happy 7 year anniversary!

A year ago from today…my life was changed forever. The love of my life asked me to marry him! June 8^th will always be such a special date to both Devin and I. It is the day we started dating 7 years ago and the day we got engaged. There has never been a June 8^th to go by that Devin has not made me feel like the most special person in the world. Mr. Donald always told Devin he was setting himself up for failure because since he started out with our anniversary being such a big deal, he’d always have to make it a big deal. Hehehe. Devin hasn’t let me down yet so he is still doing well. I love to look back and see what we did in the past years, so I’ll share a little with you all about some of our past anniversary dates!

Year one: Devin took me on the most romantic picnic on Ocean Isle Beach. He picked me up from my house with a picnic basket and a blanket in the backseat. We rode down to the end of the beach and made us a little picnic on the sand dunes. He opened up the basket and pulled out black to-go boxes filled with Boundary House chicken tenders and French Fries. After we ate we went to the gazebo and watched the sunset while sitting on the tail gate of his truck.

 

Year two: Devin took me to the Ripley’s Aquarium and then to eat at Margaritaville at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach! We had so much fun playing around in at the aquarium and looking at all the fishes! We finished off our anniversary date with Krispy Kreme and after we got back to Ocean Isle Beach, we went and sat out at the gazebo to just sit, relax, and enjoy each other’s company.

 

Year Three: We started off our day with a date on the beach! Devin took me that night to watch a show at the Palace Theater in Myrtle Beach! Going to see “Broadway” type shows is something both of us love to do. To see such talent and entertainment is amazing!

Year Four: Devin and I took a trip to CHARLESTON. We toured all of downtown Charleston. We spent countless hours in the market, did a horse and buggy tour, historical home tours, walked along the battery, and of course swung in the swing down by the water. We also went down to Folly Beach for a day and explored that town. We had some of the best crabcakes that we still talk about today, I got to touch a shark that some of the local fishermen caught on the pier, and we also went down to the light house!

 

 

 

Year Five: Devin made dinner reservations at one of the most beautiful restaurants overlooking the waterway in Wilmington. Before we left for dinner that night he told me to bring a bag with a bathing suit in it and some comfy clothes. I had no idea what he had planned. After we finished up with dinner, he drove us down to Carolina Beach where we camped out! The next morning, we got up and spent the day hanging out on Wrightsville Beach! We got to adventure two new beaches we had never been to in one weekend! Devin and I went to the Pirates Voyage show in Myrtle Beach that next night. The show was awesome and the food was fantastic! We went to a preshow and Devin of course got chosen to be a part of the show! He acted like he hated to get up on the stage, but if you know Devin, he really loves that kind of stuff!

Year Six: A year ago from today, I woke up excited because it was another year to celebrate being with Devin. We did our usual gym routine followed by a beach date at Ocean Isle Beach. We took a walk on the pier and little did I know that there was going to be a crowd of people there standing on that pier waiting for me that evening holding a banner that Devin had made that said “Will You Marry Me” on it.

 

Year Seven: This past year we decided to take it easy since we are saving up for a HONEYMOOOOOOON. I say we took it easy, but Devin made the day so special for me. We started out our day with a beach crossfit WOD. After the workout, we decided to go paddle boarding in the waterway at ocean isle beach. Little did we know that if you go outside of the cannels, the current is RIDICIOUS! We got ourselves kind of stuck out in the middle of the waterway, trying to fight the current. Remember now, we had JUST finished a crossfit WOD, so we were already pretty sore. After we made it back into the channel, we returned the boards and were about ready to head to our houses to get ready for our dinner date when we realized we were locked out of Devin’s truck. Since we were paddle boarding, we left EVERYTHING in the truck…shoes, clothes, money, wallet, keys. Helpless, right? After we finally got back in the truck and got to get ready we headed down to Myrtle Beach. We walked around aimlessly in Broadway at the Beach. We did a lot of window shopping (remember…honeymoon fund). We did dinner and a movie that night. I could not have been happier with our day. It is rare that we get a DATE NIGHT in the summer because owns a summer business so anytime spent together is worth soaking up every second.  

During this past year of engagement, I feel like Devin and I have been through some of the hardest times and some of the best times. Devin and I had to do the whole long distance relationship when he went off to college and I was still in high school. After I went to college it was back to normal! We both lived in Greenville when we were in school and we both lived in ocean isle during the summer. Devin moved back home after graduating from ECU and in August I had one more year of school to complete. It was so hard being away from him weeks at a time. Devin is seriously my best friend. Not seeing your best friend every day really shows you how much you rely on them from day to day. It was the small things I had to get used to doing without him while he wasn’t with me, such as what I was going to do after class, my dinner plans, my gym times, etc. It was challenging but it made our love for one another so much stronger. We know we are better when we are together.

 I am so blessed to have been given Devin as my partner in this crazy thing we call life. I have been given so much time with him, from high school, college, and now post college. I am so excited to see what our future holds but he reminds me all the time to not rush what we have right now. I have been so lucky to have been a part of his life for such a long time because I have seen a whole life transformation. I have seen a lost sinner turn into a man who constantly seeks after God. I am so happy to have found a man who I know will lead a Christ filled home one day. He helps me daily with my walk with Christ and for that I am forever thankful.

