WE’RE ENGAGED!!!
we are thrilled, giddy, excited, grateful and CRAZY about each other…so if some of the pictures shown below look a little “smoochy smoochy”, get over it! we’re in love and don’t care who knows it!!
It happened last night, under a full moon, at the griffith observatory. we came equipped with mexican hot cocoa, expecting a chill, but the strangely the weather was super warm. I love the observatory and the setting was more than perfect. we looked at the stars and the city lights and like always, took some pictures of us gazing at the stars and being generally awesome and then before I knew it he was down on one knee, a ring was on my finger and I was shouting YES!
then we made the obvious choice…back to my place to rock it out on the tramp.
there are a lot of “deep throat” pictures, due to our out of control state and a lot of “deep throat” kissing due to our out of control state (sorry mom).
looks like the stars are aligning. maybe there are happy endings…
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Congratulations and congratulations! (one to each of you respectively)
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much love and congratulations to you both! i can’t wait to witness the big day.
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rachel, i’m over the moon excited for you. That is some ring, beautiful! LOVE you.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I am so happy for you and don’t mind the smoochy smoochy pictures.
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Congrats!! You two look so happy.
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Woo-Hoo! Yipee! Joyous songs of love and joy… I love you guys. Congratulations!
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rachel?….. are you going to marry grant porter?…YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh happy day!! i cannot wait to dance it out all night with you two, so pick a date ok?ps.. OBSESSED with the ring!!grant, AMAZING!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOh
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Congratulations!! You deserve it! Still wish you would have been apart of our family. Sure think you are great and he is a very lucky man.
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Are you freakin’ kidding me!!!I can’t believe you haven’t called me. I’m about to pee my pants I’m so excited for you! Grant, way to go on that fabulous ring and Rach, I love the hair and all the pics as always. Love your face!
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Woo hoo!! This is fabulous news 🙂 Yippee yi-ohhhh-ki-ayyyy (well, that’s how I spell it, anyway… :)Jim and I are very happy for you both. Love you, love the photos, love that beeyootiful ring, and wish you a long and happy life together!!
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WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Could not even be happier! I cant stop looking at the pics and telling everyone. I love you both!
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Congratulations….I am so happy for you both!
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Yay!!! So happy for you Rachel. You look as beautiful and joyful as ever. Congratulations!!!!xoMary
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hey rach! I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!! I cant believe the time has come! i cant believe it! I LOVE YOU AND CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN A WEDDING DRESS! Congrats! Congrats Grant, you picked yourself a winner! She is one amazing girl! Lucky you!
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wa hoooo!!! we’re so excited for you guys. thanks for all the pics of your happiness and your pretty ring. does that mean you’re going to be in our married ward??
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best news i’ve heard in a long time! yeah for you two!
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Congratulations, Rachel!!! You two look so super cute in all of your pictures. I’m so happy for you!
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Yay! How exciting! Dave and I are so happy for you!!
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Rach, I am so so so happy for you! You two are a darling couple, I love all of the pictures! Love ya tons! Call me when you get a chance!Love ya,Mel
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Congratulations! You guys look so happy! I couldn’t be happier for you. Your ring is gorgeous! Love and miss you:)
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RACH! Teee heeee heee heee! I love you two and your visible love. You are the perfect pair and I am certain you will be skipping (and jumping) throught eternity together. LOVE THE RING! AMAZING! I am so excited for you guys!!!!! YEAH!LOVE YOU, Trina
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AGH!!! I KNEW IT WAS COMING!! I just burst into tears when I saw it, too. I cannot believe how happy I am for you. And jealous, too. I wish I could get married all over again. It is so fun and exciting!! I LOVE your ring, too! Congrats again and again. If I had the time and knew all of your friends I would throw an engagement party! So, consider this the party….!!!!!!!!!
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congratulations!!! so happy for you two! and that is SOME ring! go grant!
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I love the pictures, you guys look sooooo happy and sooooo in love. it just makes me happy! Congrats!
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Yeahh Rach!! I am so happy for you guys. Grant is such a cool guy! We met him once at your parents farewell. So are we all off to Hawaii for your wedding? I remember sitting around talking about how we would all go to Hawaii and have a big Luau! You look great together and I enjoyed all the smoochy pictures! Love ya!
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Woohoo! Many congraulations. You and Grant are just great together and yes, we need to do that Kauai double date. I guess if you honeymoon there we won’t try to tag along, but next time, we’re there. If that doesn’t work out, we at least want to jump on your trampoline. Congratulations again!
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Rachel! I am so excited for you two. I love all of the photos, it shows how clearly happy you two are. Congrats!
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Good news travels fast and GREAT news travels faster. What a lucky guy. Congrats from the Smith – Cripe clan. Love, Whitney and the boys…
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Elly told me to check out your blog . . . Congratulations! I love all of your smoochy pictures! Yay for Love!
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Truly, the black bear has struck its winning blow.Welcome to fudge brownie land, grant.Rachel…. can we get sister pedis before the big day?!!!?! YAYAYAYA
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Congratulations, you are a beautiful couple! I can’t wait to meet Grant, and see that breathtaking ring in person. SO happy for you!
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Hey girl! This is Shannon, the girl from the flight to Long Beach! Just got back home to Utah and I did great on my flight back ( thanks to your help on the 1st flight 😉 ). Congratulations on your engagement!! You are a cute couple!
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Congrats you two! The second I saw you two together in boulder I knew you were meant for eachother. Love the pictures and love the ring! Congrats!
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So happy for you! Nick came over today for breakfast and gave me the good news! I was grinning ear to ear for you! Congrats Rach, you do deserve your happy ending! Beautiful ring, BEAUTIFUL! It’s ginormous!
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hooray! so excited for you!!
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Congratulations! Your ring is amazing! Wow! We are very excited for you. Good luck with all the planning and hopefully we’ll get to see the both of you sometime soon!
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I am so thrilled and excited for both of you! You deserve it all! Love you and miss you – Amy
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what else can be said? Perfection. You guys couldn’t be more, well, perfect, for each other! HUZZAH!
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huzzah is right!! thanks everyone for your excitement and support.I am so blessed to call all of you family and friends.xxoo.
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Holy crap! I am so excited for you! I am so glad I checked in to see what you’re up to – big life changes! CONGRATULATIONS – you two look so happy together! Much love – mckenzie
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