Just to appease my audience...

Ok, it's been a while since I've updated... ok, almost five months. So I'll give you a brief synopsis of my life since then...

My sister Jamie visited here for a while in September

I taught my first class

I surprised my brother Dan by flying out to see him coach his first NCAA playoff game

I sold a house and moved into a new place two blocks away

I visited Carter's family in Salt Lake and then we went to visit with my family for Christmas eve and Christmas day

I announced some basketball games at Westmont

I made homemade pasta with Carter and Kirsten

I made homemade ravioli with Carter, Rob, Sarah and Kirsten

Oh wait, I got engaged too! :) haha, Don't worry, I didn't forget. I just wanted to save the best for last! Here is the story I sent to my team after the event...

Carter was recruiting in Hawaii and was supposed to be there through Sunday morning (my roommate got married on Sunday, so he was getting back in time for the wedding). He called me on Friday and midway through the conversation he asked if I would do him a big favor, if I could pick him up a day early from his recruiting trip. I was all excited that he was getting back a day early (he had been recruiting a lot in the past 4-5 weeks). I picked him up Saturday morning and then he went to his basketball practice. He picked me up after practice (around 3 pm) and was really tired from his red eye flight the night before. He said, "When we get back to my place, I need to sleep for a little bit." I brought a coaching magazine with me and told him he could sleep as long as he needed. He told me to wake him up in 15 minutes. I thought that was crazy. I told him to sleep longer than that, but he kept insisting that he ONLY wanted to sleep 15 minutes. We had a function for my roommates wedding at 8:00, so I figured he had plenty of time to sleep. Anyhow, we went back and forth and finally agreed on 20 minutes, although in my head I knew I was going to let him
sleep at least 30!

After about 25 minutes he came strolling out of his room... I gave him a sheepish grin and said, "I really was going to wake you up in five minutes!" Anyhow, he got cleaned up and made a comment about wanting coffee. I wanted food, real food. I was REALLY hungry. But he insisted that he needed to get some coffee before he ate (as a fellow coffee addict, I understood the need and agreed!) We stopped at SB roasting company by the beach and then drove to the beach. We walked out onto the sand and just stood there looking out at the sun setting. I was really pretty because a lot of the boats had Christmas lights and the clouds were pink and salmon colored in the background.

After about 20 minutes of talking on the beach I looked at Carter and said, "oh my goodness, what day is today?" he answered (the 15th) and I looked at him and said, "today is our sixth month anniversary from our first date!" he smiled and said, "oh really? that is awesome!" and we continued to talk about how it seems like we've been dating so long but those six months have gone so quickly at the same time. About ten minutes later he looked at me and said, "Rebecca, I actually have a confession to make... I knew that today is the day we've been dating for six months. I knew after our first date that I wanted to marry you...." and he continued on and then got on his knee and asked me to marry him! I was so cool and very exciting at the same time!

The above picture is the day after we got engaged at my old roommates (Jen) Wedding. Below are some homemade pasta making pictures