Christmas break including becoming engaged

After finals Brian and I went home for Christmas break. But Brian had to go all the way back to Tennessee. Thank goodness I had bought a plane ticket to go visit him for a few days around New Years. But we still had a week and a half that we had to be apart. We did talk on the phone every day, and once I even lost my car in the mall parking lot because I was talking to Brian the whole time Nathan and I were there. I finally got off the phone and had to ask Nathan (who was 8) where the heck we were parked. Nathan and I did eventually find the car, but its not fun to look for it on a December night in Utah.

Then there was Christmas which I don't remember any specifics except I got my digital camera which has gotten tons of use since then, and Heather and I got a sweatshirt from our colleges. Aren't we cute.I also have to show you how amazing my sister Heather is. Every year she gets a lego set for Christmas, usually a star wars one and she makes the ship or whatever on Christmas afternoon. She is so talented at them, she even did one with only 1/2 the instruction manual. (The middle 1/2 was missing). Here is the fruit of her labor this year.Well after Christmas break I flew to Tennessee. Brian and his mom met me at the airport and shortly after we got back to their house Brian said he wanted to go on a walk at a nearby park. We started on the walk and Brian said he had a Christmas present for me. I mentioned that we were going to exchange Christmas presents later, partly because I had not brought mine along for him. He said that he wanted to give it to me now. I didn't expect a ring because we had talked about going to a jewelery store together later. So he pulls out a ring box and I start to get excited and he opens it and hands me a nice CTR ring. I was kind of annoyed because I was excited for a minute expecting to see an engagement ring in there and because it was too small for my finger. He had bought it based off of my roommate's finger size. We could were the same clothes but her fingers are more slender than mine. But I managed to cram in on my finger and we continued on our walk.

A few minutes later Brian got down on one knee and held up an engagement ring and asked me to marry him. I of course said yes and he put the ring on. (This ring did fit because he had been smart enough to get my finger sized right after finals while we were still in Utah, but after he had bought the CTR right). Then we continued on our walk laughing and pretty much just giddy.

While I was in Tennesse I had to meet all of Brian's family. It was like a wirlwind of meetings. Before this I had met his brother Jeremy and his sister Jesse. But I then got to meet Sarah and Mackenzie and his step-father Bob. Brian then took me up to his dad's house where I met his dad Allen, his wife Tina and their daughters Gracie and Lizzy.
I also got to meet some of Brian's friends. We went over to their apartment for New Years Eve and hung out. I was first introduced to Brian's favorite pasttime of Dungeons and Dragons, he even gave me a starter kit for Christmas. (Notice how I never knew of the Dungeons and Dragons until there was a ring on my finger). Brian played Dance Dance Revolution with Jesse.
Jeremy got me good with some silly string, it took me forever to wash the stuff out. On New Years Day I got to meet Brian's extended family on his mom's side. They always get together and have a lunch with mostly foods they like to eat, but they all have a little black eyed peas, collard greens, and hog jaw. Supposably eating those will bring health and money for the coming year.

We then flew back to Utah to begin another semester but now we were engaged.