And it starts

As most of you know, I was in the great state of Alabama this past weekend and just arrived back to Nashville yesterday evening. Well, little did I know, but the weekend had a lot more in store for me than I had originally planned.

On Sunday afternoon, right before taking the love of my life to the airport, we decided to make a trip to our Alma mater to witness the changes that have been made ever since we graduated only two short years ago. Pulling onto campus gave me such an odd, but welcoming feeling that I was never expecting. The minute we passed the security gate, we could already see all of the changes that had been made. Construction seemed to engulf the entire campus, while I frantically tried to remember what once was the campus that I fell in love with during my official visit six years ago.

As we strolled around campus, stopping at each significant building that touched each of our lives, we couldn't help but reminisce about our four years on The Hilltop. We remembered the building where we had our first class together, the building that consumed our lives the most; the caf, where we sat everyday for four years; the baseball field, where we watched so many games together; the dorms, where we first met; and fraternity row, where we built friendships that would last forever.

We ended up at the simple, amazing gazebo on top of campus that overlooks the great city of Birmingham, which marked the first place the love of my life gave me my first present when we first started dating. Well, there was one more present to be given in that little old gazebo....

Pulling out a box from his pocket, I stood there motionless. Once that ring was slipped onto my finger, flashes of my future began to pop into my head and I was once again reminded that I am the luckiest girl alive. Here is why:

I think the word you're looking for is AMAZING!..(or some four letter word that wouldn't be appropriate for me to post). And here is the culprit:

As I'm sure you can tell, I'm pretty stoked and I couldn't be any happier. I hope that each and everyone of you find happiness like me and Michael have and I ask that you continue to pray for us and for our families. Prayer is powerful. May God bless all of you and, of course, details will be passed along soon.

Now it's time to plan the biggest throwdown of the century...looks like I have some work to do.