Friday, May 6, 2011

There's a reason why Friday is my favorite day of the week







It's Friday morning and I'm thinking it's just another normal morning. I am sleeping in, and all the sudden my bedroom door opens, and I sleepily roll over, and see my boyfriend walk in. I am totally confused but super happy as he hands me a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and says good morning. I'm all like what are you doing, and he was all we've had a good week, so i thought i'd make you breakfast in bed to end a good week and jumpstart another good one. I thought it was super cute! First we had both our favorite fresh fruit, pineapple and strawberries. Let me just say, so yummy! Then he was all I made some french toast too. I was majorly impressed to say the least. After we finished the french toast, he was all there's one more thing, some drink that I read is supposed to be good to drink after you eat french toast. I was of course a bit skeptical, but waited patiently in bed as he went to get it. He comes in with two plates that were covered. He told me to sit up, close my eyes and hold one of the plates. He then goes on to explain how much I mean to him, using analogies of the different foods we ate and the gospel. I start to tear up a little as i realize what might be happening. After a few minutes, he tells me to open my eyes and he pulls the cover off the plate. I start crying as I see a ring box and gorgeous flowers. He then looks at me and asks me if i'll marry him, I of course say yes, and continue to cry!!! It was a perfect moment. Remembering the drink, I ask what about that drink, and he hands me a mug and i drink it, and i'm like water? He is all to help you calm down! Now i can't stop smiling or looking at my very sparkly ring :)

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Best Valentines Day Ever!!!





Valentines Day this year was fantastic!! I leave work to find my car decorated by my cute boyfriend! Then when I walk into my condo, there is a trail of roses and candy leading to my bedroom, where I find a giant teddy bear more flowers and candy! He gave me a super sweet card which makes hilarious kissing noises when you open it. For dinner we went to a dinner theater at Old Spaghetti Factory!! It was so much fun!! They did Romeo and Juliet... the perfect Valentines!! I love my boyfriend SO much!! He is perfect for me, and knows how to completely spoil me!! I am so lucky.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Two Month Anniversary

So let me just start by saying I have the greatest boyfriend! Yesterday was our two month anniversary and he totally surprised me. I come home from work to find a star-shaped sticky note on my door that says "reasons why I love Lauren Gardner" ... I open my door and there's a super cute blanket covering my bed, a heart shaped pillow, and reese's peanut butter cups. THEN all over my room he has placed the little star sticky notes with reasons why he loves me! Later when he came over after studying, he brought me two beautiful roses and made me my favorite food for dinner, chicken quesadillas!! Now before you laugh, he legitly marinated the chicken, had fresh tortillas and tortilla chips, and made homemade guacamole... plus chocolate dipped strawberries!!

Think I've found myself a keeper?? HECK YES!!!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Because a Picture is Worth a Hundred Words.....






Enjoy some of the good times we've had together thus far...

