“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

It seems like when you get older your schedule just gets bigger, and bigger. Seems like Alex and I always have something to do. We actually just returned from our Colorado trip. It was so much fun! We had a blast and really enjoyed leaving Texas weather behind for a few days. It was a last minute trip, Alex got asked to play in Worlds. It's like the biggest Softball tournament of the year. He played with All Day Utah. With only two weeks to plan all this....plan tickets ended up being around $700.00 so we were left with only one choice....DRIVE! Yeah I know a long drive...but let me just show you how long of a drive.

So as you can see we went though 3 states. If anyone has ever made this drive they know it's mostly a Texas drive which is always long and boring. It turned out we spent a total of 30 hours in the car that weekend. Definitely hit my limit of road trip time for the year. It was a fun drive though we ended up going with a buddy of ours that was playing with us. We were the only three people from Texas. The All Day Utah team was pretty good, but was really funny. We all went out Friday night and had a blast I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time. They kept everyone rolling.

After a long weekend away it was nice to get home to our kitty and sleep in our own bed. As we go back to our 5 days a week softball schedule I find my self just tying to catch up with our busy life. It is all good though...everyone says do it while we are young and while we don't have kids.

Everything is going to get really busy in about a month or so when the wedding planning becomes top priority and we get serious about getting everything ready.

I am looking towards a destination wedding more and more, I will admit I am kind of scared to start planning everything. I just get so OCD and if everything is not perfect I am afraid I am going to be bald with stress by the wedding. Both of our parents are against us getting married anywhere but here. Seeing how I am the only girl and Alex is the only boy both our parents want to be there and see us get married. I am just glad I have Lana " My Maid of Honor" and both Mom's to help with everything because I am going to need it.

Well that's an update of whats we are up to.

" He asked, and I said Yes"

Since I was a little girl I always imagined how I would get proposed to, where and when and what he would say to me. Will his hands be shaking and tears streaming down his face? Will it be in the middle of a concert with a flashing sign? I always imaged this huge big scene with everyone around us.

It was August 10th and I was woken up by a nudge to the back. It was Alex saying "Can we talk?" As I tired to open my crusted over eyes from going to bed at 2:00am, and it was now 4:00am. I ended up kind of squinting and looking at him. He started with "Can I say I'm sorry?" ( We had a fight the night before and were not exactly on good terms) He then continued to say " I realized something while you were gone, that you are the only person I am happy with." " I don't know why I acted the way I did."...as I laid in bed thinking I have heard all this before and I really just want to

go back to bed. He then grabs my attention when he says " That's why I went to talk to your dad!" I turned my head quickly and said " MY DAD?" If anyone knows my dad he is not the easiest person to talk to, and he can be very intimidating. He continues with my undivided attention and says "I had to ask for his permission" Forgetting I was ever tired, I am just staring at Alex. " As he brings his arm around from behind his back he says " Will you marry me Sarah?" I was in complete shock. I just laid there trying to process that question seeing how it has been a question I have never heard. It all got kind of blurry at that point and I started to cry and I remember asking him " Are you serious, this is not a joke?" After it sunk in I then said "Yes, of course I'll marry you." At that moment I realized it's not the big crowd around you, or the way he got down on one knee or the fact that he did it at a Rangers baseball game. It's the fact that the man I love more than anything took the step to ask me to spend the rest of his life with him. There could have not been a

more perfect way of him doing it. It meant the world to me, and there was nothing I would have changed. So there you have it! We are getting married! The date is not set but we are thinking next year around the fall.

....It has been about 2 weeks, and I still find my self starring down at my ring...thinking I am going to be Mrs. Garcia and every time it puts an instant smile on my face.

"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."

So...I guess we are getting a late start to our New Years resolution. Here it is August 2nd and I have decided today is the day we start our "Healthy Eating Plan". It has been 3 long years of letting my self go, and it's time to slim back down. We defiantly have plenty going on to keep us busy just need to have the will power to stay focused on this late, but needed life eating change.

Let me fill in the last few months...

Our god son Aj was born...

He was a beautiful addition to the family. That boy weighted 9lbs on the dot and he was defiantly healthy in every way. We have had so much fun with him seeing him grow and being 2 very proud god parents.

Alex got a new job and finally "retired" from Tom Thumb after his long 6 1/2 years working there. He now is working for Raytheon and loves it. He is still

trying to slim down to join the Army hints our " Healthy Eating Plan".

Softball is still our main ingredient to our life we play 5-6 days a week.

So other than softball, working, and Aj...

I got a new car 03' Honda Accord and I love it so much!

....well I think that pretty much sums up the last few months...nothing to exciting.

"I am who I am"

Some people just don't like me or understand me and that's fine last time I checked I didn't have a manual on how to understand Sarah. It's funny to imagine some times if I was not me...would i be friends with me? I guess what i am trying to get at is being a good friend and the true meaning of good friends....I have lost many people in my life for reasons stupid enough not even to mention. I have gone through so many "best friends" i really don't even know what that word means anymore. I have been let down, disappointed, stabbed in the back by to many so called "best friends" i think its harder for me to give my heart to friends than it would be a guy. I have one person who has been there through thick & thin and will always be there and he is my only best friend i have, Alex. Sometimes I wish i had the "Girls Group" again but when i think back....It was all & only drama. I am thankful for what I have and who I have in my life, and I'm okay with having one best friend and a lot of good friends!

....Just in case you were wondering! lol


Over and Out!

"Growing up is never easy"

So..here i am officially 21 and finding my self growing older everyday. Talking about houses with Alex and buying something we are going to be living in for years to come is really actually a scary thing, but nice to know that you have found the one and only person you want to do that with. I still think we are going to hold off on the whole house buying experience until next year, I really need a new car and it's just not possible to do both at the same time. Sometimes i feel like i am stuck in the mud and not really moving forward just living day by day.. going to the same job everyday and doing the same thing everyday. I hate those mornings when you wake up and wish everything was different, makes you think what you are doing now is not good enough. I guess it's because I compare my self to different people,and what they are doing.. which I learned is never a good thing. I think i have come a long way in these last few months...repaired my relationship with Alex, and everything is AMAZING and i would not take back what we went through to be where we are now. I found out who my real friends are, and yet was disappointed again, but whats new!I have a feeling like 2010 is going to be a good year, & i could use a good year!

Sarah