Engagments

Valentines day

Oh LOVE DAY!

this was a fun day because Rob surprised me with taking me to Tuscany, a really fancy restaurant (for us) that only had reservations at like 10 pm.

we bought each other a TV because we were in desperate need for an upgrade! So we went out for dinner came home and watched our new TV. reading over this it doesn't sound that cool, but it was a special day for us and I like keeping things simple :)

I guess I'll start wedding planning!

So I got this idea one day that I would make my own wedding dress, because for one: It's like 10 thousand dollars cheaper

for two: because I want to be the only one to wear my wedding dress.

I stayed in my room for two days making it and it turned out pretty awesome! I wanted to do beach casual meets vintage. I love it! so thats one less thing to cross off the list :)

OUR BABIES

Meet Nilla and DeeDee our two daughters!


Deedee's babies!
Nilla was the last born on november 22nd 2010

Engaged

We got home super late at night and just went to bed, then when we woke up he just wanted to talk to me... which was fine but then he started saying really sweet stuff so I kinda caught on. He talked out when we first met, how he felt about me. hard times and good times. then went on to say he can't wait to have kids with me and grow up together. I stopped him and said "YOUR MISSING ONE THING!" and he blushed and muffled under his breath "uhh mmm wanna marry me?" and my reply was " I need a ring don't I?" He kinda looked at me like of course your gonna make me do this. He gets out of bed grabs it (by this time were both crying) slides it on my finger and says "Sydnee, will you marry me?" "YES!"
Here's my beautiful ring! Can you believe he came up with that all by himself? It's a black pearl with tiny white pearls on the side. It fits me so perfectly and I love it so much!

WERE ENGAGED! and can't wait to spend forever together :)

My Birthday/Jamaica 2010

This was my first time traveling outside the US. And we wanted to go on an awesome trip together so we came to Jamaica! It's beyond words to express the beauty of this place. The people are so awesome too. There was a tropical storm while we were there and we still loved every moment of it! But we can back up for a second and I can tell you right before this trip rob and I moved in together and were planning on getting married sometime soon. But he told me because of this trip he didn't have any extra money to get my engagement ring. (that he designed himself) Little did I know that was a trick! and he was going to purpose in jamaica! Oh how romantic your thinking...

Turns out purposing is a really scary thing for someone who isn't good with words, and he chickened out! He didn't do it when we were on the beach alone at night and the weather was perfect! ....Then he had set it up on our last day there, that I would find it when my phone alarm went off. and I still didn't see it, because I didn't want to have to shut it off, then wake him up. I wanted the alarm to wake him up. Any time I've ever tried to wake him up he's cranky at me all morning. So to prevent that I just let the alarm continue to go off. Then he was bummed because his little plan didn't work out. So he put the ring away. At the airport he was acting weird and I'm clueless to the whole thing. I get on this communication kick. that he needs to let me know whats going on in his head because its not fair for me to know something is wrong but unless he tells me we cant get passed it together.. I guess I felt like he was being distant and I was mad about it. So he finally says " I have the ring.." so i jump up and say "Okay I'm ready!!!"

then he goes on to tell me the whole story of how it was supposed to happen and he backed himself into a corner and how everyone knows he was going to purpose in Jamaica so he effed it all up. So I'm still sitting there thinking wellllll, you can just do it right now. then he thought in an airport was lame. So I start crying because its so close but he's to stubborn to roll with the punches. Then I couldn't stop crying.. were boarding the plane and I'm crying. were taking off and I'm still crying. All I could think is.... if he can't do it in Jamaica, when the hell is he ever going to do it!?? So he leans over and says " I'm So Sorry" and all I said back was " I Just want this so bad!!! " he reply's " I do too Sydnee." ( when he calls me Sydnee that's when you know he's serious and heartfelt. regular days its just Syd) We talked it all out and he told me it would be soon when he did it.. so it made the whole day awkward and antsy because I can't control myself when I know surprises are coming.

Healing up

Nora Cup is like the oscars of BMX.

Its held every year in Vegas.

Rob was nominated for

Best Street Rider of the Year.

( he didn't win :( but he was nominated so, thats still really awesome!)

We had lots of fun there together he still couldn't do much because he was healing up but just going away together was really great and meeting all of his biker dude friends was cool too. Vegas is always a good time right?

The Big scare

Rob went to Spain for this Nike video competition and finished the video.. Then wanted some extra clips (he was there for 3 weeks) The day before he was supposed to come home I received a text message saying " Im in the hospital, I might miss my flight. Don't freak out." so what did I do? FREAKED OUT ! He ran into a rail with his chest going fast enough to lacerate his liver, bruise his lung, and break all the cartilage in his ribs connecting to his sternum.

