Day Trip

Scott and I took the day and went up to Lake Geneva for some outdoor fun! It was the perfect time since the trees were beautiful colors. We stopped at an apple orchard on our way back and picked some awesome apples! We tried to make apple pie when we got home, but that attempt failed miserably. How hard can it be to make an apple pie?? Oh well, you live and learn! :)









This is a HUGE mansion on the lake. It used to be all one home, then it was sold and became a christian school (many years ago) and when that failed, it was bought and turned into condos. There are 6 condos in this building. It's beautiful!




There is a trail all around the lake so you can basically walk in people's yards. One home had a cool bridge that has tons of cool quotes on it. This is me next to a quote from my favorite musical, Wicked. The quote says "Take a message back for me...Tell them how I defied gravity...and no one that ever was or ever will be will ever bring me down!" These are lyrics from one of the songs at the climax of the musical!



So when Scott and I got to the orchard, they hand you a map and tell you which rows still have apples to pick. So Scott and I went on our merry way, and the first row we came to was this one (and for the record, Scott thought THESE were the trees we were supposed to pick the apples from) I did not see any apples to be picked but Scott insisted that we walk the whole row because THAT'S where the apples were!



Meanwhile...these are what the trees looked like one row over...hmmmm....looks like some good apple pickin' trees to me!! :)


Finally, we found the right trees!
















Scott wanted me to take pictures of the cows. Not sure why!!

Time for an update (for you Alissa!) Scott recently finished remodeling the main bathroom and it looks beautiful! He's been working hard on it for quite some time, and he did a great job! He pretty much gutted the whole thing and started over. At the time I took these, the shower doors weren't put in yet, but there are now glass shower doors.

On the road again...

September always means a lot of traveling for me so I'm posting some pictures of the places and people I've spent time with over the past few weeks. Scott and I spent a week in Spirit Lake visiting family and friends, then a week in Orlando (we were bad about taking pictures down there so I don't have any) and then I spent a week in Tulsa and Altus Oklahoma visiting friends and going to a wedding. September also brought the birth of a new cousin so I'll include a picture of me and little Masyn.



He's clearly NOT camera shy!



On our way to Spirit Lake.....


Not quite the view we're used to in the city, but much welcomed!



Jen made Scott and I a beautiful engagement cake. Thanks Jen!


Breakfast with Grandpa and cousins.....


My grandpa just recently finished remodeling an original Model T (1927??) It's beautiful!




View from my parent's porch. Breathtaking!


I visited Angel for a few days in Tulsa. We had crazy fun!


Keysha and I at Taylor's wedding....

Sumo!!!

Scott got to show his competitive side while doing sumo wrestling on sunday. Here are some great pictures (and a video!) that captured the moment. He's the one in the red thong. :)

We're engaged!

We decided to take a mini-vacation to Lake Geneva (just 45 minutes NW of Scott's house) and Scott suprised me by taking me to a place called The French Country Inn on Lake Como. We spent the day walking around downtown Lake Geneva and went on a 2 hour mansion tour around the lake. We got to the Inn and Scott had a dozen roses in the room and after sitting out on the deck for awhile (in the rain) Scott got down on one knee and proposed. I said yes of course, and here are a few pictures of our day. We enjoyed the evening by sitting in the hot tub and listening to the rain fall. Even though it rained all day long, we didn't let it spoil our joy or excitement! We'll keep you posted on the details!

"When you find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." -When Harry Met Sally

Rain and a ring.