So now I have a blog of telling you how awesome my life is, how amazing my fiancé is, and how lucky I am :)
This weekend was so wonderful. This was literally the first time in my life that I have had a Valentine, and to have that Valentine be my fiancé was so much fun. I was so looking forward to this weekend with him.
Friday night I got home from work and there was a bouquet of flowers (gorgeous roses and lilies) with a card and a little jewelry box which held some beautiful earrings. I felt so spoiled. Matt is doing a good job of blinging me out. I had told him that I needed time after work to get some things ready so he wasn't at the apartment when I got home, just dropped the stuff off for me to find.He came over around 6:30 and I gave him his present, a little box with goldfish crackers (his favorite) and Ghirardelli chocolates (dark chocolate and caramel with sea salt [my favorite ;)]) and a card. Inside the card I had 5 cards, each with one word. "You", "Me", "Sunday", "9:00am" and then the last one had two stick figures hanging from parachutes. I was taking him skydiving! I found a groupon for two and that was the only time this weekend that we could go. It was so fun watching him read the cards one by one, and then get to that one and just gasp and smile huge and say, "Are you serious???" he was pretty nervous, I could tell, but he was also very excited.
Then we drove to Fountain Hills for dinner. We had 8:30 reservations, but he wanted to make a stop at 8. He drove me to the main park in Fountain Hills where they have this big pond with a fountain in the middle. It goes off every hour on the hour for about 15 minutes. We got there about ten minutes early and just walked around in the dark for a little bit. at 8:00 the fountain started and it was so beautiful, right as I was saying, "It's so HIGH!" It shot up and doubled in size. It was so majestic to watch, like watching fire or waves. We just sat there, holding each other and watching the fountain. Super romantic. I loved that you'd look around and there were all these couples having their own romantic night.
When the fountain stopped we went to this really nice Italian Restaurant Sapori D'italia, which was featured on Food Network's "Restaurant Impossible" they did good work because it was delicious and the ambiance was perfect. While at dinner we talked about why we loved each other so much, and about how we got to where we are. It was so romantic and perfect. Then we just came back to my apartment and watched a movie. It was such a great night and I just felt so lucky all night to be the girl sitting in my chair.
Saturday we caught an early movie, Monuments Men, walked around the mall for a while, went to dinner and then met up with some of our friends, Ben and Breann made cookies and chatted.
Sunday I picked Matt up at about 8 am to go skydiving. Here is the thing, I have been twice. The idea of me going doesn't freak me out at all. I wasn't in the least bit nervous about me jumping, but I was TERRIFIED about Matt going. I kept thinking of the worst possible scenarios, him dying, him being paralyzed and knowing forever that it was my idea. I even said to him a couple of times, "If you don't want to I can return it for a full refund" but he wanted to, so I sucked it up, but my gosh I was terrified.
We got to Skydive Phoenix and watched our little video, got suited up and went on our way. While we were ascending our instructors had GoPro's and would interview us throughout, anytime they'd ask Matt how he felt, he'd hesitate a bit and say, "I'm good!" but I knew he was preeeeettttty nervous. I wanted him to jump first so I could see him go, so he went ahead of me and just had the biggest smile on his face. He jumped and then I jumped. Being that it was my third time I was able to take a lot more in, I swear the first time is a total blur, the second time wasn't much different, but this time was AMAZING. The freefall was freezing but once he pulled the shoot I was giggling like a fool. The view was awesome and it was just so much fun. I looked over and saw Matt floating, it was such a relief to at least see that his shoot didn't malfunction. We were a little bit lower so we landed first, but I was glad because that meant I got to watch him jump and land. He came down and was just smiling from ear to ear. Landed safely (phew!) and came and gave me the biggest hug and kiss. Said it was the best Valentine's gift ever! I was pretty proud. I'm glad we went, but he is never allowed to do that again. I can't handle that kind of anxiety!
That evening we met some friends in the desert, had a fire and grilled some meat. Threw a ball and a Frisbee around and just hung out. It was the perfect end to our weekend.
I can say without doubt that this was the best Valentine's Day I have ever experienced, and am looking forward to improving on them each year. I love love, even if it is less funny ;)
My Valentine's Day Loot
The Earrings close up
Our skydiving prizes. We got video and pictures but they have to mail them to us.
Yes, the "happily ever after" doesn't have nearly the DRAMA as crazy dating. It settles into a lovely hum. There is less of the "good drama" too (first kiss, proposal, etc.), but it snuggles in to a warm, wonderful comfort. I'm glad you've made the most of single life! Bring on the marriage!!
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