So Spain told him nothing was wrong and sent him on his way home. He flew into NY where he decided it would be a good idea to get a second opinion because he didn't feel like nothing was wrong. He made it up to Danbury hospital in Connecticut. Where he found out all the details and they said to watch it because he's internally bleeding and to be careful....they also gave him pain killers. That made him sick and threw up, which making his laceration bigger. So making it a VERY near death experience. So I was in Utah in a panic and decided I needed to get there, I kinda just up and left work. Told them to cancel all my appointments and i'll let them know when i'm coming back. So I booked my flight at 7:25 and it was leaving at 8:10. luckily I already had my bags packed up. The drive to the airport takes about 25 minutes so I was sure I was missing my flight. But I had to try everything I could get there ASAP. Im running through the airport cutting lines and yelling "I'm going to miss my flight!" I get to the gate and there was like a 15 minute delay so I made it! And ill tell you what that was the longest plane ride of my life. All I kept thinking "how does my life go on if I can't have rob?" I was making myself sick. I finally got to the hospital It was so good to just see him. He was in and out of consciousness when I first got there and they were monitoring him to see if they needed to do surgery. When He woke up late at night he asked if i would sleep next to him in the bed. So we made it work. It was a tight squeeze but so nice to just be next to each other. They ended up not having to do surgery and he would be down for months before he could do anything. He couldn't even lie down all the way . He had to learn to sleep sitting up. I had to control myself and not make jokes to lighten the mood because it hurt him so much to laugh. We came home and he healed up fine. But after that I knew.. I cannot live without this boy.

http://video.mpora.com/watch/Gt8Uo69A8/ Heres the video that they made, you can get an idea of what Rob actually does.

Summer 2010

By this time in our relationship, it was time to start talking finances and future. So That meant selling a car to get a motorcycle instead! This is Robs baby. He might love it more than me. okay not really, but it is a prized possession. He even made a bike rack on the back for his Bmx bike. We've love going on bike rides up the canyons. You don't appreciate nature as much when your in a car. On the bike you soak up all the beauty all around you. I even tried to learn how to drive it and of course tipped it over going from neutral to 1st gear. I did learn how to eventually cruise around in 1st. I was so scared to go any faster, this thing is too big for me! So I let him drive and it's better for us that way :)

LA

This was our first road trip ever! and Rob wouldn't even share drive time. It's like he's trying to say something about my driving but just can't. Ha! The photo is at venice beach, where i happened to get so sun burnt I lived in a cold tub all night. I could barely walk and thought I was going to die. not even being dramatic. I thought my biggest organ was shutting down and that was the end of me. I put wet towels on my body to finally fall asleep. It was so crazy. But my skin had been in hibernation all winter long and it was the first time out to see the sun. That explains it pretty well. I've learned my lesson! no more beach without sunscreening myself every hour on the hour.

This was our big break! Rob was offered to switch bike companies and fortunately make more money that way so he could quit his vegas job on the base and move home and be with me! we were so excited! we went to LA to do a photoshoot with GT and It happened to be over Rob's birthday also. We made a really fun trip out of it. Went to Six Flags because rob and I share a love for roller coasters. We rode bikes on Venice beach. And we spent a day doing a photo shoot that was fun for me because I hardly get to ever watch rob ride his bike. I took this picture below just from my phone but i think it turned out pretty neat. :)

We ate Sills for breakfast it's one of his favorite places to eat. I think he looks so cute in this picture I want to eat him up! On our drive back we grabbed Rob's car jammed it full of all his belongings and moved him home. One of the happiest days ever.

long distance

We continued on with the long distance relationship. we would see each other from feb-may 2010 twice a month for weekends. We always had fun things to do or would plan what movies we needed to see next. It made dating fun because it wasn't as often as usual. but then we really missed each other and I was ready for him to move home and be with me.

Get on with it!

I went down for valentines day and was so spoiled! Rob had planned all these great things like aquariums, blue man group , shopping ( for me) and making me breakfast. grocery shopping before I got there and got my favorite treats . (for those of you who don't know rob...this is huge!)

So we were on his top bunk, of these bunk beds him and his roommate fashioned up. Sweet talking and the whole bit. I don't remember everything said except this, "Syd, I want to be with you forever." My heart melted right there and then we were together. We were each others again. And this time it was different because there was a future and a plan and something to get to and goals to set with each other. And it only took us 3 and a half years to figure that out! haha