wisdom shouts in the streets: house of love and marriage

it's official. our house is now bursting with love and marriage. my beautiful roommate, allie,

got engaged last night, which means our house is going to be a little wedding factory. zach flew in last night and i told allie that we were going to go on a little date that included dinner and a movie. I had to walk her a little out of the way of the restaurant to get the church where zach was waiting, and unfortunately allie is pretty darn good with directions, so she literally stood in the middle of the street as i tried to tell her the restaurant was in the opposite way. Finally she caught a glimpse of zach standing up there and and ran over there, but for a few moments, i thought i might have to drag her by the hand in that direction.

better than that thought, was the night before they got engaged when zach accidentally texted to allie a message meant to go to a friend, that said he was going to surprise allie the next night. zach called me in a panic and in turn called jared in a panic. luckily, by some true divine arrangement, allie was at the gym with all her stuff in a locker. so since i was too far away, jared came to the rescue and here's the next sequence of events: called jared in a panic, he snuck into the gym, went through every locker as he creeped out all the people there, called me to tell me how sketchy he looked and he couldn't find it, when he couldn't find it hid behind a wall and called one of the staff over, had them buzz leah, a teammate allie was working out with, hid behind the wall still and told leah to get allie's phone, got allie's phone and deleted all

her text messages, put phone back and left victorious, without allie knowing a thing.

how impressive is that?

speaking of my handsome fiance i thought i would tell you some other impressive things about him:

1. he dominates at dodgeball and foursquare. which is probably why he wants to have a huge tournament for his bachelor party.

here's some proof:

2. he is the absolutely the most creative person ever. in just about everything he does. whether its film, music choices, gift ideas, date nights, our engagement, pretty much anything. oh yeah, and in clothing choice.

okay, so maybe this was for a younglife valentine's day party. but come on, who else could pull this off?

3. he's an eternal optimist, sometimes frustratingly so, since i can sometimes be much more pessimistic, but i love it. he's just a really big dreamer and doesn't limit his dreams for himself or for us based on our own fears of limitations.

4. he is the greatest encourager of me, my work, and my heart. i can be way too self critical and like any girl can believe a lot of lies about myself, but he always makes sure that i know that's not okay and always speaks the truth into where i am doubtful and really makes me believe it.

5. he is more generous with his resources and stuff than anyone i know. who else buys and surprises their sister with a brand new computer in the mail? even if she is the greatest sister ever.

6. he makes the best sandwiches ever.

7. and the most important, he is kind of a hottie.

i'll leave you with these (taken by the talented raychel mendez):