Alot has happened

It has been awhile since me last blog entry, and a lot has happened since then. We have finished out fall tour with SuperStart which all went very well. It is such an amazing program. I am constantly amazed at what our team comes up with. I am so blessed to be working with and being a part of the SuperStart staff, and the staff of CIY as a whole. The people here are just so amazing and I love coming to work everyday.

Also about a month ago my Uncle Curt died which was totally unexpected, but it was kind of a blessing also. Because of this our family was able to get together in Ohio (which is always fun when family gets together) and Teri was able to come with me and meet my family. They all just loved her and are so happy for us.

For Teri's birthday I made her a porch swing. Obviously from the picture, it is more of a bench at this point, but now that we are home and not traveling as much there is some more work to be done. Along with a lot of other things around the house that need to be improved.
And the last bit of information (which I saved the best for last) is that Teri and I got engaged a couple weeks ago. We were in Jacksonville, FL for SuperStart and on Saturday night after the event we went to the beach, we sat and talked, and walked, and slow danced down by the water, and I got down on my kneed and asked her to be my wife, and she said yes.

We had the Atlanta SuperStart the next weekend so we stayed out in Atlanta for the week and one day we went to downtown Atlanta and walked around Centennial Olympic Park, and had a nice dinner at Magianno's Little Itaily. It was a nice night out on the town.

And this last picture is the ring. We went to a jewlery place here in Joplin and designed our ring. It was really a very cool process. The dimonds are family dimonds. The center stone is from my grandma's old wedding ring, and the four side stones are from Teri's great Aunt's old wedding ring. So the ring has a lot of sentimental value. It's just really cool that we could get those dimonds and be able to design a ring for Teri that incorperates all of them. It means so much to us.
So that date is set. We are planning on getting married March 21st here in Joplin. It's a little less then four months away and we have a lot of planning to do. But we are so excited about it!