The RING!!!

Here is a picture of the engagement ring :0)

I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!! I still keep looking at it when I have a moment or two and cant stop smiling!! I also find myself doing a lot more with my left hand....giving directions, pointing at things etc etc

Officially ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!

Yes folks, Richard and I are now officially engaged!!

I have the ring to prove it! lol

I still cant believe it!!

It all happened on Christmas Eve and it was such a crazy day.....

Woke up and got showered and dressed to go and get my nails done in the town.

My sister had arranged evrything to do with my nails so when I arrived down the girl informed me that it would take about 1hour and 30minutes!! I said that was no problem because I was in no rush....well not that I was aware of!!

So I went and got my nails done, after Richard said he needed to get a few things from a store...so we went for a walk!

Then he suggested going for a walk, I told him it is FREEZING outside!!!! But he wanted to go for a walk so I thought I would go for walk just to keep him happy.

So we went to Carrickfergus Castle and while walking around the Castle.....he got down on bended knee and asked me to Marry him!!

I was so shocked and said YES, of course I will!!!!!!!!!!!!! :0)

Meanwhile as he was down on bended knee, my parents had arranged a photographer, Davy, who is an old Family friend to take photos of us as the newly engaged couple!!!

I thought it was stranged when I seen Davy because he was standing over at the wall and taking pictures of the Castle etc....but it is freezing outside so why would some guy be out taking pictures on his own!! I never placed him there to be anything to do with us!! haha

We got a bunch of pictures taken and I am now waiting on a few pictures coming from Davey to post up here! I have a few that my dad took on his own smaller camera....here they are. I love them!!!

On bended knee...



So happy and ENGAGED!!!! lol


Happy........


Here are some of the professional ones.
I love the picture it shows just how happy and surprised and excited I am at that moment!!!


One of the favorite pictures.....we both love this one!!


Thank you for looking and I hope you like the pictures.

Picture sorting...

I know I take a lot of pictures....but OH BOY!! I never tought I took this many!!

I am off work today and of course I thought it to be a great idea, if I were to sort all my photo's into a BIG album!!

I also thought it would be a great idea to type a little label to go along with each photo. It is taking me FOREVER!!!

Even though this has taken up the majority of my day....I have enjoyed it sooooo much!!!

Looking through all the old pictures of Richard and I brought back so many happy memories and it has just been heart warming looking at them all!!

A picture can capture those precious memories that your not even aware your are creating at the time!!

I still have about 150 pictures to go through and label but it is so much fun and it just makes me love Richard all the more!!

Had the BEST time ever...

Being back in NJ this time I had to say was the BEST trip in a long time!! Im not saying that every other trip has been awful....they have been good also but this trip just ROCKED!!!! :0)

Richard and I just did a whole bunch of fun things. Plus I also got to spend a whole lot of time wit his family and the people he is closest to within his church.

Just a few things that made my time so great...

Richard - well that one was obvious!! haha....we got to spend a lot of time together even with him working his usual days! We were able to be 'normal' the way it used to be. Go on our movie date nights, go get the grocery shopping, do laundry....I know most of that doesnt sounds fun but we enjoy it as long as we do it all together! :0)
We also got to go to Church together which was really good. I met people who knew his Father when he was alive and they joked about Richard and how he was as a child! Then we also went to Richards church where he considered most people members of his own family. It was nice to meet the people from both churches and see how much Richard is loved by so many people!

NYC - Everytime Richard and I go into the city we have a good laugh and this time was no exception! We went to the Charmin restrooms in Times Square and oh boy is that an experience on its own....check out the webpage: http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php
This was hilerious! Here is one picture we got taken of us in one of the photo op areas:


Yeah so as you can see, we DO love to joke around!!! ha-ha

Family - Because Richard was working his usual schedule, I spent a lot of time with his sister Tina who is amazing! Awilda, Richards mom who is also amazing...really this woman is the best...I could not have asked for a better mother-in-law!
Also Richards brother Steven who is adorable and his other brother Jun who is not adorable but is a great help with us. He is always willing to help us out when he can and is also very funny...especially when he trys to immitate my accent!! Jun's wife was also there and she is really nice, she loves to have a good laugh which is my book is great!!!

All the family members made me feel so at home this trip and I dont know if it was because it was Thanksgiving or what it was....but this trip I just felt like I was actualy a member of the family! It was so nice to feel that.....they have always included me in family occasions and have always tried to involve me in many events. But this time just felt different.
When I said my good-bye I cried a lot with everyone, which I dont usually do! I mean that in the nicest possible way....but this time I actually couldnt control my tears! :0( Was so sad!

Thanksgiving - I have had Thanksgiving before but this was the first FAMILY thanksgiving of many to come I know! It was a great day, MIL asked me to make a dessert, which was no problem....I made the cookie log! Everyone LOVED the log and of course now every year will be the dish waiting after the main course!! lol
After dinner we played a board game which like any family got very competitive and was so funny!!

Future plans - Richard and I committed to a lot of future plans, which we are very excited about and praying very hard to achieve!

I am sure there were so many more things that made my trip awesome, but these were the main things that spring to mind right now! They also seem the most important out of them all!

Here is a picture which I love from this trip and already have in a frame!!

Thanks for reading and God Bless,

Pictures as promised....

These are the pictures of Richards trip to Northern Ireland August 2009.

We had a great week together and I am sad it had to come to an end.....but on the up side of things!!! I go to NJ in 16days now!!!! I cant wait!!!

We got to celebrat our Anniversary early which was great! I had a great day and evening as we spent the day at a country park and then went to dinner! Was really romantic!

Love this guy with all my heart!! Enjoy the pictures!

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Michael Jackson, 'King of Pop,' dead at 50

It doesn't matter if you were a fan or not of this guy....no one can deny he was a musical genius!!!

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop" who once moonwalked above the music world, died Thursday as he prepared for a comeback bid to vanquish nightmare years of sexual scandal and financial calamity. He was 50.



Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.



"It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known," his brother Jermaine said. Police said they were investigating, standard procedure in high-profile cases.



Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.



His 1982 album "Thriller" which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.



At the time of his death, Jackson was rehearsing hard for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13.



As word of his death spread, MTV switched its programming to play videos from Jackson's heyday. Radio stations began playing marathons of his hits. Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital. In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone.



"No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend had sent him. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."



The public first knew him as a boy in the late 1960s, when he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the singing group he formed with his four older brothers out of Gary, Ind. Among their No. 1 hits were "I Want You Back," "ABC" and "I'll Be There."



He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his backward-gliding moonwalk, his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched singing, punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks, as was his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.