my knight in shining armor

Jake surprised me for valentines day! I just have to get all cheesy for a second and say how lucky I am! He is SERIOUSLY the nicest guy I know. He is so thoughtful of everyone and so friendly to everyone. The perfect example, last semester my roommate Aimee and I had our birthdays like a week apart. And this was when Jake and I had very first met so we weren't dating yet but he knew that Aimee's birthday was in a few days so when he brought me flowers and before he took me to his house to go horseback riding he also brought Aimee a birthday card! It was really funny I can't remember what it said... But she still has it hanging in our room above her desk! I just think that was sweet of him because he knew it was her first birthday away from home and that not many people knew about it so he wanted to make sure she got something. There are tons and tons of cute little things like that that he does all of the time but the point is I am so lucky to have a guy like Jake.

So first Jake surprised me by showing up to my sacrament meeting to watch me sing in the ward choir, which is not at all a big deal for me to do, so that was really sweet of him. And he had to teach in his priesthood class today so he ran over when his class was finished. Then he went to his sacrament meeting and I went to my other classes then I went home. When I got home this is what I found...

So of course my roommates grabbed their cameras immediately haha :)

Here's the play by play of how it went from there....

This is the greatest action shot cause it shows how quickly my roommate Dani grabbed her camera... This is not posed! My mom would be SO proud of Dani's mad camera skills.

It said, Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, (go open cabinets by the sink)

There was this poster in the cabinet! In a kingdom far away...

there was a beautiful princess whose name was Rachel, but her friends called her Princess Lola! She was the finest in the land and no ordinary prince could meet this gorgeous princess because she was saving her heart for the one she knew deep inside was the one for her. There was a rumor throughout the land (of Louisiana...) that across the land to the west there was a fine prince that would like to meet this lovely princess Lola. This rumor was started by a friend (Isaac) to them both, he knowing how perfect of a couple this stunning young prince and princess would make. (Look under the keyboard)

A picture of Isaac, his brother in law, the friend in Jake's story who introduced Jake and I.

It just so happens that Princess Lola was soon going to travel to this far land to look for her future prince. When she arrived there were so many handsome young men to choose from, but she remembered the one she had seen before. (Look in the microwave)

This is the first picture I saw of Jake, Isaac showed me. The other two guys are Jake's two younger brothers for all you single girlies out there. ;)

So she prayed that her prince Jake would find her. Now Prince Jake, he was on a quest. For, you see, ever since he saw Princess Lola's picture he said to himself, "I know in my heart that I must meet Princess Lola someday." He had to fight to win the heart of the beautiful princess and he knew it would not be easy. So ever since that day he saw her picture he was off fighting witches, pirates, dragons, and furious monsters so he could collect "100's" of thousands of dollars so that he could take care of her and win her heart. (Go look in the cleaning closet.)

A cute bag...

With lots of 100 grands! haha get it? and my favorite lotion and the movie The Notebook! jake knows me so well!

But while he was on this major quest a magic little bird came to him and sang him a beautiful song. This song informed Prince Jake that Princess Lola was in trouble and could not find her way through the woods. (BYUI campus) So he hopped on his magnificent white stallion (his car is white and he has horses!) and rode to her rescue. (underneath the kitchen table.)

Looking like a stud about to ride on his magnificent stallion haha

Meanwhile, Princess Lola was lost in the woods trying to find her way through. When all of the sudden that same beautiful little bird came and sang a song of hope telling her that the Prince of her dreams was on his way! (Isaac is the bird. He told Jake I was lost here and then he told me that Jake was on his way to show me around.) As the Princess was about to give up and believed that the Prince would never come she saw a shimmer of white on the horizon. As their eyes met for the first time a spark lit in their hearts that began to grow. We must meet again they both promised each other as they parted that first meeting. And that they did until true loves first kiss prevailed! (Look above the window.)

The heart says kiss me.

Then, in one single moment a few months later, Jake realized that fighting dragons for money could never buy Princess Lola's love. Only the love he showed her could win her heart. (Look in the stack of videos.)

He definitely has won my heart!

Then my roommates turned on some Michael Buble and we danced to it. Lol we are definitely at BYUI. I know.

It was the best Valentines Day ever! Thanks Jake! :)