We're Getting Hitched!!!

What an amazing weekend. Where do I start? Joseph and I left on Saturday April 5th, which is also our 3 year anniversary, to head to Ruidoso for a romantic weekend. We got there about 1:oo in the afternoon just in time for lunch. We ate at Casa Blanca, a local Mexican Restaurant. At 3:30 we were scheduled for a couples hot stone massage. Talk about relaxing! It was so amazing just being able to lay there and relax for an hour. We had some down time after the massage, so we checked into our cabin and relaxed until time to get ready for dinner. Our hot tub was way too hot to get into, (it was 116 degrees) so I settled for the massive bathtub that might as well be called a hot tub! We had reservations for dinner at 8:00 at the Texas Club. Talk about some amazing food! I can't say enough amazing things about this place! The service was phenomenal, and the steaks were to die for. Joseph didn't say much during dinner, but I would soon find out why. Once the plates were cleared and the check was delivered, a HUGE surprise came! While I was in the middle of signing the ticket, Joseph came over to look at it, and knelt down beside me. I had absolutely no idea what he was doing and didn't put two and two together. I told him to go sit down, and that I could handle signing the ticket myself. Much to my surprise, when I looked back at him, this is what I saw.....

A gorgeous, shiny engagement ring! I am pretty sure I took the ring out of his hand before he even had a chance to ask the question. He finally did and of course I said YES! What an exciting night!

The next day we slept late, had breakfast, and decided to play some miniature golf! It was so much fun. Joseph beat me by one point. We had a blast just being together.

We ate so much great food over the weekend. It was great just being with the man I love and making incredible memories together! Sunday night we had dinner at the buffet at Inn of the Mountain Gods. We had planned to stay far away from the casino, but I just couldn't help it. We decided to just go in and spend $50 each. We sat down at a blackjack table and like always, Joseph was out within 20 mins. I did really well at first and was up to about $100 but eventually lost all but $15 of it. We were just about to cash out and run with our whole $15, when the gambler in my new fiance kicked in and our lack of will power triumphed over our good intentions. We decided to play just a little but more. Lucky for us, we sat down at the Flamming Sevens Slot machine and low and behold, $40 and 30 mins later I had hit 3 flamming sevens in a row and ding, ding, ding.... $1000! Holy Cow! I have never won anything gambling so I was sooooo excited! We ended up winning about $1300. Here's how we celebrated....

Theres nothing like cheesecake and champagne before a nice dip in the hot tub to celebrate the ending to a great weekend. This has been one of the most amazing weekends of my life, and I am so happy to finally be engaged to the man of my dreams!