Wedding Wednesday: The Proposal

Yay for my first Wedding Wednesday post! I do not want this whole blog to go wedding crazy (We have these girls for that!) but I look forward to doing a little wedding check up on Wednesdays for the next ten months or so! So, let's get to it, 

The Proposal:April 18, 2014

Originally, I had thought I was supposed to baby-sit on Friday, but when I had not heard anything pin Wednesday, I figured that was not happening. So when Tyler asked me to go to The Dish for dinner (with a gift card he had been "given" from a Wyldlife family- nothing out of the ordinary for Morton Wyldlife) on Wednesday I happily obliged and wrote "Date Night" all nice and neat in my planner for Friday night.

Friday rolled around like any other day. I babysat the Wilmhoff girls in the morning, did Mary Todd soccer ministry that afternoon, and then got ready for a date night of The Dish, taking pictures with our fancy cameras at The Arboretum, and then Graeters, of course. Dinner was great- nothing was abnormal. Except for the fact that Tyler was wearing a blazer, I thought that was a little strange- I actually begged him to take it off because I thought he was over dressed- little did I know a little shiny diamond ring was hidden in that blazer pocket. 

We got to the arboretum, and began taking pictures. First, there was yoga going on in a random garden in front of a fountain. Tyler got extremely confused and upset and I begged him to be quiet because they could hear him! Turns out that is the spot where the video camera was set up..so womp there's no video! We walked around aimlessly- until my camera died and we walked all the way back to the car to get his fully charged DSLR. On the way there, I asked when our friend's Shelby and Graham (who had gotten engaged 2 weeks prior) were getting married, and then complained about how she had so much more time to plan. Tyler got annoyed and said something to the effect of "stop pressuring me". Way to go Tyler, any thought I had of a proposal was gone! We had planned to get engaged in the fall.

We then continue to walk aimlessly around the arboretum. I got sick of Tyler taking my pictures (I even referred to him as a creepy dad for directing my pictures so loudly when people were around!). Little did I know he was trying to find out where our photog friend was staked out at this point!

Finally, I say I am done getting my pictures made! What the heck would I do with 10000 pictures of myself? Tyler then insists on getting his picture taken by me- very strange. I though what the heck are you going to do with all of these pictures!? But with Tyler- you learn to expect the unexpected and roll with his crazy plans.

After I take about three pictures of Tyler, all of the sudden he is down on his knee proposing. I honestly thought he fell. It was such a blur- I honestly am still not 100% sure of one word he said. Thankfully, he wrote it down :) The ring is beautiful and everything I ever dreamed of having! Seriously, I cannot stop staring at it! Right after, about twenty five of our closest friends all gathered at my Bible study leader's house for a little "surprise" engagement party! It was basically the best night ever! I am so thankful for our friends who consistently love us so well! The whole night was insanely perfect!!

Our photographer friend Elizabeth (Elizabeth Meriwether Photography) captured the whole thing. They seriously are so great and I still cannot stop looking at them! I am so thankful to have these perfect pictures of that sweet moment and the hours after :) 

Honestly, we are still on cloud nine and enjoying being engaged! It is so fun to talk about things when they are actually going to be REAL! I am excited to do Wedding Wednesday posts (and get back to blogging in general) but most of all I am excited to be Tyler's wife in just a little over ten months!

Happy Wednesday friends!! Yay!

I'm Back!

Hey friends! I am over the moon excited to be back into the swing of blogging! I never thought my break would last more than three months but, boy, am I glad it did! These months brought excellence in school, intentional time with friends, less time on social media, and more time with Jesus- all of which suffered due to my blogging. I am back and hoping to find more balance in my life! I'll be blogging basically about the same things- life, fashion, photography, etc...but with one little thing added into the mix...

WEDDING PLANNING!

Yes, that's right...as of Friday April 18th, I am ENGAGED! I am so excited to share that story tomorrow and get started with my first Wedding Wednesday this week!

Eeeee! With one week left of undergrad classes, less than eight months until graduation, and a wedding to plan, life is so happy & so fun and I cannot wait to write all about it and have all y'all along for the ride!

Playing Catch-Up

Oh, how I have missed writing. A lot of super great things have happened since Janaury 24th, though. Let me fill you in on a few. 

 I have become a gym person. I love working out, I really do! I made a decision to join the YMCA (it's only $15/month, score!) and it has been the best decision! I have gotten a routine with cardio + weights and I am already seeing results from going about four days a week. Hooray! 

 I started my practicum in a first grade classroom. I could fill books with how much I am loving it. The students are hilarious and I am smiling all day. The alarm clock is early, but I am so blessed to know without a doubt I have found my calling doing something I absolutely love. 

 I got two summer jobs and have found myself having to choose! Praise God! 

We got three all star new leaders on our Wydlife team. We are in the middle of a transition phase but God has been so faithful to us! 

 There are probably more, but that about catches y'all up on my life! I am excited to get back into the swing of things, even thought that "swing" is going to look very, very different! Hooray! 

 

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Oh, Happy Day!

I'm baaaack- told y'all I was not done! Blogging has been such a great hobby for me over the past few years. Getting to sit down and just write- that's my happy place. That's my, well, Cup of T.

I am real excited to write again. I have had so much fun putting this little site together and I am obsessed with its simplicity. I am real excited to be intentional with this site, using it as a ministry and a journal and photo album....and

the future for "Cup of T". Well, y'all know about another T besides me who is super close to my heart- he's a part of those future plans. The "plans" may include a "sister" site- one that focuses on showcasing the photos of people we love. (!!!!) One day, we even hope to have a "brother" site (ha, I may have made that term up!)- that includes a little place for us to showcase some of our ... "creations". Basically, we are just all in on this little idea, and whatever it morphs in to be! We have dreamed about it, thought hard about waiting to do this blog until the "sister" site was ready- but in the end I just could not stay away. This site, much like Anchored, will be my lifestyle blog indefinitely, hopefully for a long while, just with less focus on what I think others want, and just more focus on life, love, Jesus, and whatever my heart feels called to write about or my eyes feel drawn to that day. The beauty of a new space though, is that if a photog thing really comes to fruition, we will be able to all be under the same name "Cup of T".

So, Cup of T? I am obsessed with it. It fits me (us) so perfectly. First, of all my name starts with T, so there's that. Secondly, I am known to always have have a drink with me, it's like my thing. Thirdly, I am obsessed with cups. Like, my cup cabinet is overflowing with Anthro beauties, Tervis Tumblers, vacation finds, and tons of others. Lastly, I am really passionate about what I am passionate about- if that makes sense, and I am passionate about sharing it! So, what better way to share my "cup of t" than over a cup of anything. Okay, I might be babbling.

Y'all. I am really excited to be back to blogging! I have missed it so!