Jake and I have been giving plasma to earn some extra cash for our wedding. There's a really nice donation center we go to up by the university hopital. We go twice a week and make 65 bucks each! Pretty good way to save up for the wedding! Thats 520 a month. I'm just hoping my vein won't collapse between now and October 11th...it's made it 3 years already. Plus we get to spend quality time together! There's nothing like sitting next to the one you love with 16 gauge needles in your arm, talking about what you're going to do that week :)

OUR ENGAGEMENT

I'm so very excited! Jake proposed on Monday April 28th! We are getting married in the Bountiful temple on Saturday October 11th, 2008! That Monday was a crazy day for me because I had my anatomy final the next day and I was trying to get all my studying in before 5 that evening. I was a little stressed and irritated to say the least from studying all day and was relieved when Jake showed up to pick me up. I feel kinda bad I was uptight I think I made Jake a little nervous because he wanted me to be happy and he wanted the whole night to work out perfectly as planned. On the way to his house, I asked Jake if we were in trouble because we had never gone to dinner with his parents :) he assured me that we weren't in trouble at least not to his knowledge haha So we got to Jake's house and went upstairs to hang out. By then I had calmed down and was excited just to relax and forget about school for awhile. Jake already explained the happenings of his proposal so I won't add the details but I do have to say I was very surprised! I told Jake that I didn't care how he proposed it just had to be a surprise. He says I'm really hard to surprise because I ask too many questions...sorry :) He did really well though. First of all I didn't think he was proposing, because the ring he gave me we had just found a week before. He called and told me we couldn't get that one for awhile because he had to save up some money. That punk already had the ring when he told me that haha but he had to go to extreme measures to keep this a secret. He also videotaped the whole thing which would have been suspicious, but I didn't think anything of it because him and his friend Gary have been vidoetaping everything lately. My favorite is when he got down on his knee and said, "will you marry me?" I love how simple it was. We're not the flowery word kinda couple and it was perfect. Of course I said I'd love to and everyone asks if I cried but I didn't. I was just so happy and excited all we could do was smile and kiss and smile some more :) His parents took us to Mimi's Cafe for dinner which was delicious. We had a wonderful time! Then we went to visit my mom she had just gotten home from the airport. It was a good surprise to come home too! We went to see my dad and tell him the good news. I wish I could have visited everyone I knew, I was so excited to tell people that we were getting married! Of course both of our phones died in the middle of us telling our family and friends about our engagement...bad timing. All in all it was an amazing day! To say the least I had a hard time sleeping that night and didn't do so hot on my final the next day but it was so worth it! Thanks love for the perfect day! I can't wait to spend more with you! I love you Jake!

Jake wrote this at work when he had some free time. He wrote a lot more then I thought he would! I love it! Thanks babe! I love you!

Our Engagment: April 28 2008, Breanne was at work and i really wanted to get her ring. After school i went to Layton and picked up Gary, we then went to the Shane Co. and i purchased the ring. It had to be resized so i wasn't able to walk away with it. Previously that week i told Bre, we wouldn't be able to get the ring she wanted due to our finances. She was sad but understood, so she thought we would be continuing our search for her ring. It was hard not being honest with her but worth it in the end, she was very sad about being away from me and about the ring situation. I had to lie to her when she asked where i was, i wanted to stop by and see her at work but knew i couldn't leave a trail that i was anywhere near Salt Lake that week. Our parents were both gone and we had a wonderful weekend togther. My parents would be coming home Monday evening around 5 and her mother would be coming home later that evening as well around 9. I wanted to make our last few hours of the day special but didn't know how. I pulled into the school parking lot, I was about 20 minutes early, i sat and thought about what I could do for us........I decided I didn't have but 1 absence from class so i could spare one more. I wanted to do a surprise for Bre. As I headed home I decided that that evening would be perfect to propose! I ran home to think! I came up the evening in my mind perfectly. I went to some stores to get some things togther, then took off to The Shane Co. I Got It!! I was so excited. To get the ring it took but 10 minutes! I didn't know what to do with the rest of the day. It was only 10:30 and Bre didn't think i would be available till around 5. I gave plasma then went to see Riley at work in Bountiful, I went to one more store then went home and wrapped the gifts, and waited. In the mean time I set everything up. I arranged an evening at a resturant with Bre and my parents. I told Bre my parents wanted to take us out just because. She wanted to know why, she thought they were going to "talk to us" I tried to reasure her that we were just going out, but if that was the case we would face them together. I went to Bre's and picked her up around 5:30. We went to my house to meet my parents, my mom "wasn't ready" well that's what I told Bre. I told my mother we would be upstairs in the family room waiting for them. We went upstairs and to Bre's surprise I had a blanket laid out and a suit case off to the side. She turned to me with a smile and asked "Jacob? What is this for?" I replied "I wanted to end this wonderful weekend together on one more good note." We sat down and I had her close her eyes, I jumped up and started the video camera. I sat back down and opened the suit case and pulled out a small present. I put it in her hand and had her unwrap it. It was a candle, I gave her a candle because she always smells so good! Also the scent reminded me of her. I had her close her eyes again and I pulled out another present. She again opened her eyes and unwrapped it. It was matching T-shirts of a band called "Saves The Day" one for her and one for me. We both really like some of there songs. Again I had her close her eyes and gave her another present, it was a little cute cuddly bed pillow, it reminded me of Bre because she is cute and cuddly! Again another present, it was a white T-shirt with a cool guitar on it, Bre likes to play the guitar. Then one more, it was a wind breaker jacket, I told her I wanted het to try it, she stood up and did a cute little pose and I told her to turn around so I could see it from the back. She turned back to face me and I said "See how the pockets feel" she put her hands in the pockets and as soon as her eyes lit up I got on my knee and asked her if she would marry me. Of course her reply was "I would love to!"