Its long overdue, we know, but below is a link to the final photo gallery of our South Africa Trip. At some point, we will make a short video too. Enjoy:
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
An Engagement to Remember
2011 could not have started off in any better way! The BIG news? Joe and I got engaged! While women always dream of a "perfect" way of being proposed to, in my opinion, no moment is as perfect as the actual moment itself...
All in all, we would not have wanted our special moment to happen in any other way - surrounded by close friends, beautiful mountains and the perfect winter weekend. Oh, you want to know how it happened?? Well, you're just going to have to give us that personal phone call to find out the details. Let's just say that I was completely and very pleasantly blindsided by love on the morning of January 1, 2011 (1/1/11) while snowshoeing at Fish Creek Falls. So much so, that even the night before, I jokingly said out loud to our group that "my New Year's resolution is going to be to get engaged!". Needless to say, everyone thought my projection was very bold and was reflected by a group "Ohh!!". Our friend Mary, added "I'm getting a bit nervous!!" as she fluttered hands near her face. Thankfully, most of our friends were as clueless about the proposal the next day as I was.
So, of course, Joe, I and our families and friends are all extremely excited! We will take this year to thoroughly plan for the wedding. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these pictures from our engagement weekend, January 2011!
Joe and I at our cabin in Steamboat Springs
Our Boulder crew: Pete, Mary, Sam, Joe, Arun, Jason, Becky & Chris (counterclockwise)
Enjoying a celebratory glass of champagne after the proposal!
Joe and I continue on our lovely snowshoe journey along Fish Creek Falls
My "Happy" moment in a plume of snow, making snow angels
Beautiful pillows and plumes of powdered snow
Tada! The absolutely beautiful ring, custom designed by Joe
The ring: conflict-free gems - a ruby from Madagascar and six diamonds - with a white gold band with "beading"
Taking in the wintry scenery of bare aspens and puffs of powdered snow
The stunning ring against the white snow
Snowshoeing at Zimmerman Lake on Cameron Pass
We began our weekend with a trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to celebrate New Year's Eve with our dear friends from Boulder. A nice cabin in the woods, wonderful company, lots of delicious, home-cooked meals, and let's not forget the drinks! All of it topped off with very cold mornings and absolutely frigid (-8 degrees F) nights.
All in all, we would not have wanted our special moment to happen in any other way - surrounded by close friends, beautiful mountains and the perfect winter weekend. Oh, you want to know how it happened?? Well, you're just going to have to give us that personal phone call to find out the details. Let's just say that I was completely and very pleasantly blindsided by love on the morning of January 1, 2011 (1/1/11) while snowshoeing at Fish Creek Falls. So much so, that even the night before, I jokingly said out loud to our group that "my New Year's resolution is going to be to get engaged!". Needless to say, everyone thought my projection was very bold and was reflected by a group "Ohh!!". Our friend Mary, added "I'm getting a bit nervous!!" as she fluttered hands near her face. Thankfully, most of our friends were as clueless about the proposal the next day as I was.
So, of course, Joe, I and our families and friends are all extremely excited! We will take this year to thoroughly plan for the wedding. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these pictures from our engagement weekend, January 2011!
Joe and I at our cabin in Steamboat Springs
Our Boulder crew: Pete, Mary, Sam, Joe, Arun, Jason, Becky & Chris (counterclockwise)
Enjoying a celebratory glass of champagne after the proposal!
Joe and I continue on our lovely snowshoe journey along Fish Creek Falls
My "Happy" moment in a plume of snow, making snow angels
Beautiful pillows and plumes of powdered snow
Tada! The absolutely beautiful ring, custom designed by Joe
The ring: conflict-free gems - a ruby from Madagascar and six diamonds - with a white gold band with "beading"
Taking in the wintry scenery of bare aspens and puffs of powdered snow 
The stunning ring against the white snow
Snowshoeing at Zimmerman Lake on Cameron Pass
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