The Engagement

We had talked about going on a picnic, if the weather would ever get decent. The second week in May was suppose to be really nice, so we decided on Thursday, May 15th, we would have our picnic. I decided to make fried chicken (because that is what you have on picnics :) ) and he got some of our favorite wine. Well, Thursday came and it was cold and rainy, but darn it we were going to have our picnic! So I picked him up and we went to Rocky Pond by Belleville and sat and ate. Apparently he didn't have the ring with him then, because he didn't want it to rain on us. We drove around the country for a while, admired the beautiful lilacs and decided to head back. I had to bake cakes that night so we decided I would drop him off, and then he would come over to my apartment and hang out while I baked my cakes. I was at my apartment, starting my cakes, when he comes in and says close your eyes...(knowing Eric I wasn't sure what he was going to do), but eventually I did and I could smell lilacs. I opened my eyes, and he had picked me a lilac branch, it was soo sweet...what I didn't realize at first is that he had put a ring on one of the branches. When I saw it, I think I was speechless...it was all a blur. Then he got down on one knee and asked me and ... I said yes! ...it was perfect...

How we met...

December 31, 2005 ~ New Year's Eve

After being home in Primrose from Christmas vacation, I headed back to Lincoln to meet up with Jenny Towey and my roommate Michelle (Kolm) Barnds. We were going to ring in the new year at our friend Cory Scott's house (another good friend from high school). Jenna Loeffler who I have been friends with since 2nd grade and her boyfriend at the time, Aaron Allgood (Eric's brother) were also on their way to Lincoln to go to Cory's house. After meeting Aaron for the second time, Aaron says that his brother is in town visiting some friends and that I should meet him. So after some persuasion from everyone, Aaron calls him and tells him he should come to Cory's house. Eric arrives with his friends Tim and David Dobson (who I happened to go to preschool through sixth grade with...small world). We met, talked, and danced the night away. After much recooperation the next day Jenna and Aaron, and Eric and I went for breakfast, where Jenna and I were entertained by Eric and Aaron's duets. (He can sing! yeay) Before he left to go back to Belleville, he got my number. He called me that week and we talked everynight after. We would talk for hours about everything imaginable. Towards the end of January, I made the big trip to Belleville, KS....KANSAS (I had never been to Kansas) where we saw each other for the second time, but since we had talk on the phone so much, it's as if I had known him for so long. For two years, there was about two hours between us, but nothing could keep us apart.

The only place you'll want to be

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Zoom in using the + features with the arrows to see the detail of the locations. Here are the locations of the church in Cedar Rapids, NE and the reception hall in Albion, NE. Also, we invite you all to come to an informal open house on the following Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Belleville Country Club.