Me & My Husband {Fifth Edition.Part 1}

Filling out the Questionnaire from this post.

Question 5:

Engagement/Bridal pictures: Let's see em! {I'm going to split this into two posts so that I can share even more pictures}

Race and I took our pictures in Flagstaff, AZ on July 3, 2010 exactly two months before our wedding. The weather was perfect, the lighting was gorgeous and I loved our locations. We took some pictures in downtown Flagstaff and then we headed out to Lake Marshall to take some more pictures. We brought along the cute tandem bike and loved having that as part of our engagement photos. Our photographer did a really good job of catching us being us and being totally in love. It was perfect! :]

{Photos done by Jessica Downey of Sierra Studios Photography}

Me & My Husband {Fourth Edition}

Continuing from this post

Question 4: The ring--Tell us about it! Did you pick it out? Did he? Pictures! Tell us about his ring too!

Race and I went ring shopping pretty early on in our relationship. {Someone saw us ring shopping and spread the word around the institute--that was a fun one to try and explain away. Haha.} I knew pretty much what style I wanted and we found it right away. It just happened to be on sale! The ring and the band were on sale for the price of just the ring. The sale ended before we were planning on getting engaged so I told Race that I was totally fine with just the ring. I had never really thought about getting a band and didn't care either way. I came to find out later that Race bought the ring and band while they were on sale and had been showing them off to his family for a while before he actually proposed to me! {Sidenote: We just recently got the my rings soldered together and I LOVE having my wedding band as well as my pretty engagement ring}

Here are some pictures of my gorgeous ring: 

 Kay Jewelers

 This is from the first day I ever wore the gorgeous ring! I was in awe and I still can't stop staring at it.

We found Race's ring online for a really good deal. Race loved the simple, sleek look of this ring and we both loved the color. I was so glad that Race loved the smooth look rather than the new, edgy looks of men's wedding bands. He loves his ring to this day but his fingers have been losing some weight so we'll be buying him a smaller ring pretty soon.

Titanium Kay 

 

Me & My Husband {Third Edition}

Continuing from this post .

Question 3:

Proposal: How it happened, how long were you engaged for? Was it a total surprise? Pictures of that... etc. 

The day before the proposal:

On May 26th, 2010 Race and I spent a wonderful day at the Grand Canyon. It was the second time I had ever gone to the Grand Canyon. It was a gorgeous day and I loved spending the time with Race in the car talking on the way there and the way back. While we were there we took lots of cute pictures and enjoyed the gorgeous nature. On the way home from the Grand Canyon I put my hand on Race's leg. I felt something in his pocket...the exact size of a ring box! I asked him what it was. He said it was his camera battery. This was funny because we had talked about how his camera took double A batteries on our way to the Grand Canyon. I pointed that out and then he said it was his wallet. Of course this was silly because no one's wallets are that size...that I know of. I ended up dropping it because I didn't want to ruin anything but I called my mom right when I got home and told her all about it. I could not believe that he had the ring with him and DIDN'T PROPOSE!!! The next day was our official three month dating anniversary and I was going to be shocked if he didn't propose then either. I was pretty sure that he was going to propose because he kept telling me that he was taking me on a date the next day and that I should "dress cute". Also that night my best friend told me that Race had asked her for my home phone number. With all these clues and the fact that I now knew he had a ring for me I was pretty sure the next day was going to be it. 

 Race and I at the Grand Canyon the day before we got engaged--if you look closely at his right pocket you can kind of see the outline of the ring box.

The Day of the Proposal: 
 

Race picked me up at noon the next day and we headed out to the mall. We ate a delicious lunch at Ruby Tuesday's and Race's hands were shaking the entire time {this is only somewhat noteworthy because Race's hands almost always shake}. After lunch we headed into the mall and right towards the photo booth {we had gone to this photo booth on one of our very first dates}. We went in and Race pulled out a HUGE wad of dollar bills. I would say there were between 30 and 50 dollars {FYI: we did not use nearly that much money}. We got into the photo booth and took our first set of photos. Race says that he was fully planning on proposing during the first set of photos but he was just so nervous that he couldn't get the ring out of his pocket and get down on his knee before the fourth picture was taken. Race said that he wanted to take some more pictures and made up some silly reason like there was a face he really wanted to do still or something like that. We had to get out of the photo booth because there were some girls in line waiting to take pictures. We sat nearby and waited for them to finish and then headed back into the photo booth. This time Race got the ring out and was down on his knee in the first picture. He asked me to marry him and I said yes! It was the perfect proposal and I am so glad that we have it captured in these photo booth photos! :] 

Pictures from left to right:

1. One of our first dates. In the same photo booth Race proposed in. 

2. While Race was getting up the guts to propose and figuring out the logistics of proposing in a little tiny photo booth. 

3. Race proposing to me, me saying yes, and us showing off the gorgeous ring. 

4. More of us showing off the ring and being oh so happy to be engaged!!!

We were engaged on May 27th, 2010 and were married on September 3rd, 2010. We had a short engagement and that is just the way we wanted it! :]

Engagement Photos :]

Some of our engagement photos are up on this site! Check them out! We are very happy with how they turned out and we loved our session with our photographer Jessica Downey. She made us comfortable enough to just be ourselves so the shots turned out really natural and fun. :]

66 days until we get married!

Engagement photos this weekend! :]

Race's First Post!

Well since this is for both Emma AND I, I might as well do my first ever post. This week I had a tooth pulled and a bone graft. During the surgery, Emma sat in a corner of the room playing solitaire on her phone and watching. As soon as it was over, Emma started taking care of me. Let me just explain that I have the world's best fiancee ever. She has been taking such amazingly good care of me all week. It's funny, because she likes throwing in things like "you'll have to take as good care of me when I'm pregnant." Of course I will, Emma! Anyways, we're hoping that I'll be less puffy by the time we decide to take engagement photos in a few weeks!

And the date is...

September 3rd, 2010!

Race W Ashby and Emma Frances Olmstead are going to be sealed for time and all eternity at 9 am in the Mesa Temple!

So basically what that means is I am going to be Mrs. Race Ashby! :]

P.S. The reception is going to be a couple weeks later...

we have not set a date yet but I will put that up soon as well. 

P.P.S. 84 days...I think. Haha.