First of all, I have to thank you all so much for your sweet comments regarding our engagement. 

You sure know how to make a person feel special. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

With all the exciting things going on here, I think I'm going to be blogging up a little storm over the next few months. So if you've ever been thinking about placing an ad on Freckled Italian, now's the time! I have a few spots open (it is simultaneously frustrating and cool to always be telling you that the large space is already reserved for next month), so check out my stats and rates right here--you can place an ad from that page, too. 

And remember that you can reserve a spot if none are available to start immediately. Passionfruit is cool like that. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to shoot me an email. Looking forward to hearing from you!

On Monday afternoon, after taking a walk downtown with some friends and before one of the craziest rainstorms I've ever experienced, Rob got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. 

It was perfect and romantic and hilarious and unexpected and kind of a dream come true.

We are so excited. 

Thank you all who have already sent congratulations! 

Your love and support mean the world to us. It's been a pretty amazing few days.

[Photo via Phyllis Peterson--my future mother-in-law!]

Happy Monday! What a full weekend this has been--we started on Saturday morning by getting ready for guests to arrive that afternoon for Sean's graduation party. My friend Tina came with her boyfriend and their little puppy and we had so much fun. Tina is one of my best friends but we just never get to see each other. I'm so glad she's starting a summer position at a law firm in town today so we'll have almost two full months for coffee and lunch dates.

After the party Rob and I headed to Charlotteville for UVA's graduation, where he would walk and make his master's official. We were driving back home last night and we talked about how some weekends require another weekend just to catch up on sleep and relax from so many festivities, and this was one of them. Luckily the two of us both took today and tomorrow off of work, so we'll be hanging out at home, going out to lunch with some more friends, and finally seeing The Great Gatsby tonight! But until then, here are photos from the weekend.