what is there to say??

so i finally have something to blog about that is completely worthwhile! okay....so let's see, i don't even know where to begin. but i will.

so. saturday lando and i got up at 4:30 in the A.M. to head to Indy for the mini marathon! yikes!! we left his house about 5:00 and got to Indy about 6:15-6:30. we tracked down Dad, Karen, Rajeev, and Arya. Rajeev, Lando and I then headed down to the starting gates. the 3 of us ran the first mile together. After that Rajeev took off and Landon and I kept going at a good pace. We ran the first 8 or 9 miles at about a 12 1/2 minute miles pace and then slowed down so that our final average was about 13 1/2 minute mile. We managed to finish in under 3 hours! i was really pleased with that - it was a good time. Landon and I had a very good run - probably the best run yet...and the good news....I NEVER have to run again!!!! hahah. about 1/2 mile before the end we saw landon's mom, aunt, and uncle. and then at about .1 from the finish line we were spotted by my family. (who cheered so loud that they were awarded the "best support group" - and we were announced over the loud speakers at the finish line!)

after we finished karen and rajeev went to shoot a wedding, while mom, dad, phil, liz, chup, lando, me and arya went to eat our picnic in the grass by the industrial park. then we went back to the hotel that karen and rajeev had and got cleaned up. landon had planned to take me to do something later that day. after getting cleaned up, i left with lando to a park in downtown indy.

the park was beautiful! okay, so the flowers were gone (i don't know...) and the fountains were empty - but the other parts of the park beside the garden were beautiful! there was this cool conservatory with neat tropical flowers, a HUGE park with lots of grass and beautiful trees, and a little creek that ran through the middle. so landon kept saying that he wanted to take my picture somewhere....so when he found this little place by the creek and told me to go walk over there. as i walked over there, i had my back to him. and then............then.........when i turned around to smile for the picture, he was down on his knee with a beautiful ring out for me!!!!

we sat in the grass for a while and then tried to walk around the park some. we sat on a bench and enjoyed every minute of this! the only thing was that landon and i were exhausted after the mini. so we decided it wouldn't be lame if we went to a movie at circle center while we waited to meet up with our families at dinner. my feet were killing me and i could hardly walk - so when we got to circle center and the movies had already started, we decided to head to the food court. hehe. after a snack we headed down to brookstone (YES!) to try out the massage chairs - mainly for the feet.....it was good. after that we met up with my mom and dad and went to dinner. we had a dinner party of 16 people and landon's mom went all out! she made cakes and brought some table decorations - it was SO sweet! the night finally ended when landon and i got back to my house at 1 AM...basically the longest day of my life - and the best one too.

sorry the post is SO long, but i just had to share my whole day with you - and since it was 21 hours long......there was a lot to say!

and also - just so you all know......I'M ENGAGED!!!!