June 5, 2010: Engaged!

Last year around this time Parker and I went to Austin's Park and Pizza for the day and it was a lot of fun so Parker told me he wanted to do something fun again. So while I was on campus on Friday, he called me and said that he had been on a waiting list for this "thing" and they had called him because someone had canceled and a spot had opened up and I needed to call my dad and ask if we could stay the night in temple with them. I called dad and he was like, "oh! I'm so glad he got tickets to that, y'all are going to have a lot of fun!" We left for Austin around 5 am and he wouldn't tell me what we were doing because it was a surprise (but I really didn't think anything of that because he does that all the time with stuff). We get to Austin, and he pulls up to Graham Middle School Parking Lot- Its pitch black still and there is NO ONE there. I was like, "Parker, I think you're confused." But he said he was expecting people so maybe they were on the other side of the school. We went around, but no one was there so we went back to the front. About that time, a big truck with a huge basket thing on the back pulled into the parking lot and when we got closer I saw that it was the basket part of a hot air balloon! 5 minutes later, my dad pulled in on his Harley and had a camera and was going to take some pictures. I went over to him and was saying how much fun this was going to be and he said something like, "you know, he's been planning this for a long time." I thought that was a little weird because Parker said a spot had just opened up. I was a little suspicious so I looked pretty closely at his pockets to see if there was a ring box bulge or anything in them and there was nothing suspicious so I honestly didn't think anything more of it. Besides, he had told me the night before not to get my hopes up about him asking me. He said, "Chelsea, I will ask you one day and I know when I'm going to ask you- I am serious about you,
but tomorrow is a day to have fun. Enjoy it and don't be disappointed that I don't ask you because tomorrow is not the day."

So we take off from the hot air balloon, wave goodbye to my dad and start our ride! About twenty minutes later, Parker asked the pilot to take a picture of us on my cell phone. Parker showed him how it worked, and just when I went to put my arm around him for the photo, he got down on one knee and pulled a ring out of his pocket!! He said, "Chelsea, I have loved you since the day I met you. Will you marry me?" and I said "YES!!!" It was so sweet and I was SO surprised! It turns out, the only person that knew from my family was my dad. My mom didn't even know! (this is probably a good thing because she might have told me something out of excitement! haha)

Parker: Will you marry me?
Chelsea: YES!!!

HUG!!

When we got back to my house (after my mom and I stopped our girly celebratory screaming), Parker got my sister, Samantha, to stand up and he got down on one knee in front of her and pulled out another ring. He said, "Samantha I just want you to know that I will always be your brother and when I marry Chelsea, I marry you and all of your family. I love you." It was really sweet.

So, yesterday was probably the greatest day of my life...but I know there are even better days ahead!

What a lovely monday!

Parker and I went to the boys A&M basketball game! We had a lot of fun and Parker got to go on the court and shoot shots for the shooting challenge! He won 10$ to schlotzsky's! He's a balla!

Also, to anyone who knows me or reads my blogs on a regular basis, you would know that I have tried out for choirs at Texas A&M 3 different times and never got in. Well, today I tried out for the woman's choir...and I made it!!!! You are looking at one of the newest rookie members of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Woman's Chorus! Whoop!

Downside: Ugly Red Dresses

...lol

Spring 2010 Begins

Parker decided to try out the earphones I got him for Christmas while at school today...I think he figured out that I got them from the dollar tree...

Today was my first day back to school! I have 3 classes today, and so far I have been to 2 of them. My classes for the day are as follows:
1. Physics
2. Kinesiology (Weight Lifting/Health Class)
3. Entomology (Bug Class)

My physics professor seems...old. And a little rude, but Hes not horrible. My Kinesiology Professor seems young and a little rude, but again, shes not horrible. I havent been to my Entomology class yet, but here's what I do know:
The professor is young, male, and has like 3 degrees from Yale.
Therefore, He is probably also rude.

Hope this semester treats me well...Tomorrow I have Organic Chemistry, Political Science, and Physics Lab. We will see how it goes.

Lunch on campus

Parker and I ate our sandwiches outside today!

