The Launch of the T and A Blog!

I have been attempting to fully launch this blog since August. This is the official Tom and Ashley Blog! Hence the whole "It's all about T and A".

This blog will definitely be filled with random rants from us both as well as our current conquests. I originally wanted to do this to showcase our efforts in getting our wedding together and to document the beginning and life of our family.

A few weeks ago I purposed to Ashley. Which was an amazing moment for me. I planned on doing it for a while but had been searching for the perfect moment to do it. Originally I planned on doing it in Disneyland (we are going there in December) but did not think I could wait that long. Plus I thought it would be a huge pain, I would have to sneak it on an airplane and just pray she would never see it.

Besides all that I could tell she was restless. She has dated people in the past who had told her they wanted to marry her but had nothing about it so she struggled with trusting me. With that in mind I wanted to do it when she least expected it but also in an enough amount of time that she would not have doubt. But beyond everything I wanted it to be a date that meant something to us both. So I picked the day before her birthday. I picked this date for two reasons the first was because any proposal I did I could use to pretend it had something to do with her birthday. The second and most important reason was because the day before her birthday was the first night Ashley and I had first kissed and spent quality time together. So I asked her Father the day before and I was ready to go! So when I purposed I used the theme of firsts. I made it seem like it was for her birthday and linked them all together.

The first present I gave her was gift wrapped bacon (Pretty awesome I know) this was because the first morning we spent together I talked non-stop about bacon. Some would call this nerves I would call it every day activity. The second present I gave her was the movie "Choke" which we both hated. I gave her this because it was the first movie we saw together. After that I took her to Tom's Pizza which is the place where I told her I had a crush on her and confessed my feelings for her for the first time. I then linked all of the firsts together and proposed. This involved a lot of sweating and me dropping the ring on the ground. To be completely honest I am not sure what happened next, it is kind of a blur. We spent the rest of the day creating new firsts. We went to Multnomah Falls and went to Tad's Chicken and Dumplings. Two things we had never done before.

In more recent events specifically. This week was very interesting for me. If you looked at my facebook page you probably know that I messed my leg up. So if figured I would officially document the story. Ashley and I were at the gym because we are on a quest to look amazing for our wedding. I had on head phones and was in the zone. While being in the zone I stepped onto a treadmill. Unfortunately for me the treadmill happened to still be on. My left leg went onto the treadmill and immediately threw me to the ground. After being to thrown to the ground I did not think to much of it and had no idea why I fell and place my hand on the treadmill. Keep in mind the treadmill was still moving! The treadmill again threw me to the ground! I eventually realized how to get up and got up and got on the treadmill next to it. I then attempted to hit the stop button several times finally shutting it off. I then ran for a minute or so on the treadmill next to it when I finally looked down and notice I was bleeding. In fact there was a blood river going into my sock. So I stopped and went to the front counter and accessed there emergency kit. After that we went home and speculated for a few hours if I should go to the Doctor or Not. Amy (Ashley's sister) came over and took a look at it and she said that she would probably go to the doctor so after she left I made the executive decision to go to the doctor.

The rest is a Vicodin haze. I was pretty happy they prescribed me that after my crappy day. So we plan on updating this periodically so you can watch us evolve! Sorry for the bloody pictures but if you know anything about me I like to tell it like it is!