april 24th - an anniversary.

one year ago today, my mr. blackham asked me the big question.
and i'm so glad he did.

it's been the best year of my life.
i love you jo bobby.

(speaking of marriage - make sure to stop by tomorrow for marriage wednesday: part 2.
hope to see you there!)

my bucket list.

today i updated the old bucket list.
and geez, i crossed off four more!!

#22: hold a baby lamb. (april 24th 2011)
something i've always always wanted to do.
living in a small town, i see them daily and everytime i do, without fail, a smile pops out.
mr. blackham's dad recently bought three adorable lambs.
i was lucky enough to hold them.

adorable right??

it was everything i hoped for and more!
(think it sounds lame? try it yourself and i'm sure you'll think twice about the meat you put on your plate!!)

#61: plan my wedding the way i want it. (july 8th 2011)

when i included number 61 on my list, i had many intentions behind it.
mostly, i was just nervous the day wouldn't end up the way i had imagined.
boy was i wrong.
everything was exactly what i had hoped for.
a candy bar.
cake balls.
chinese lanterns.
calla lilies.
outside.

it was gorgeous.
(thanks to many hands and a wonderful family who were soaked from the pre reception rain!)

all pictures taken by arika

(more pictures to come ... as soon as i get them!)

#11: be married in the temple. (july 8th 2011)

number 11 has been important to me ever since i was a little girl.
the temple is more incredible than i could ever imagined
and being sealed there for time and all eternity to my mr.
was definitely (and always will be) the most magical event in my life.




#71: fall in love.

most are aware that mr. blackham and i were very good friends (for quite awhile) before any lovey dovey butterflies started to pop.
but with that came lots of late night talks and growing to be one hundred percent confident in each other.
for that, i am truly grateful.
i'm grateful we took our time.
i'm grateful for bob's bowling class.
and most especially, i'm grateful for him.

for the love he has for me, and especially for his patience as i've been pretty uptight with everything going on.
i love that mr. blackham.
and i love that i can say with confidence that i fell in love with him.
i do more and more each day that i am married to him.

i'm engaged. really and truly.

this is just a glimpse of our little photo shoot with this very talented photographer.

i am in love with her work.
and super thrilled with how they turned out!
(just wish that dang lazy eye would go be lazy on something else!)

51 days... and counting.

love. love. love. love.

i've been waiting to blog about my weekend for hours... which has felt like weeks!
but i am here to tell you the story.
the story of our beginning.
mr. blackham and me.

sunday night mr. blackham asked me if i wanted my easter present.
of course i said "yes." (not expecting any sort of ring to be done for another two weeks.)
we started walking to his car but stopped at bob's hot red corvette.

smokin' right?

he then told me that bob and debbie (some of our favorite people in the world) were letting us, just us, go for a drive.
we started to head over to manti - all smiles.
ending up at the temple, we went for a walk and stopped at my favorite spot on the east side.
then mr. blackham started to tell me some pretty cute words.
(that i think i'm just going to keep to myself for now...)
this is when the butterflies filled my entire self with anticipation.
i thought i couldn't get more excited until he got down on one knee and asked,

"katymay, will you marry me?"

yes. yes. yes. a million times yes. (with a few tears in between)
it was simple - but so perfect.
everything about it was perfect.

we didn't get pictures up at the temple - so we reenacted it for you.
basically the same thing right?




(thank you bob and debbie!)

we are still finalizing the date... so stay posted!
i can't even tell you how excited i am... my cheeks are sore because i haven't been able to stop smiling since sunday!

thank you for your kind words of support... we are grateful to have all of you in our lives :)



stay posted for:

wedding thoughts and ideas
up close with the bling bling
and the finishing of my triathlon... because i know you've been dying to see those muscles ;)