Tis the Season...to catch up!

Christmas is in 4 days!

I can't believe it! Things have been so crazy and busy around here that I kind of forget that today is December 21.

Of course the mid 40's to 50's weather isn't helping that. This girl wants snow.

So in the interest of keeping everyone up to date, here's one large, rambling post on the things that have been happening:

1.) We found a wedding and reception venue! And it's perfect! AND. I get a beach wedding after all!

    On May 12, 2012, I get to marry my best friend down at Lake of the Ozarks!

2.) Today we are recovering from a late night and early morning from going to the Fox Theatre to see...

Beauty and the Beast!

    It was magical and fantastic and the food we had before hand was great too. (Just another perk)

         Although our anniversary is the 27th, we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than going to see a      show!

3.) Third, and possibly the biggest, our family became very familiar with Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.
Yep, Landon was back in for a CT with sedation and for observation. He did very well overall, and we are still waiting to see what comes of all of it, but as for now, we will be happy that he's home now!
           -Side note: Emmett did great with hanging out at the hospital, despite the fact that we found out that he has a DOUBLE ear infection, perforated eardrum, and a cold. The Dunham household has temporarily converted to their own home clinic for the boys.

Still incredibly cute even though he's not feeling well!

Well, I guess that's the Sparknotes version of all that has been happening in the past few weeks!

If I don't get a chance to tell you before, Merry Christmas!

Check It!

Well, vacation is over, and we are diving into wedding planning! I know I have some catch up to do on blogging our vacation but in the meantime, check out our site!

http://www.weddingwire.com/carucker

Feel free to tell me what you think!

Opinions and suggestions are welcome :)

Since people have been asking, I'll try to write out the proposal story!

I came to Rolla Thursday night after work for Chad's team's playoff flag football game and met him at the field. 

After the game, we went back to the house, and he asked to go down to the pond that was on their property.

Then we got cold and decided to come back up to the house and watch Avatar in the theater room.

(Then I left for the night before the movie was over and went to Jen's house to sleep.)

The next morning, Chad met me in between classes at Panera and we had breakfast in between his classes.

After his classes, we packed up and headed to his parents house at the lake.

When we got there, Chad asked if we could go jump on the trampoline.

After a few minutes of that he asked to go down to the dock.

When we got to the dock, he asked if I knew why we did all the things this weekend like watching Avatar and jumping on the trampoline.

By then, I had kind of figured out that he was trying to re-create the same weekend we had had the year before on the same weekend, just for old times' sake.

Then he asked me all of the things we did both weekends to see if I remembered them all.

We got through most of them, until the last one. 

Last year on this weekend, he asked to pursue me, with the intention of seeing if dating would be in our future.

Then he said, "well, I'm sorry I can't re-create that because I can't ask you again, but..."

Then he got down on one knee (AWWW!) and told me that he loved me and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. (AWWW! Again)

I was speechless. Absolutely speechless.

So I just nodded and he asked if we could get off the dock to put the ring on because it was really windy and the dock has gaps between the wood slats that the ring could fall through :)

So he put it on me, and explained that the box he put the ring in was the same one his Mom's engagement ring came it.

I thought that was adorable :)

It was perfect. Totally perfect. I was so surprised! 

After sitting at the dock we went up to the house to call people.

It was funny though, because when we got back up to the house, Chad said, "Well, you know, you never actually said yes, so..."

By that time I had gained enough voice back to say YES!!

He picked the perfect ring too :)

{Sunday Snapshot} Almost...

Okay, so everyone has been wanting to hear the story of how Chad proposed.

Given the crazy busy weekend we had, this is the first chance I've had to write it out!

It was crazy because Friday, he proposed and we went out to dinner with his family,

And then the next morning we left for the Mizzou v. Texas game.

This was us at the beginning...

And by the end of the game, it was COLD and windy so we ended up in coats and hoodies and blankets!

Good news, we won! And so we're almost bowl eligible!