It's no April Fools

Yes! Its official... 89 days till I'm a Mrs. Rawlings!

So heres how it happened: He convinced me on April Fools that we needed to stop in Rockwall on our way home from Austin to meet up with some of his football friends. I thought it was weird that he would want me to meet his football friends after driving 4 hours on a Sunday, but he insisted so I agreed. On the drive we got stuck in TERRIBLE traffic. Probably the worst traffic I have ever been in. I mean we literally sat still for HOURS!! We thought about driving over the grass to get off the freeway but in my little Kia Rio that was not happnin. So we put in some CD's and jammed out for a little. I think we have this song memorized now:

It's kind of our favorite song. We're thinking about making it our first dance.

just kidding!!!!!!!!!

Anyways after we listened to that song twenty thousand times we turned off the radio and just talked. Tyler was getting really anxious. I tried to make him feel better saying it was just traffic and soon we would be moving again. Nothing really worked. He just wanted to get to Rockwall asap. I remember thinking he must have really wanted to meet his friends there. Oh how little did I know! 

When we got to Rockwall it was such a relief to get out of the car and walk around. He made up some lame excuse I totally fell for as to why all his friends were running late so we should just go take a walk down by the water. I am way too gullible! I should have known! Anyways, we found a nice spot to sit down in front of the water. We talked a little. He told me how my mom was pestering him to find out if he had a ring yet, and when he was going to propose. Then he said, "What if I did have the ring?" Next thing I knew he was down on one knee holding the most beautiful ring asking me if I would marry him! And it was no April Fools joke! 

On the drive home we called our families and friends to share with them the big news. It was such a fun car ride. Full of  plenty, 'AHHH I'M ENGAGED!!', and 'NO IT'S NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE!!' 

Well since that day life couldn't be better! I found my dress and my venue! Also we chose July 20th to get married in the San Anotnio Temple.

Counting down the days and I can't wait to spend forever with this handsome guy!

Motion

I chose to capture motion in these images. I wanted to show the world in a different perspective then is normally photographed. 

"Glass"

 "His Hand"

 "No Fun"

Have a fabulous weekend, and keep reading for exciting news to come in the next post (chances are you already know but for the slim chance that someone reads this other then my friends and family keep reading).

Spring Break

So as you have probably noticed already photos are kinda my thing. There is not a day that goes by that I don't take at least one snapshot. Therefore, this last week over Spring Break when I had all the time in the world I took about a million photos. By a million I mean I filled up my six memory cards multiple times! 

This is my lovely college town of Commerce before Ty and I left for our Spring Break adventures.

 This is how the lovely college students spend their time... It might be best if you don't ask what is going on here.

I was stuck inside ALL day for classes when it was so beautiful outside. I took a break in one of my 3  3-hour classes to wander around outside and take this photo.

Let the road trip begin...

Instead of explaining every detail of the trip I will let you look at the pictures :] They usually do a better job of explaining things then I do anyways.

The rest of my depth of field assignment...

Hope everyone has gotten back in to the swing of non-spring-break! 

Happy Day :]

Aperture and a Little Fun

So my latest photo assignment was to experiment with aperature. In this shoot I focused on Tyler (the subject) and tried to blur out the background with a long lens and open aperture.

Then Tyler and I decided to have some fun and take some photographs together :]

Then we wished on Dandy Lions <3

I hope everyone has a very happy Monday. 5 Days until Spring Break!!