My life in pictures...

Since I haven't had

(or made)

much time for blogging

recently,

AND because I don't have much

time this morning to

write...

I've decided to let pictures

and a short comments underneath,

bring you all up-to-date!

I truly have missed blogging...

hopefully I'll be posting again soon...

but,

who knows?!

Hope you enjoy this time of

catching up!

To start off...

the lovely flowers sent to me

not too long ago from my

amazing fiance.

They have been hang-drying for a little while now...

My family celebrated our strong

Irish heritage the whole

week before

St. Patrick's day.

We made shamrock breadsticks!!!

Some of the shamrocks were

sprinkled with cinnamon and

green-food-colored sugar!

Major YUM!

My Mom being funny!

Daddy seemed to like her

headpiece!

:-)

My dear friend,

Hannah,

visited with me for three days

that week.

What a loverly time!

In this picture, we're all

"dolled up" for my

bridal shower.

(Which happened to fall on

St. Patrick's Day!!!)

I love this dear friend

SO much!

We met at a birthday party in our

early teens and have become

best friends since then.

Natalie followed us

around with a

camera,

taking pictures as we

enjoyed the

beautiful weather.

I like this one...

We look so sweet and

innocent...

Oh, wait!

There we are!

This one is my

favorite.

Then, of course,

I had to steal the

camera and get a few

shots of the loverly

Hannah!

Thank you for a

wonderful three days of

laughter, long talks, goofing off,

taking walks, watching movies,

eating amazing food, playing music together,

singing, Bible-talk, playing with makeup and hair,

and just being a wonderful friend!

Love you, Hannah!

At my bridal shower!

A wonderful lady from my church,

who I play on worship team with

(and who has become a wonderful friend),

hosted this party.

With my Mom and oldest three

sisters.

Some of the ladies!

Thank you all for coming!

And thank you, Linda, for all the

work and love you put into that day!

Later that day, Andrew arrived for his

Spring Break visit!

We hadn't seen each other for

two months and it was

SO good to be able to

be together for a

week.

Gazing into each other's eyes...

I've noticed that we do that

a lot when we're

together...

Maybe its because we only get to do it

every couple of months.

:-P

Yeah, we goof off too...

He makes me laugh so much...

And he knows how to

really smile.

His eyes practically disappear his

grin is so big and

genuine.

I love that.

:-)

Unique lighting...

the sun was setting.

*sigh*

*smile*

It's so nice holding hands.

We chose not to do that

until after

engagement.

Andrew, I love holding your big,

strong hands.

They make me feel safe and loved.

Hehe... Natalie told us to

look serious.

:-P

"Okay, less serious!"

:-)

This one was fun to

figure out.

:-)

I really like it.

Our good close-up!

We walked down to where

Andrew proposed back in

November.

He asked the same question,

"Rachel, will you marry me?"

I answered the same way as before,

"Absolutely!"

Lastly, this picture is my

VERY favorite...

it captures so much about us.

How God brought a guy in a

cowboy hat and a

gal in sparkly flip-flops

together.

How God gave love to a guy who would

rather be hunting or fishing and a

gal who would rather be

sipping coffee or reading a book

(or both).

Opposites definitely attract.

And I'm so thankful for all

God has been doing in

both of our lives!

52 days to go!

WOW!

Thanks to everyone who

read all the way to the

bottom of this

post!

May God bless you all!

Hopefully I'll be back soon.

:-)