Look what we found in hole #17 ...

Quite possibly the best golf game I'll ever have ...

I'm visiting Colby in Spokane WA this weekend and we're having a blast. I got here Friday just before noon and we've been going going ever since. We grabbed some lunch and took a short nap (i had been up since 5:45) then we got ready and hit the mall to spend his birthday money and then headed to the temple. The Spokane temple is gorgeous! It's quite a bit smaller than the ones back home. Surrounded by trees and kind of all by itself, it's absolutely breath taking. We didn't get out til about 9:30 but it was so much fun.

Colb made breakfast on Saturday morning and we lounged for a bit and then got ready for the day. He had made reservations to take me golfing at one of the golf courses and at first I was really excited but I was quickly reminded that I'm still a beginner and as the day wore on I became more and more nervous. We got to the golf course and everyone was so nice. I'm sure they could tell by my outfit that I had no idea what I was doing and I was just along for the ride but we were paying customers so they just smiled and sent us on our way. They offered to let us start at the back nine (which i guess NEVER happens.. good thing i didn't know that) and they even let me borrow a set of shorter clubs (apparently every other day you have to pay for those) We started out at hole #10 and I'm sure I made it obvious that I was pretty nervous but I must have done half decent because Colb let me keep playing.

We had some good laughs and I actually had a few awesome shots - for me atleast. He was giving me some pretty good pointers that I'm sure I won't remember. I got to the point where I didn't really care how well I was doing because no one was following us (i guess that neve happens either ... weird) and I just couldn't get over how excited I was that Colb thought I was good enough to take me to a real course. I am thankful we only played #9 holes though ...

Colby had been taking pictures the whole time so when we got to the green at hole #17 and he asked me to grab the camera I thought nothing of it. It wasn't until he asked me to take a picture of him taking the ball out of the cup that I put a second thought to the request. I made it quite obvious in the pictures that I knew what was going on. I feel horrible that I left Colb's face out ... ha ha ha! We're now laughing about it. After I took the picture of him grabbing his ball he then asked me to take a picture of this ... and he pulled out a black box and I couldn't concentrate enough to take the picture. He was already down on one knee so it turned out perfect. He was shaking so bad that I couldn't even see the ring, just the sun shining on it. He asked if I would marry him and of course I started crying and said yes! We played that last hole (somehow ..) and then Colb let me in on the details. He had the whole thing planned ... He had called the golf course in advance and figured out everything. They don't EVER let you play #9 .. at this course atleast, and he had purposely gotten a tee time that had no one following us.

We asked a girl that was working there if she would come take a few pictures for us and they turned out so cute. She was really sweet and was super excited for us. We went inside the pro shop to find something with the Golf Course name on it for keep sake and there wasn't much, all we could find were some golf balls and the lady insited that they were on her.

It wasn't until we got in the car that Colb informed me that everyone knew except for me... EVERYONE! He had showed my family the pictures of the ring when he was home for his Grandma's funeral and somehow everyone had kept it a secret. Logan must not have known. just kidding.

I was so excited to tell my Mom and she was just as excited to hear about it. I love her so much.

Colby bore his testimony in sacrament today and totally embarassed me but it made me smile.

I'm super sad that this weekend is coming to an end but it had been nothing short of perfect. I'm excited for Colby to be done for the summer and to get things all planned. As of today our date is November 28th and we couldn't be more excited.

I know I say this a lot but I honestly can not believe the twists and turns that life has taken this last year or so. I'm reminded every day how much the Lord knows and loves me. I'm incredibly blessed to be apart of something so amazing and I love this gospel, I don't know what I would do without it.

ps. I didn't tell colby until later in the day but at hole #11 I went through the pockets in his golf bag looking for a piece of gum and may or may not have felt a little box .. I thought I did pretty good hiding my excitement and still managed to play a decent game (i made sure he didn't keep my score)

I can't tell you how hard it was to concentrate at every hole thinking ... i wonder how much longer he is going to make me wait.

I've got my stance all wrong in this picture ... that ball went so crazy that Colb let me try again with a different ball.


This was hole #17 .. right before Colb popped the question ..
This is acutally hole #18 but it was the prettiest view of the course.