Engagement Pictures

A couple of weeks ago my friend Juliet came over and took our engagement pictures for us. Here are some of our favorites!

Camping Trip

We went camping up near Forks last week. We went to the Hoh Rainforest, Sul Duc Falls, and a couple different beaches. We also went to some of the Twilight spots in Forks. I have a ton more pictures on facebook if you want to see them.

*Twilight*

Bella's truck

Swan home

At the hospital

Seattle

On Saturday August 15 we went to Seattle. Our friend Jordan was in town from Canada so we all got together and went to Pike Place Market mainly to see the gum wall!

Anthon and I waiting for the others to get to Seattle

Mary, Juliet, Mattie, Me, Anthon and Jordan in front of the gum wall

The Engagement

On August 14th I got engaged to the most wonderful man in the world! The day started off with a picnic that we had planned a couple weeks earlier while we were on vacation visiting my family. We went to Scenic Beach with the sandwiches, chips, lemonade, oreos, and milk we had packed beforehand. After we ate we walked on the beach, took some pictures, and skipped rocks. When we were getting in his car to leave he asked me if i could be ready in three hours. He teases me a lot so I had to keep asking him if he was serious. Then he took me home and I went and got ready.


When he picked me up he gave me a bouquet of 24 beautiful pink roses. We posed for a few photos and then we were on our way to dinner.


For dinner Anthon made us some BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy. We also had some sparkling lemonade. We ate dinner on the porch at my grandparents house where he is staying. There were candles and some nice music playing in the background. The food was delicious...he is an awesome cook!


After dinner we were gonna go to the waterfront in Silverdale and dance in the gazebo...but when we got there, there was a lot of people there . We decided to go to a different park instead. When we got there Anthon showed me a slide show he had put together of pictures of us. When the slide show was done we set up the portable speakers we had brought and started dancing to some music. After a few songs he told me how special I was and that he loved me. Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! And of course I said yes!

The Ring

After we danced for a while we had to go back to my grandparents house and show my grandma the ring (if we didn't she would kick my butt). After showing my grandparents the ring my grandpa said he was going to show us something we would never forget. Then he turned off all the lights in the house so our eyes could get acclimated to the dark. After a few minutes he took us out side and he showed us Jupiter through his binoculars. It was pretty funny! And that was the end of our night. Anthon took me home afterward.

Family Reunion(s)

The day school got out mom, Katie, Anthon and I went to Illinois for the Fitzsimmons family reunion. We got there at like three in the morning.

on the way there...in Wyoming

water balloon launch

on the swinging bridge in Pontiac

We stayed in Illinois for a few days and then we left for Indiana to go to Aunt Marci's!

at Steak N Shake on the way there

me and Aydyn

me and Alyssa

After we were done at Aunt Marci's we stopped in Nauvoo, IL to see the temple and look at some of the sites there. we also stopped in Carthage to see the jail.

Nauvoo Temple

Carthage Jail

Then we were on our way to Utah. There we celebrated Kensie's first birthday, took a tour of the Conference Center, and saw the Salt Lake Temple.

Kensie

Me and Katie on the roof of the Conference Center

Anthon and I in front of the temple

After all of this fun we finally headed back home to Washington!!!