We Just got back from an incredible week in Cabo San Lucas! Talk about doing nothing but nothing! I don't know when the last time was i did so much nothing! It was great! We stayed right on the beach in someplace by Melia, and everyday went outside in the morning and layed on these little beds, and looked at the ocean and bathed in the sun! This is a small portion of our view....and picture below is where we stayed. It was really nice. We spent some time on wave runners, kayaks, (me once, eric twice cause I was chicken) Eric did some snorkeling while I got a massage. We ate a lot of overly priced, tiny portioned, not the greatest mexican food compared to here.....but found a few awesome plates as well. We were asked a billion times each hour if we wanted to buy something...(whatever it was they were selling....)....as you can see by all those people in white.....I can't believe how many times they walked up and down that beach.
Anyway.......Now we are getting to the greatest part of the entire trip! So, I don't know how many people know how Eric and I met. Well, we were set up on a blind date by Briauna and Cameron. When talking about it, neither one of us really wanted to go. Another long distance thing....plus the whole Blind date angle. Reluctantly, we both agreed, and finally met late one night in Mesa. Eric picked me up and we went and ate (shared the food even) wings and salad. We chatted for hours (well, he did...) jk. He was rather chatty in a good way. It was comfortable and easy and we laughed A LOT! It was kind of down hill from that point. We spent a lot of weekends together, and had lots of fun. We went up mount lemon, and I took him to a Rascal Flatts concert (front row)....and to that point he still had not kissed me :)Well, we have been dating for over a year.......and while we were in Cabo he got sneaky. We planned on going on a dinner cruise one night. I asked him to set it up, make the reservation, etc. He did. He was out talking to the concierge lady a LONG time. And when he came back, it was ready to go for that night. Nothing strange. So we went and that was amazing. (I"ll post pics later) There was an awesome live rock band on the top deck, the food was the best I've had...and the entertainment was......entertaining. It was a great night. We only had one more full day left in Cabo.
So the next day, I spent on the beach after a massage and Eric went snorkeling and stuff. We didn't really know what to do for dinner, so after cleaning up, we just went for a walk. Or,,,,what I thought was going to be just a walk. I figured it was the last night, and whatever was fine. Eric was acting perfectly normal. We took off walking in a different direction than most the food places, but I didn't think too much of it. He had mentioned getting ice cream earlier, so I thought we were just getting ice-cream. We kept walking, and occasionally I would ask, "where are we goin." He would just say, "for a walk." and that was fine for me. I was walking slow however, cause I was tired and my feet hurt.
As we got past a majority of the resorts into a small local beach area before the next resort, he started to push me up the beach area a little. I still was looking down at the sand, completely oblivious to my surroundings. Finally, after a few more urges up the sand, I looked up and saw this:
I kept saying, "what are you doing?", completely believing we were about to walk through somebody's perfectly romantic little picnic. He somewhat motioned to it, and again I asked "what are you doing?" Finally he said, "this is for us." AND I WAS SHOCKED! Instantly my heart started pounding out of my chest, and I was screaming inside to myself, "THIS IS IT! THIS IS IT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
So we sat down after taking some pictures of it.....and he told me the story of how he had conspired with one of the girls who works at our resort to help him out on her day off. She put it all together and IT WAS PERFECT! She (Elena) was an angel. She told us she put all her love into it and was so excited to be a part of his surprise!
With the planning on his part, the only thing he couldn't do was get me to "not" snack prior to our little adventure. So by this time, I am not that hungry. But we snacked and tried a little of everything and drank our soda's in our wine glasses...and just chatted. At this point time has gone by, and I am thinking the surprise is the romantic picnic, at sunset, and nothing more. And I was quite content with all his effort and energy he put into it...and how amazing it was.
I got up to run to a resort for the restroom. When I got back, we ate some more. In looking back, Eric was a little fidgety. He was sitting, then standing, then sitting, then standing. Then out of no-where he is standing and says "I also got you this." and handed me a poem. I read it in the little light we had, but it of course brought tears to my eyes. I still just thought it was a nice touch to a special night.
Then: Eric pulls my hand upward, to stand me up, and I did. But....as I was standing, my hand ran down his arm and into his hand.....where I felt the little white box. My eyes had to be the size of quarters and I started to freak out (in the best way possible) as I was freaking out, starting to cry, Eric was kneeling on one knee and asking me to marry him!!!!!!!
Seriously! Of course you see this set up and you suspect....but he really had me believing it was not gonna happen with all the non-chalantness....then BAM! he truly surprised me. My heart was crazy, I really did cry......and It was absolutely perfect!
Unfortunately, he had to talk over my freak out cause I felt the box too soon.........but it worked out perfectly for me anyway. I said Yes!!!!! and that's about all we know for now.
Here is a picture of the MOST AMAZING RING EVER! and he picked it out all by himself! What can I say.....the man has great taste!
One night, another nephew joined us and we ventured to the Imax to watch The Polar Express "with glasses on"-as Zoe told her parents. I think the some of the animation got me for squirmy in my seat than any kid there. 
Bringing my dogs is always a hit. But these two had more fun playing and locking and in and out....with this cage than anything. 
Cimmeron (my nephew) has turned into quite the trombon-ist. I went to Sierra Vista for his winter band concert. I was quite impressed. He participated in the Jazz Band, regular concert band, and even a low-brass quartet which had to practice on their own time in order ro perform. He is such a good boy. I canNOT believe he will be in high school next year. I'm so proud of him. (the little guy is Kameron, another nephew.)
Here is most of Cimm's personal crowd. His mom, CJ, Kameron, Marnie, Kaulin, Tom, Eric and Ali. 
