Summer is halfway gone!

WOw it has been so hot here for the entire last week. We have been under a heat advisory almost every day, which means the kiddos and I are inside! We have been going a little stir crazy so this week we got out of the house and visited my mom. Steve is still working Sonic installs on the weekend, It is really interfereing with our weekends! We are heading to St Louis next weekend for my best friends family baby shower. Our friends Angie and Dustin are expecting a baby in October, Steve is going to entertain Dustin while us girls attend the shower.

My big semester long project is due tomorrow, after that I will be pretty home free with my summer classes. I will be glad when I am done so Steve and I can enjoy a few summer evenings before fall classes start. We have our irons in several pots at the moment and if a few of them pan out we will be sure and share them. We dont want to share to early and jinx ourselves.

Hope everyone is doing well! Be looking for emails soon for your addresses. I will be starting our address list soon!

The Wheels on the bus go round and round!!

Wow, I can not believe that we are halfway through July already! The last few weeks have been a complete and total blur for us. Of course we have started doing some wedding planning. We have picked out the date, drum roll please! The date for the wedding will be MAY 21st, 2011 at 5pm in Springfiled, MO. I got my dress this week, I was not planning on getting one this soon, but I found the most beautiful dress and decided to get it. We have a wedding website but I have to wait a few more days to share it. Steve is being a procrastinator on asking his groomsmen. As soon as he does I will share the site with everyone. I will tell everyone that the reception will be held at a hotel here in Springfield. THe hotel is THe Lamplighter Inn on North Glenstone. Here is a link to their webpage.

http://www.lamplighternorth.com/index.html

They have a block of rooms reserved for our out of town guests. They have a special rate for us so you just have to mention the Adkins/Meier wedding. They offer the special price three days before and three days after the wedding. If you need more information just email me.

Other than wedding planning we have been pretty boring. Steve is still working a ton of hours while they finish up the Sonics. School is keeping me busy, but I will be done in a few weeks. I have never been so glad for a summer semester to end!

Our best friends Dustin and Angie are expecting their first Child in October and I am hosting a baby shower for them this weekend. In the next month we have 3 baby showers to go to. We are also making a trip to St Louis and hoping to make it to Topeka sometime in August. The rest of the summer is going to fly by, but I am hoping the next 10 months fly by! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

She said YES!!!!

I am sure that everyone has heard by now but on 4th of July Steve and I became engaged! We are very excited and I was beyond suprised! I had no clue at all that he was planning on proposing anytime soon much less today. I thought maybe I would write a little blog to share with everyone who was not there how he proposed.

Every 4th of July we go to my parents house for a huge BBQ and to watch the fireworks. Almost my entire family comes to this BBQ, my parents, siblings, niece, nephew, my cousin Ronda and her entire family were there as well as my best friend and her husband and about 15 of our other friends and their friends. We always have a huge meal and my mom and I run around like crazy getting everything together so I had not seen steve for 2 minutes the whole time. As we are getting ready to eat my mom called us all in to a huge circle so that we can say the blessing for the meal. I like to get pictures of everyone circled up so we will know who all was there.

Well this year as I was taking pictures Steve came over and took my hand and asked me to do something really quick. It was somewhat loud and pretty chaotic as this moment so I was not sure what he said. As he led me into the middle of the circle I did not know what to think, then I saw Steve get down on one knee. He held out this beautiful ring and had the most amazing smile on his face. I could hear people screaming in the background but I could not get focused on what was going on. I vaquely remember asking him what he was doing and he responed "what does it look like I am doing" He finally had to ask me to say something! I was speechless, that is a first time in my life I have been speechless. Well needless to say I said yes!!

Not one single member of either of our families or our friends knew anything about him buying the ring or proposing. He had managed to keep it a complete secret for over a month from everyone. He did tell Rick who he works with and Rick had kept the ring at his house until last night. Steve went to watch the UFC fight with Rick and his son and he picked up the ring then. I truely love the fact that no one knew. I love my ring it is beautiful. I am so ready to marry the man of my dreams and spend the rest of our lives together.

Thanks for all the congratulations and well wishes! We are very excited.