Happy Halloween!

Parker and I dressed up as my parents! It was hilarious!



Grammy came over and she thought it was pretty funny too!




Samantha dressed up as Link from zelda




mom dressed up as a wench of some sort...but a pretty wench!




And dad dressed up as a creepy vampire pimp.

all in all it was a good Halloween!

Biking in the rain

Well, Parker and I were studying late at the SCC and when we went to leave...it was POURING! But, we needed to leave to meet some friends for a study session so we got on our bikes and biked about half a mile in the rain...this was the result.

Cards Cards and More Cards

I sent this card to my Grammy and my Poppie. :)



This is the thank you card that I made for Parker's Pastor!



This was my mom's birthday card. It says "Happy Birthday" in white under the bow, but you can't really see it well in this picture.



I made this card for Parker!

Bunny Card

This card was pretty random. I drew the bunny and I thought it was cute and I just kinda went from there. Parker really likes it, but the jury is still out for me on this card. It was my mom's idea to put the half eaten carrot on the inside. :)

I know the picture looks kinda small, so if you want to see it better click on the picture itself and a larger version will pop up.

Card-O-Ramma

This is my room mate Amanda! She asked me to make a birthday card for one of her friends back home and this is how it turned out. Its kinda the red version of the birthday card I made for Amanda!

Well, I've made a lot of cards since my last post! I made an I miss you card for my grandparents, a thank you card for Parker's Pastor (we visited their church in Austin last sunday), and a thinking of you card that I'm pretty proud of. I'll post those pictures soon!

Moving back to aggieland

I stuffed so much crap in my car, I can't believe it. It took forever to get everything in, but Parker helped me :)

I am officially moved in to my apartment. I still haven't hung anything on my walls though. I think the smartest decision is to wait until my dad gets here this weekend to do that...because I would probably knock down a wall or something. I still have my clock, my zelda wall scroll, and my a&m cross to hang up. I am debating weather or not to hang up my edward poster.

The first day here was really hectic. There were a lot of things that needed fixing. The carpet was pretty gross and there were cracks in the ceiling. But Ande and I took care of it and now there is brand spankin' new carpet everywhere and the cracks are puttied up. There are only a few more things I need:
1. a wastebasket
2. toothpaste
3. dish washing stuff
4. stamps
5. stick glue
6. key covers

So, I think I am going to watch the last big brother episode that I missed and then head off to the shower and then maybe to the store to get those 6 things. I wish I had my harry potter books to read, but Samantha stole them...siiigh.

3 years ago today...

Today is the official 3 year mark from the day Parker first asked me to be his girlfriend :)

I made him this photo album:

And I made spaghetti for dinner with garlic bread and banana pudding for desert. He gave me flowers! They are beautiful!

Drawing and a visit to Hamelton, TX

I have done a lot of drawing over the past 48 hours.
here are a few of my pictures:

click photo to enlarge
I dunno, they're okay. I seem to have lost my touch with drawing, but they're not too awful so I figured I'd put them up.

In other news, I went to Hamelton last weekend with Parker to spend some time with his grandparents at their new custom built home on 328 acres of land :)
It was so much fun! We went fishing (i caught my first bass!) and I got licked by a cow! Here's some pictures from last weekend!

Back From Outer Space

Wow, so its been awhile! I haven't been using the internet on a regular basis, so I kinda got out of the habit of blogging. I got a text from my cousin Ella and she said I better get back in the hang of it, and then I checked my comments and my other cousin Laura said she had been missing me too, so here I am! I have so many pictures...but I'll just post a few.

I started the Harry potter series, all thanks to my room mate, Amanda. She is currently in East Asia. I told her if she read the twilight books, then I'd read the harry potter books...so I'm keeping up my end of the deal. I'm currently on book 5, as you can see.


I also bought some stuff to start making cards. Laura, I made you a birthday card and I have some stuff to send to you...and I'm sure it will get sent eventually...so happy extremely belated birthday! :)



My little sister, Samantha had some oral surgery. The first picture is of her knocked out and the other one is after she came around a little bit. She has recovered fully, despite some random kid accidentally knocking her in the mouth on the playground...which was followed by gushing blood out of her mouth!



my dad and I did some harley riding, and my mom and my dad even went to the ROT rally in Austin!



