mark and i traveled back to virginia beach over columbus day to spend a nice, long, quiet weekend at home. no big plans, just spending time together, and enjoying being home.
mom told us john and the kids were coming over for lasagna saturday night. she spent the afternoon picking up, and putting things in the oven. i thought nothing of it.
a few minutes before john, justin, and kaitlyn were supposed to show, mom sets this out along with a massive amount of appetizers, and i knew something was up.
what followed was so sweet, so amazing, so touching. mom had arranged an impromptu little get together, to celebrate our engagement. nothing big, nothing extravagant. just a room full of people i love and was so happy to spend time with.
john, justin & kaityln, jake, david, sasha, sarah, soraia, kristen, katy & derek & mckenzie. mom & dad.
me & mark.
we spent the evening drinking wine, catching up, reminiscing, and looking forward to all that is about to come. what an amazing memory that we'll get to carry with us.
(sarah was my first girlfriend to get there... i was absolutely SHOCKED)
with any kind of heads up, i may have dressed a little nicer. but wouldn't have changed it for the world.
looking back now, i realize we got no real picture of mark and i. ha. oopsy!
<3
xoxo
