening after i got off work i had a text from him to call him, so i did & he asked if i could meet him in carlsbad because he was sitting in LA traffic & it would be an hour before he got to carlsbad. as i arrived in carlsbad i called him back to let him know i was there...no answer... soooo, i drove along the coast until he called me back. 10 minutes went bye & i got a call from him to meet him at a part along the coast that we had been to before. when i arrived i saw his car but jake was no where to be seen...i called him again & he let me know that he was sitting on the rocks watching the surfers & to come join him. after not seeing him that week i was thrilled to just be there with him & finally watch the sunset, as we had been talking about doing that since we have been dating. i asked him what he wanted to do that night & he said he was hungry for italian food...& i told him i wanted to watch "just go with it".........we decided to leave the beach soon because i had work the next day early in the morning & didnt want to be up too late. jake suggested that we take a picture in the sunset before we left. this is a usual thing for us to want to take a picture so i wasnt thinking that it was weird or "oh my goodness he is going to propose" plus he was so calm, i was expecting him to be nervous the day he would propose (haha) ....we walked down to the beach & jake pointed to the direction he wanted me to stand & i waited while he asked some random lady to take our picture. as he turned around to come stand with me, he got on his knee & gave his lil speech

(("will you marry me"))! it was such a surprise to me that he was going to propose at THAT moment....of course my answer was "YESSSS!" so many emotions were coming at me at once, i wanted to cry, but then i would get sooo excited that it would turn into laughing, & then into jumping up & down, & that turned into overwhelming happiness! we had people all around the beach come up to us & say "did i just see what i think i saw, congrats?!?" OR "you just made my vacation, can i see your ring?!" later on jake told me that he had been running around all day getting the ring ready & preparing for this huge event....he was not in LA traffic at all, he had come back from santa barbara on thursday & didnt even tell me ((i am laughing about it now))

eventually we made it to dinner but we both were so giddy we could hardly eat! all i wanted to do was run around. i couldnt stop looking at my ring...it is gorgeous! jake did an amazing job & no, i didnt even help him out.

after dinner was over we headed to my house & shared the good news with my family! i had found out that jake asked my dad for permission a couple weeks ago without me knowing...i was so happy to hear the kind things that my dad said to jake & happily gave jake his permission saying "what is mine, is yours" ....it is sooo nice to have such a loving support from both of our families in this next step in our lives. i am cherishing every lil moment that is coming our way!

OuR sToRy

jake & i grew up in the same town...looking back on old pictures i see him playing popwarner football & i am the cheerleader on the side lines with pom-poms & a bad hair doo (seriously)

but it was the summer of 2009 that i OFFICIALLY met jake from our mutual good friend carli. jake was living here in california for the summer working & whenever there was something social going on he would be there. i really liked jake at the time but had just broken off a serious relationship & didnt really want anything to do with dating. jake had asked me if he could make me a nice dinner one night & i said yes.....an hour before i was supposed to be there ((he says 20 min.)) i called him & told him i wouldnt be able to make it. i completely bailed. the summer went on & jake & i stayed friends ((thank goodness))...after the summer was over he headed back up to utah, where his family now lives & where he attends school.

the years went on & any time jake would come back down to california we would go out on a date. as much as i wanted to take back the summer of 2009 & not miss that dinner, i did & i think jake was a lil bitter about it. the last time we went on a date while he was visiting, i text him after he had left & told him that i felt terrible about that dinner & that i hope one day he can forgive me for that, if there was ever an opportunity to really date i hope we would take it. after i sent it...i felt so dumb because he didnt respond for a long time... enough time for me to think way too much about everything i had just written to him. finally came the reply that he understood about missing the dinner but he doesnt want anything long distance... ((sooo...you're saying there is a chance?! -like one in a million....))

we stayed in touch but it was a couple months ago that i got a text from him saying that i came up in conversation. it was then that we started talking more & more frequently. he had told me that he was trying to find work out here in california during the summer but nothing was for sure. it was a short time before the summer was here & he "heytell'd me that he is going to be moving out here this summer...i was soooo excited i even think i "woohoo'd" in the middle of target when i got this message! ((haha))

as much as i still thought jake was an amazing guy, i was not expecting to date him this summer. i thought i had blown my chances! when jake got into town i was happy to see him...we hung out a couple times, went on our first date ((again)) with his dad & grandma golfing. i was terrible...but had the time of my life! i kept thinking could things between jake & i really workout?!?!? later that night we had our first kiss & i about died! -the whole drive home i was thinking OH MY LANTA did that just happen? it did...it really did! a few months later

we are now engaged!

i knew very shortly after dating jake that i was going to marry him...everything was different. everything was real. no games, just a simple respect that we had for one another & cared for each other in so many ways. we both have dated a lot, we both have had failed relationships & i can speak for myself that i am grateful for all those experiences that have lead me to jake. it gives me so much faith that heavenly father loves us both & has had this planned all along...timing IS everything & there were some things that we needed to learn being single & from being with other people. i am so grateful for jake & all that he does & who he is. i cant wait to marry him, to call him my husband, to not have to say good bye every night, to grow with him spiritually, to raise a family with him, to continue to fall in love with him every single day!

we are excited to have all of our families & friends be there to share the excitement!

both of our families are thrilled & wedding planning is beginning!

i cant wait to be apart of the amazing kleiman family!

love, the future mrs. kleiman

 

we're getting married OCTOBER 15th, 2011

((soon...but not soon enough))