So I am suffering from insomnia due to the fact that I decided to work out late tonight and working out pumps me up (Thanks to Liesl!). But anyway, I was thinking this would be a good chance to introduce Mike to you guys that don’t know him and basically gush about the love of my life.

Michael is family guy (hehe..he loves that show too..I am such a nerd). Well, he kind of has to be because he comes from a really big family, TEN KIDS! Here is a picture of the kids from oldest to youngest, left to right.

Not only does he have a big family, but the last four boys (including him) are really tight. They call themselves “The Brotherhood”. You can’t cross “The Brotherhood”. I’ve tried to tattle on them a couple of times at family dinners and totally got ratted out by both Brad and Matt. They have TOTAL loyalty.

Anyone and everyone that knows Mike associates him with his extreme love of mountain biking! The boy is addicted and actually is really good. He does races every now and again all over New Mexico (I will be watching one this weekend in Cruces by the way) and places pretty high up there. He always has some great pictures of all the beautiful places he does biking. I should be jealous, but really, I actually like he has a healthy hobby…anything that makes my boy happy!

Another thing besides mountain biking is the fact that he likes to play. He has a VERY yellow personality (if you have ever done the whole color code book). If he had to choose between work and play, play is definitely a priority. We kind of even ourselves out in that sense, since my life consists of list making and “doing” stuff all the time. He has lots of toys!

One thing that totally caught my eye when we started talking was his pictures he takes. As you know, I love documenting every part of my life and I think I found my match! Also, he loves to travel! I always wanted to find someone who had the travel bug like me. This was when Mike went to Maui. He is addicted to the water…I love it, being the beach bum myself.

Last but not least, I love the relationship Mike has with his mom. Sue is such a sweet person and Mike speaks of her like she is the epitomy of what a mom should be. I love a guy who isn’t afraid to be a momma’s boy. Even though Mike was/is a little, let’s say, “feisty”..haha..he has a soft spot for his mom and I think it’s adorable.

So this is my life…looking at ways to decorate our house. What is happening to me?? Months ago I had the “peter pan” complex, now I have the itch to interior decorate our home.

I just need some advice. If we have a black dining room table and tile floor, what kind of rug should we use? Or should we use a rug at all?

So many choices..I liked these.

I guess I don’t waste any time huh? One week and I am already out getting a dress…and I got one!! I thought it would be fun to just look and see so I called my mom, my sister, and my niece and we all headed down to David’s Bridal and they were such troopers!

After focusing on two dresses, I finally decided on one that I thought would look really pretty and elegant.

By the way, mine will be more modest..The one I chose is strapless but is getting altered. 🙂 It’s going to look so elegant. It was actually the first dress I tried on too!

These are the ones I didn’t get:

This one was way to low to alter. Come to find out it was a size too small too!

This dress reminded me of the 27 Dresses cover. I loved it! BUT I tried on sleeves with it and it didn’t look too good. It needs to be strapless if you are going to wear it.

Contemplating whether I should get it or not…

The back of it looked cool, but man, it was hard to breathe! Haha.

Sarah wanted to join in on the fun…we were twins! She even wore a veil!

I wanted to show Mike Town Square while he was here in Vegas. My sister came down with us and took some random pictures. These are my favorite ones! Go to http://www.fluhartyphoto.com for some more!

Mike came into town this weekend to meet the whole family and get a tour of Vegas. I totally had no clue he had another scheme planned too. I guess this past week he picked up a ring in the process! (We had looked at them before a LONG time ago!).

So I decided to take him up to Mt. Charleston because we were both so sick of the Strip and all the people and traffic. Too bad the traffic was even worse at Cathedral Rock! So we drove over to Lee Canyon and I showed him the snowboard resort. We found this really cute trail called Bristlecone Trail and had ourselves a little nature hike. It was neat because it was a mountain bike trail too so it made Mike happy.

Anyway, so we hike up a ways and Mike kept stopping to tell me that he had to use the bathroom. I seriously was calling him a girl because he had been doing that the whole trip. So we made it up to this portion of the trail where a log was sitting. (By the way, this is a total re-enactment. We are totally cheesy.) Mike took off to “go to the bathroom” again while I sat thinking.

While I was sitting there thinking about things and enjoying the scenery, Mike called me over to show me some “ring of trees” (aspens) that looked really cool. He walked me over to big tree with a bunch of bushes around it. It was really beautiful.

I’m watching him closely and one second he was standing, the next second he was on the ground. It was like milliseconds. He was scrounging through the bushes. I thought he was pulling a bush out and then he pulled out a box. I didn’t see the box at first, I just heard the words “Will you marry me?”.

I was like “Are you joking with me? You actually got it?” (Not that I didn’t want to, just that Mike usually puts off doing things…haha.) and I kept saying “Are you kidding me?” until I finally noticed the ring. The weird part is that I didn’t even cry! And usually I am such a crybaby! He was so cute cause he was tearing up. I couldn’t tell if it was because of panic or the fact that he was being emotional!

Of course when all reality set in I said “Yes!” (after him saying “Is that a yes?”) and then I was stunned for the next ten minutes sitting with him and talking about it.

Here are pics of the ring too. I’m getting married guys!

Mike and I just realized that the pictures we took the morning of the 15th was the last morning before the big Havasupai Flood.

BEFORE

AFTER

..there are more pictures of Havasupai!

When I have more time (since I only have two more days of freedom before I am back to work!), I will go back and add captions to these. Until now, this will give you an idea of how the hike was!

Holy Cow. I keep being told that Havasupai totally got flooded and they had to evacuate people from the canyon the last couple of days. It’s on cnn.com and foxnews.com too. We were pretty lucky!

FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 638 AM MST SUN AUG 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… WEST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA…

* UNTIL 1245 PM MST

* AT 625 AM MST…THE COCONINO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE REDLANDS DAM WEST OF VALLE HAD BREACHED. THIS WILL SEND ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATER DOWN CATARACT CANYON…AND ADD TO THE FLASH FLOODING THAT IS ONGOING IN SUPAI THIS MORNING. THE SUPAI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS OCCURRING THIS MORNING…WITH FOOT BRIDGES WASHED OUT AND TREES UPROOTED. EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN SUPAI.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HUALAPAI HILLTOP TRAIL DOWN TO SUPAI…CATARACT CREEK AND HAVASU CREEK TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE COLORADO RIVER.

DO NOT TRAVEL TO OR FROM THE HUALAPAI HILLTOP TO SUPAI TODAY! SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

I just got back from an amazing hiking trip to Havasupai, which is located on the South rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s an indian reservation hidden in the canyon and has the most beautiful waterfalls and blue green water. The hike is pretty intense, but it is so worth it. I wish I could of stayed longer! Here are some pictures Whitney took of the hike. More to come!