Our Story

Several of my loyal readers have requested "our story" - mine and Steve's, as well as the proposal and pictures of my ring. I'm happy to oblige...

Our Story:

Five years ago, I moved to Tempe, AZ and found a teaching job. I moved into a condo with a few other girls...Steve lived in the same complex, just a few doors down. We were in the same ward and became good friends. For the past four years, we've been good friends. That's it.

For the past four years, we've each dated different people and moved multiple times, but our friendship has been constant. About a year ago, Steve got a really great idea: Hey, what if I date Sara? She's fabulous! It took me an entire month to figure out what was going on...but I finally did :)

In a nutshell, we started off as friends and fell in love :) It's been an amazing ride! I'm so lucky to be marrying my best friend - literally! We know each other so well. I can't wait to marry Steve :)

The Proposal:

A week ago last Wednesday, Steve and I had a date to go to the temple. After the session, while sitting in the celestial room, he popped the question! It was very sweet :) We ring shopped for three days. Then Saturday, when we got our engagement pictures taken, Steve asked our friend/photographer if we could do a proposal picture. When she got ready to take the picture, Steve got down on one knee and pulled out the ring!! I was thrilled, of course :) He had spent that morning re-visiting the places we'd shopped for rings and picked one. I feel so-o-o lucky to have snagged myself such a thoughtful fellow!

And my ring...

U2

Steve's Birthday - Part V

Steve's birthday present from me was U2 concert tickets. Lucky for me, he invited me to be his date for the concert :)

Tuesday night, U2 came to town!! Blacked Eyed Peas opened for them. BEP were good, but U2 was AMAZING!! It was an experience like none other.

Steve with our tickets

Us with the stage in the background...and far, far below

The stage

Black Eyed Peas

More BEP

Bono!

U2

As far as concerts go, I imagine it would be hard to top U2...

He Loves Me...

...and last night, he proposed! I said yes :)

December 4, 2009 Mesa, AZ

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Monday was Canadian Thanksgiving. As I'm dating a Canadian, it was important we celebrate :)

This is us. We attended a rodeo last weekend. This picture has absolutely nothing to do with our Canadian Thanksgiving celebration...I just wanted to show ya'll how we clean up for a rodeo :)

Back to Canadian Thanksgiving...

It was a convenience-based Thanksgiving dinner, including instant mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, veggies, and rolls...as well as a rotisserie chicken. We do what we can :) And for dessert, soft gingersnap cookies! Yum.

Just us

I bought these plates with the intent to color the leaf red...the sad part was learning I had no red magic marker anywhere in the house. So instead of being a Canadian maple leaf, it's just a fall leaf on a plate.

I liked the decorations :)

But my favorite part was finding this little gem on my camera when I went to upload the photos to my computer...

What a sneaky trickster! Love it...

I've Got a Feelin'

Someday...someday my dream of performing in this type of synchronized dance routine will come true...

Birthday Fun

Happy Birthday to Steve!! It's been a four-part birthday week for Steve thus far...and there's still more fun to come :)

Part I: It started conference weekend with a birthday celebration from his nieces and nephews in Snowflake. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera that weekend...

Part II: His actual birthday was last Thursday. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner that night. Gotta love a cowboy on a saddle! I made a gingersnap/ice cream cake that was tastier than it looks in the picture. That night we played the night away at Gameworks - wow, what a fun time!!!

Part III: Friday night was a celebration with friends. For this party, I made chocolate mint brownies and was quite pleased with how tasty they were! (Recipes soon to come...) It was fun catching up with friends and having treats...and especially celebrating STEVE!

Part IV: This morning I made the Storer-famous crepes for Steve's birthday breakfast. I have the week off, so it made sense to do it a few days after the fact. Who can resist the taste explosion that is crepes, link sausages, sour cream, frozen strawberries, and powdered sugar?? I'm happy to report that Steve liked it :) And just as nice is the fact that HE cooked up the sausages for me...what a sweetie.

Part V: Hasn't happened yet...but I'll give you a hint of what's to come. Think *Ireland*Band* and some well-known lyrics..."See the stone set in your eyes...See the thorn twist in your side. I wait for you."

Elvis!

Life is crazy...busy...and oh-so sweet...I lost that itch to blog for a time, but I'm back :)

As a quick update:

Elvis was in town - as a fan, I was lucky Steve invited me to go to his concert :) Since it was at a casino, we thought we'd try our hand at a slot machine. Neither of us had played one before...Steve was luckier than me. He won a whopping $2.20 where I won a quarter.

Big winner

Little winner

And other moments of fun...

Beautiful flowers - I'm so lucky :)

Dressed for a corn-parade and rodeo with Steve's niece and nephews

Homemade pazookies - I bought these adorable spring-foam pans for half-baked cookies topped off with vanilla bean ice cream...heaven in a bowl!