So I’ve been terrible about blogging lately, but things have just been so busy. I promise there is a good reason behind it all. You can all just take a guess…okay…I’ll just tell you…

I’M ENGAGED!!!

Yes it’s true. Justin and I are engaged and we’re planning a wedding. We’re getting married on:

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Guess what that means…only 100 days till I am “Mrs. Cheney”

We are beyond excited! There’s so many things to look forward to in marriage and we can’t wait to see God’s hand at work in our lives together.

So many people ask “Why so soon?” Well here’s exactly why. As most of you know, Justin was in the sheriff academy up until August this last summer. Well, he’s all graduated and now a Deputy Sheriff. Let me tell you, he is one HOT COP! This coming June he starts FTO which is training on the streets and that lasts about 5-6 months. The academy is a cake walk compared to FTO, so there is no chance of getting married or even planning a wedding during that time like we were hoping. We had been talking about getting married around May or June, but when we heard when he would start FTO, we had to try and figure out what we wanted to do to work around his training schedule. Well, our two options were to either get married in 4 months, which would give us a few months to settle down, and get a place together, and adjust to married life before he starts training. OR…our other option was to wait about a year and a half. We definitely did not like that idea at all. At this point, we are so anxious to be married, we couldn’t imagine waiting another year and a half, and having to go through FTO and not see each other with his crazy schedule.

So I have some catching up to do on posting sessions and weddings, but I’ll also be posting all about the wedding and preparations. I’m already having so much fun planning, and my friends and family have been wonderful and so much help. I can’t thank you all enough.

If anyone has ANY wedding advice, planning tips, etc. PLEASE feel free to leave a comment. I’ve never planned a wedding before so it’s all new to me.

Here are some pictures of the ring, because I know everyone always wants to see it…Justin did an AMAZING job! I love everything about it. I find myself staring at it as I’m driving and my hand is on the steering wheel. It’s got some POP to it! BUT…the pictures don’t do it justice.

I had NO idea Justin was about to propose…he was supposed to be going to a mens retreat with our church over the weekend. I went to go have dinner with my friend Danielle, and the whole night I was so sad that Justin was going to be gone all weekend, and the next week I would be gone in San Diego for 6 days. Needless to say, I wasn’t my cheeriest at dinner, and was a little mopey. I’m sure Danielle thought I was ridiculous and was probably saying in her head “Keary, stop complaining..you’ll be engaged in like 2 hours”. Well we sat through dinner and decided to go back to her house to play Wii and card games with her ever so amazing family that I adore. So we drive back to her house and as we’re walking up the front porch steps I stop and say “URGHHH Danielle, I forgot to go to Target to buy the 4th season of Grey’s Anatomy…now I don’t have anything to do this weekend” Well she kept insisting “everything will be okay” But of course I didn’t believe her. So me and my bad attitude (that I didn’t show) walked inside the house. Her brother Kyle was sitting at the kitchen table, all by himself, on a Friday night, doing homework. I though to myself “poor guy…that sucks”. Danielle asked Kyle where her mom and dad were and he said “outside” Soooo….we walked though the kitchen and to the backyard sliding glass door. At this point I started to get excited to see her parents, so I felt like the night wold end better. I noticed all the lights were off outside, so in my mind I was trying to figure out where her parents were. I assumed they were over on the other side of the house. Danielle opened the door, and flipped the switch…I froze in my footsteps. Christmas lights lit up all over the place, chinese lanterns lit up (which I had kept saying the last few months that I wanted those at my wedding someday), and there were roses everywhere, floating candles in the pool, and music started playing…And there was Justin…on one knee…holding a little black box with a ring in it. Everything happened so fast. I didn’t even see it coming. I swore I would because I’m always so aware of whats going on. Justin tells me I should be an investigator because he can’t hide anything from me. To make a REALLY LONG story short…I said “YES” And of course there were a million other little details that made everything perfect and how he already had engagement parties planned for us, and the whole weekend to celebrate. It was the BEST DAY of my life…but soon, FEB 6th will be the best day of my life.

I can’t wait to marry you Justin Patrick Cheney!

Here’s the rest of their session…

Isn’t she the most precious little baby? Oh, I just love her. She is so cute and has so much hair! I had to snap some quick pictures of her while Allie was over. Dylan wanted his pictures taken too. The lovely Arnoldi’s.