engaged to a belgian...

So folks, yes. I am engaged!!!!!! But not to a belgian. I am engaged to Daniel Eugene Burk, and we are getting hitched on November 25 in the San Diego Temple! yay!!

So yes.. I guess inquiring minds want to know how he proposed.... on august 28th, he told me we were going to go hiking, and to pack a picnic dinner. I made dinner, and he came and got me and we were off... we went up to Pleasant Grove, where we hiked the Battle Creek Falls. It was a beautiful but steep hike.... we were having a grand old time, and I had no idea that he was going to pop the "question" that night. 

So we got past the main fall, and were in this beautiful field looking up unto Mount Timp, which we had previously hiked this summer... and as we looked up at the mountains we decided to take some pictures. We took some pictures, talked, laughed, and then he decided he wanted to take pictures with his camera. He got his camera out, we took some more pictures, and then as he knelt down to put his camera back into his backpack, all of a sudden he was kneeling with his hand outstretched with this beautiful ring... and then he asked me to marry him.

I did what any girl would do. I laughed.... 

And then of course I said yes, and laughed some more, and then started crying :)

It was such a beautiful moment, and even more awesome that we were alone in nature.. where we really did fall in love to begin with.  We never did eat our picnic dinner- we were too excited and had to get down the mountain to call and tell everyone...

so wedding plans are on their way..... we are getting married!!!!!! huzzah!!!

Fel and Sa

This post I would like to dedicate to my wonderful friend and former roomate.. Melissa. She is also known as "sa"

Yes this whole summer we became known as the "mel forces" because we are both always called mel... in fact, we realized that most of our friends never call us by our full names... and our initials are both "M.M" which also caused confusion in the fridge. 

Luckily, we found a solution to that. I resorted to my high school nickname "fel" an abriviation of "felony melanie" and Melissa we turned into "sa." It was hysterical actually writing "fel" on my food in the fridge. Melissa has moved now... but all of my food still says fel. It makes me miss her less.

But thanks to Melissa-

I had a great movie goer to see awful movies such as the Hidden Kingdom. We laughed the whole way through and annoyed all those around us. hehe.

I became more grateful... we made a grateful wall with things such as "love sac, wikapedia, Nutella, and Batman... or just chrisitan bale."

I ate amazing italian food. yum. And became jealous of her fluent italian. 

I learned to love nutella more deeply and eat it with italian cookies... perfeito!

I learned to laugh hysterically at nuns and their antics...

I always had someone to council with over my latest idea or craziness.

I got to live through her 500 summer vacations (new york, colorado, arizona, colorado, new york....you know..)

I got to hear hilarious stories of work experiences.

Really... the summer went by way too fast. It was a great time.... thanks "sa" for it all! love you!

The Absolute Best Thing About Summer...

biking with him...

swimming with him...

hiking with him...

sporting events with him...

The best thing of all about summer?

Daniel Burk. 

And yes. I know this is the cheasiest post. hehehe. 

Things I love about Summers in Provo

Frozen Yogurt

Camping in Zions or Strawberry... amazing

Hiking Timp... in the middle of the night

A pass to 7 peaks

going multiple times to 7 peaks in one week

spa hopping

riding my bike up the canyon- beautiful!!!

having roomates to come get me when I have a flat tire while biking up the canyon

summer storms with lightning

indian palace- the best indian food ever!!

late night walks

car trips

time to read books!

sunflowers and wildflowers

yes. i love summer. one month left to enjoy it!!!

10 Things I never have and wish I did because I always forget to buy them

wrapping paper

spices

vitamins

dryer sheets

envelopes

stamps

contact solution

409

batteries

glue stick

More Nature Fotos

My Photography class is over, but I still keep taking fotos :) As soon as I have 30 minutes I will post some fotos of Brasil... I need to sort through them still...

14 days later

Yes. After 2 full weeks of being lost, my suitcase was returned to me. That means it never made it to Brasil. Instead it was sent to Chicago, and then Charlston VA... pretty close to Brasil eh? I have now spent a great deals of hours with United Airlines employees in Brasil, San Diego, Salt Lake, and India (thats where the 1-800 number goes) So yay for red elephant suitcase coming back, I was pretty excited if you couldn't tell.

Besides this whole thing the Brasil trip really was fantastic. Absolutely wonderful. No words. Booyah!!! Stay tuned for other pictures from my fantabulous trip...