Thumbs Up Adventures: 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...

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!