Spoiled

Before Jason and I got married, we looked at a lot of different rings.  We found one we liked and even drove an hour one morning to meet a vendor to buy it, only to have the vendor not be able to make it.  After a few misses like that and a few months going by without buying a ring and getting engaged, I guess you could say I was over the ring and just ready to get married.   I started looked at other rings that were more readily available.  :)  What I didn't know, was that Jason had bought the diamond for the setting already.  

He proposed Christmas morning with a diamond solitaire and said we could pick out the setting to put it in.  I loved the simple beauty of the solitaire and I'm super sentimental ( and practical) I was happy with the ring as it was.

A couple of times over the years, Jason has asked if I wanted a new ring.  I have just always felt like there were so many other things to spend the money on and I didn't need anything else.  For Christmas this year, Jason told me he was buying me the setting for my diamond and wanted to make sure I still wanted the same one.  He said he had wanted to for a long time. I loved that he really wanted to, so I didn't argue.  I thought it was sweet, especially since we got engaged on Christmas.  

 

 As we were looking up the old setting online, I saw a few other rings that I liked too.  We found a store that carried the brand, but Jason said I better come see it in real life to make sure it was the one I still wanted.  The store didn't have the setting in stock and we ended up just like before, looking in several jewelery stores.  It was kind of fun!  I felt like a young couple looking at rings before getting engaged!  While shopping, I realized my taste had changed and I kept being drawn to a different style.  We finally picked one out that was very differnt than the setting I had liked before, but it had to be special ordered and re sized to fit my diamond.  We wouldn't have it for several weeks.

 

The ring came in about a week before our 6th anniversary!  He asked me to marry him again and I couldn't have been happier to say yes!

I'm getting used to having a much bigger ring on my finger and feel so loved whenever the sparkle catches my eye.

The next weekend, my mom came to watch our kids so we could enjoy a weekend away.   We went skiing in Park City.

It was a beautiful day!!

Jason took a work call at the top on one of the runs. I thought he was cute, so I took a picture. :)

When we were all tired out, we checked into our hotel at the Zermot in Midway.  We loved it! It was a really cool hotel!

Lobby...

It had a heated indoor/outdoor pool.

You can see the hot tub with the water fall in the back and just before that there is a channel where you can swim to the outdoor pool.

They had a great gym and an awesome steam room and sauna!  I forgot how good it feels to be warm! I didn't realize how much I miss that!  We loved our time there and will definitely go back again. 

 

As we were going to dinner that night, we got a call from my mom saying our basement was flooding, followed by these pictures from the kids and my mom!

They had used every beach towel we own and a shop vac to try to soak the water up.

We turned around and started heading towards home, while we made some calls about the basement.  We talked to a contractor who could be there first thing in the morning to see what had been caused the water to come in.  It looked like it was coming in one of the windows.  It was the first day that temperatures had reached above freezing in several months and we had some snow melt.

 

  Jessica sent me this picture and a text that said, "He mom just letting you know that almost all of the water is dry and I advise that you guys stay there.  Everything is handled and all we've got are some wet towels.".  I love her.

We knew it wouldn't flood any more during the night because it was too cold and after talking to my mom again, we decided there really wasn't anything we could do that night anyway and that we should stay.  Besides, I can't think of anyone more capable of handling the situation than my mom.  

 

The contractor came in morning and fixed the window well.  Luckily the basement is unfinished and nothing was damaged and we got to stay and enjoy the rest of our weekend.  Sorry mom!  

We shopped around Park City and had lunch downtown. 

It was so nice to have uninterrupted time together!  I updated my facebook status the next day with this:

I'm feeling so very blessed to be married to my best friend. He loves me when I'm hard to love and gives me the security I need to put away my pride and be able to honestly look at myself see where I need to be better. He always tells me that he loves me exactly how I am, but it just makes me want to be better for him. I can't imagine a better partner or friend than he is. He is the happily in my ever after and I couldn't imagine a more charming prince! I love you Jason Rickards! Happy Anniversary!

 

I feel so lucky in love and know that it isn't every day that you find a love like ours.  We aren't prefect, but we never stop trying and I think that's what makes us work so well.

 

On our way home, we stopped at a car dealership just to look around. My car had started to have a few problems and Jason decided it was just time to get me a new one. I ended up driving home a new Acadia!  It is the Denali edition and has all of the fun details!  I feel so spoiled!!