tHe YeLLoW dELi

i had to tell about my lil adventure over to this cute place! it is called the yellow deli & it may just be my new favorite place. i was driving home from the gym & i decided i was going to be a lil adventurous & look for this place in valley center that everyone keeps talking about. obviously i knew it was a deli...but not your normal kinda deli where your veggies are lathered in mayo ((yuck)) or for that matter coated in chemicals. everything here is fresh & organic & SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, good. like really, really! plus it is just a awesome place to eat.

check it out friends & family...you will be happy you did!

PiE.

jake & i took the long drive up the mountains to a lil place called "julian" it truly had to have been the perfect weekend! the weather was amazing. the food was superb. & all i can say is i CAN'T wait to be married to my man. dont get me wrong...dating is sooo sooo blissful but who are we kidding?!? i hate the good bye that comes every night...i just want to say goodnight & know that right when i wake up, jake is the first person i am going to see. i am sure a lot of married people out there can attest to that as well. wedding planning has gone from fun to dumb. okay- not completely true, wedding planning is fun, but stressful. i now understand why people elope. ((you are too smart people))

i know everything will come together. it will be a day i will always look back on & remember because it is the day i am marrying the man of my dreams, in the most amazing place in the world ((san diego temple)). i am sure the lil things will not be perfect, i am sure i will be going through a box of tissues just on my own, but i know without a doubt that i am going to be the happiest girl in the world. i am especially grateful to my mom & all of her hard work that she has put into all of this planning this far...
she truly has been a big blessing in my life to help put all my thoughts, wants, & desires for jake & i special day. we cant wait for all of our family & close friends to be apart of this celebration!

it was a fun lil weekend that jake & i had...here are some pictures we took while visiting julian!
enjoy.

FiNaLLy A WiNnEr.

i laughed out loud when i saw this photo of jake & i.... it was a hard decision but based on the photos i am thinking this one just captures the excitement that we have about getting married in 1 month & 27 days! yep...that is it! it is crunch time, with the wedding just around the corner & i feel like the "to do" list is growing every day. i am so anxious for october to be here.

 

ThErE iS No CrYiNg WHiLe YoU aRe EnGaGeD!

a moment of truth from me...i dont cry! okay, not exactly the truth but it takes a lot to make me cry....like i need to be completely overwhelmed with the spirit or someone i care about needs to be hurt, & i guess there have been rare occasions where i have cried over really dumb things. otherwise i usually dont cry & if i feel like it i try to keep the tears back. although i end up just looking like a ticked/moody girl. not lately...anything & everything has made me just want to shed a lil tear here & there. nothing ordinary about this at all...why am i so emotional?!?! jake & i were watching a engagement video & as soon as i heard some song play i was having tears run down my cheeks or when i was watching the bachlorette ((which i dont usually watch)) when she was getting proposed to i was bawling like a baby. all these happy lil moments are starting to get the best of me. i am pretty sure this is just a stage that will soon be over! I AM PRAYING.

aside from the small sheds of tears of happiness, life is grand. jake & i had such a fun weekend!!! jake's mom & siblings traveled down to california for a fun week & to go to jake's uncle, davids, wedding. it was such a blast. i enjoy every moment that i get to spend with jakes family! they are truly amazing people & i am so lucky to have them in my life. jake & i also started registering....can i just say THAT IS SOOOO FUN! i love it! it is great planning out what we want our future lil home to be decorated like & what kind of cooking stuff we want to have & all the lil things that i get sooooo excited about! ((like a vitamix blender!....knowing my current emotions, i would probably cry if we got it)) hahaha.

ALSO- my best friend finally got to meet jake! we met up at one of the besssssst places ever EXTRAORDINARY DESSERTS. ((enough said about the place)) it was so fun to see scott & morgan + morgans lil pregnant belly! she truly is the cutest lil pregnant lady. next time i see morgan she will be 8 months pregnant & i will be getting married! HOLY COW...I CANT WAIT.

((pictures from davids wedding...carlsbad beach))

VeRy EnGaGeD.

this past saturday, jake & i took our engagement pictures with ((cassie anne))...you can follow her photography blog here. i have been loving her pictures for years & when jake & i got engaged i emailed cassie right away to book our session! as i thought, they turned out perfect ((sneak peak below))! she has a true talent! thank you so much cassie! we are sooo excited to see the rest of the pictures.  

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!