Andrew and Kari Get Rings

Kari's beau Andrew was getting his Aggie ring.  Being the nice guy that he is, he invited us to come to College Station for the celebration.  Since we love CS and think Andrew is pretty great too, we accepted the invitation.

Ring day has changed a little since "my day" and they now hand out all of the rings in the foyer area of the Association.  It is beautiful in there and super bright for pictures.

I love this sweet shot of Andrew and his mom.  I hope that I get to give Lincoln his little piece of Aggie gold one day too.



Now they both have a little bling to show off when they Gig'em.



We didn't know until we were already on our way that Andrew changed his mind about when he was going to propose and HE DECIDED TO DO IT THAT DAY!  I guess that ring was burning a hole in his pocket.  I think Kari suspected but really wasn't sure that it would happen that day.  It was very sweet.



So two pieces of gold were given that fateful day in September.



Lincoln thought all of the happy hugs and pretty fountains were great.



And of course there needed to be celebratory photos to mark the occasion.





Someday soon, this will be Kari and Andrew's set of siblings.  I don't think they're ready for this jelly...



Emmy wanted a photo with Andrew too.



Since it was Lincoln's first trip to the Association, we thought we should have a photo too.



Aren't these two just adorable!



By the time we got home, this little guy was partied out, but still just as sweet as ever.



Congratulation Kari and Andrew!  We can't wait to share in all the memories that are coming soon. :)

Kari's Ring Day

After a series of unfortunate events, mostly due to rain, my baby sister finally got her ring on Saturday morning.  Because of the change of how they were handing out rings on this make-up day, we knew we wouldn't be able to get back to the giant ring statue to take photos after she got her ring.  I loaned her mine for a few minutes so we could get these.



Once it was time for me to get into the photos, I "repo"ed that ring really quickly.  ;)


Love these guys!



Finally it was her turn to go into collect her Aggie bling.





We moved out of the way so that my dad could give her the ring with a little pomp.



It was a very touching moment.  There might have been more than one teary eye in the group.



She's officially one of us now!



Have I mentioned how awesome she looked?



There were some other people that were excited to be part of the day as well.



She sure does love her Rah Rah.





I love my family.



I especially love these two.  Even when we're getting on each other's nerves, there's no one who really gets you like your sisters.



This is probably my favorite picture from the whole day (and no it's not because you can't see that I'm pregnant).  This photo encompasses all of the hard work and effort that we have put into our futures.  It's like a pictorial representation of all of the prayers, love, and money that our parents funneled into us over the past eight years.



Family photo op before we left.



One more good shot of this chick before we left the Association of Former Students.


Right as we were about to walk back to the parking garage, the Aggie Bus drove up, so we knew we had to stop for a few more photos.



There is probably a photo like this of all three of us from each of our ring days.



I don't know that I looked this good though. ;)



Congratulations Kari!  We are all so proud of you, and I know bigger and better (if it's possible to get better than ATM) things are in store for you!