Parker and I are still doing wonderful! This July will mark 3 years of loving each other!


and also, I've been shadowing a doctor at the clinic so I can get some experience! I got to assist in a vasectomy!!! (I did all of the cauterizing!!!) I don't have any pictures with me (not of the vasectomy, no worries!), but I'll get some up here.

Anyways, I have a date with Parker tonight so I better get going!

I LOVE SCIENCE!

Today was good! I woke up early and had breakfast with my friend Michael, and then I went to my volleyball class, but it got canceled. So, I headed up to the rec (the huge gym on campus) and after goofing off for a little while I decided to give blood!

This is the guy that took my blood with my bag of blood!
Then Parker and I went and ate at Rumor's! It was yummy! He gave me the best hug ever :)
Then I went to my biology lab! We took blood pressures, pulses, and dissected a heart!

Thats me hooked up to the EKG machine!
And the moth that I have been watching develop broke out of its pupae shell yesterday, so I freed it today!

This is my moth! I think Amanda named it Bertha or something.

I finished my biology test and my calculus quiz! God got me through! :)

Disc Golf

Disc Golf: Day One (with Jake and Ande)

This wasn't the first picture of the day, but he just looks so cute, I had to start with it!


On our way to the course!


This is Parker with his lunch box of frisbees! He hates it when I call it that. :)




So, I don't know if any of you have played disc golf, but I am not skilled at this particular game. However, Parker happens to be quite good at it, therefore he likes to go a lot. I had been once before, and I really made a fool of myself. Honestly, I'm spastic. We went two times this weekend though. oh, but let me tell you about my epic fail moment of my disc golf playing career. Today when we went, there was a large group of people playing on the "hole" (I don't really understand this term...there are no holes in disc golf...only little chain-Frisbee-catcher thingies and signs that tell you where to go...but whatever) ahead of us. They were letting people pass ahead of them because they were such a large group and would slow other players down. (I think they're group would have had to be about three persons larger to slow me down...but again, whatever.) So, here I am, holding this Frisbee...oops. *ahem* "distance driver" and feeling quite nervous because of the group of 7 people that is about to watch me throw it. Parker throws, he does amazing (As usual). I step up...and take a deep breath...and I throw...and hit the tree three feet in front of me. I kid you not. embarrassing.

Anyways, here's the picture log of those days...minus the embarrassment.


DAY ONE: DISC GOLF


this is Ande (one of my roomies for next semester!) and her boyfriend, Jake (Parker's current roomie). They went with us the first day.


and everything was going just great, until...


Parker's frisbee went into the water. :(


It actually got pretty hillarious. (not for Parker, of course. but still...) The frisbee he lost had an a&m symbol on it and his friend had made it for him, so he was determined to find it.



then after he found his frisbee, he kept on feeling around in the water for OTHER frisbees that people might have lost...lol. Can you say "poor college student"?


He didn't find any more frisbees, but he was pretty excited that he didn't end up losing his beloved a&m one. Here he is giving the good 'ol aggie "'gig em".


Heres Parker and I being silly while walking back...


...and again.


I was really tired from all the hardcore disc-golfing that we did that day, so apparently I wasn't walking all that fast. Parker took my hand and walked fast so I would walk fast...so i decided to be smart and pull my hand out so he couldn't make me walk any faster than I wanted to. Didn't work. he still had ahold of my jacket. but I didn't stop resisting the fast pace. :)


awwwh! a perfect end to a perfect day!


and then I had to study biology. yuck.




DAY TWO: DISC GOLF


Okay, so I'll be the first to admit that I look kinda creepy in this picture...but Parker looks so cute! I had to post it.


I decided I like picking flowers more than I like playing disc golf...(shh! don't tell Parker, but I have a small collection of flowers that I have been picking inside of his disc golf bag! tee-hee!)


I made Parker a flower necklace! He actually didn't have a problem wearing it...he didn't complain at all!




The End!