Saturday, January 29, 2011

How we met- Pablo's Version

So... here's the scoop. Over the Summer I took a class to certify myself as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), the course was roughly 3 months long. The material that we were reviewing was challenging which caused many sleepless nights and mental cramps, ha! The 3rd of December I had my state practicals to do, talk about stressing out! I felt adequately prepared but of course as humans we psyke ourselves out sometimes too much. The whole week I tried to keep myself calm and focused reviewing all the essential things to A's the test. That evening I took it and I felt great it was over! But, as I drove home I began to realize a few things that I did incorrectly, I was beginning to freak out! I was told that the state was very particular in what they look for to pass a student. That night I went to bed praying I would pass. So, this is where Miss Lauren comes. I work at WellsFargo mainly as a Teller, but I also do a few things with our Personal Bankers on the side. That day I was not fully there mentally, I was exhausted from staying up till 3 am stressing out about the test. Lauren came in around 11am that morning all cute and happy to make a deposit ;) My mental state was just to get the customers in and out the door. I smiled but was really just ready pass out anytime. When it was Lauren's turn to come up I welcomed her to Wells and took her check and practically ignored her for a bit, I know bad but again I was not all there. ha! Towards the end of the transaction I asked her how her day was going and she responded, "Its going great thanks for asking, how is yours?" I do not exactly remember what I said but I am sure I chuckled a bit and said " I am exhausted! I had my state practicals yesterday to become an EMT and I have no idea how I did, the state will send me an e-mail telling me if I passed or failed" and after I said this as Lauren was beginning to leave said to me, "Don't beat yourself up about I am sure you did well" That kind of caught me off guard and made me feel better. I quickly realized that I didn't thank her for coming in so I sort of yelled, "Thanks for coming in Lauren, have a good day! So five minutes go by and I was still doing my thing helping other customers and talking with some of the guys from work, and a co-worker, Brian tells me that I have a message. When I heard this I was like, "I didn't get a text or get a call, I haven't gotten any emails," I had no idea what he talking about. I asked him again what he needed and he handed me a little piece of paper. I had no idea what it could be and of course I would not assume the cute blonde girl would give me her number through the drive through. Oh sure enough it was just that. Lauren tore off the bottom portion of the reciept that had my name on it and she wrote, I quote, " I'm sure you did well!" with her name and number. It took me a minute to remember who she was but when it came i freaked out. This has never happened to me before in my life, I have always been the person that gave my number out to the ladies, so this was defenetly an experience I never wanted to forget! I started to yell, "Dude check this out! The cute short blonde chick just gave me her number!!! NO WAY!!!" Brady one of my co-workers came up to me and began to coach me about what to do, he feels that his mad skills will work for over relationship. ha! I didn't want to rush into calling her or what not, I wanted to play Mr. Suave! I texted her two hours later and I just said something along the lines of "Hey so your a Washington gal huh? This is Pablo from the bank, nice move on the drive up." I didn't hear back from her for over two hours, so finally after four hours of waiting for her to text she responds. After that first text it was all history. We texted from probably 4:30ish or so till like 11pm! She was very fun to talk to and I really wanted to see her in person. I had no idea really what she looked like so that was making me more anxious to see her. Sunday rolled around and we officially got the chance to introduce ourselves. For me I was stoked to see where this would become! Her smile and eyes captured me!

So that is my part of the story. If you would like to know more please, do not be shy, just ask!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

How We Met - Lauren's version

So December 4, 2010 was the start of it all. It was just a normal Saturday, and I was out running errands like I typically spend my Saturday mornings being a working woman. I needed to go to the bank to deposit my paycheck (probably the only time I would be grateful for not having direct deposit)! I usually just go through the drive up because let's face it, so much easier. However, as I was pulling up to the bank I had an impression to go inside. I decided hey why not, and went inside. When I walked in I noticed a cute teller that was working, and secretly hoped he'd be the one to help me. Turns out he did! He was pretty quite and I could tell he was exhausted, so being the outgoing person that I am, I asked him what was up. He told me he had just taken his EMT practical test the night before and stayed up most of the night stressing about it and wondering how he did. I told him I was sure he did fine, and to not worry. As I was walking out he was all "have a good day Lauren!" and I had an impression right then and there I should give him my number. Since there were other people inside the bank waiting to be helped, and it would be weird to turn around, walk back over and hand him my number... I continued to walk out and tried to think of some way to give him my number. When I got back into my car, I took my receipt, wrote a little note on it with my number and proceeded to go through the drive-up. I stuck the note into the tube, shot it up, and drove off. Never in a million years did I think he'd ever text or call me. I simply thought it was fun, and followed the prompting.

I continued going about my errands, and then went home and took a nap. When I woke up, I checked my phone, like I always do right when I wake up, and was surprised to find two texts from the cute guy at the bank, "so I see you're a Washington gal, I'm from Seattle too" & "smooth move in the drive-up by the way"! I was like no way! We proceeded to text back and forth for the rest of the afternoon and the rest is history.

My version, it was love at first sight. Simply wonderful.