 

This is the LAST June 8^th as a single woman and for that….I AM EXCITED!

4 month count down! Showers, NCLEX, Bridal Portraits, and more!

Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while… This past month has been so busy, crazy, and exciting!

On May the 9^th, I graduated from ECU College of Nursing! What a surreal feeling it is to be finished with nursing school. These past four years have been challenging but so rewarding. I love reflecting back on all of my clinical time and seeing how much I have grown as a nurse in such a short amount of time. I can’t wait to begin my career as a pirate nurse!

 

 

 

The weekend after graduation Devin and I had our first official wedding shower! I was so humbled by all of the people that came and showered us with gifts for our future home. Receiving gifts that I know Devin and I will use in our home one day sends so much excitement throughout me! The shower was thrown by some of Mrs. Susie’s closest girlfriend’s, Mrs. Jane, Mrs. Teresa, Mrs. Connie, Mrs. Pattie, Mrs. Chellie, and Mrs. Robin. These women have become such a huge part of my life. Since I started dating Devin in high school, I have been surrounded with love by these crazy ladies! They are such a bundle of fun when you stick them together and I promise you that you will never have a dull moment with them. I love the relationship these ladies share and the bond that they have with one another.

 

 

 

 

We had some of the yummiest food at the shower. They catered to how Devin and I like to eat. We had lots of fruits and veggies, meat balls and chicken wings, lemonade punch that you could probably drink a GALLON of because it was so good, and some of the BEST cupcakes in the world made by Copper and Chloe Cupcakes out of Leland, NC. The kind of cupcakes we had were chocolate, vanilla, and a strawberry shortcake with a strawberry and moose cream in the middle. Okay, if you know anything about people from the south…ANYTHING strawberry shortcake isn’t going to last long so if you didn’t grab one on your first go around….you probably didn’t get one!

 

Of course we had to play a couples game. Devin’s brother Drew made out a list of questions, turned Devin and I back to back, and made us exchange one shoe. Whichever person the question matched the most, you raised their shoe. I think after 7 years of dating we did pretty well, but we did miss some! Here are some of the ones we missed…

Who says I’m sorry first after a fight? (we are both always right so this was a trick question)

Who is more likely to give the other food poisoning? ( I think he’s just scared of my healthy cooking, hehe)

Who wears the pants in the relationship? (ut oh….)

Who is more likely to be running late? (we are both always late together so this was also a trick  question)

Who is more likely to deal with a spider in the house? (HE SAID ME! Come on now Devin…you know I’ll point the spider out and yell for you. THAT is how a woman deals with a spider.)

 

 

Let me tell you about my BRIDAL PORTRAITS!!!! I cannot even begin to explain how perfect my experience was with taking bridal portraits. We had the most beautiful day, perfect weather, and now I just want to play in my dress all day, every day. Amber Rhodes was my photographer and she is just amazing. I am so blessed to have her being a part of my wedding! Kayla Cheers did my hair and let me tell you… SHES PHENOMINAL. I could not have been any happier with the way my hair turned out! My sister did my makeup. I was going to go have it done, but my sister knows me best. She has been doing my makeup since our dancing days and prom days so she knows how I like it! My mom and sister went with me to have my portraits done. I am so happy it was just the two of them there. They are my two BEST FRIENDS and I couldn’t have asked for better support that day. I really I don’t know what I would have done without my sister there. From her helping get me in my dress, to helping me get the grasshoppers out of my dress, she made my day so much easier. I cannot WAIT to return the favor to her when she does her bridal portraits! It has been so fun planning weddings together. Now that I am officially done with school, let the wedding planning/festivities begin! 

 

 On June the 2^nd, I took one of the most important tests of my LIFE. The dreadful NCLEX. I left there in tears because I just knew I failed it. I have a real problem of doubting myself. After I took the test, Devin had a day full of fun events planned to keep me occupied because I had to wait 48 hours on my test results. We started out by eating lunch at this healthy little dine in place called Epic Food Company in Wilmington. We then went out to Wrightsville beach to lay out. Yall all know how Devin is when it comes to “laying out,” so after we both took a short nap on the beach we went for a walk. He walked me down to the prayer mailbox at the end of Wrightsville Beach. We both wrote a prayer in the note pad that is inside of the mailbox. If you have never been down there, I recommend it! It was such a beautiful experience writing a prayer to God and leaving it. A lot of times we pray prayers about a certain situation and then keep worrying about. This prayer mailbox in my opinion is a great way to look at how to pray. Write your prayer down, give it to God, and leave it to him

 

 

After we left the beach, we went down to Port City Crossfit. One of our high school friends Katelyn Humbert is a trainer there so we decided to go and take a class from this crossfit. We had so much fun and got an awesome workout in. I just started crossfit not too long ago at Crossfit Ocean Isle Beach and I am already hooked. I love the community of people and I love working out with Devin on team days because he pushes me and I push him right back! You know what they say….those who work out together, stay together. Hehehe

 

 

And after the LONGEST 48 hours of my entire life…I got my results back from the NCLEX. I PASSED!!! I am officially Haley Ann Enzor, BSN, RN. What a humbling feeling it is to have those letters behind my name. I pray that I always seek God's will for me in my profession and profess his love to all of my patients through my nursing care.  

 

That kind of sums up the events going on in our life right now. Being just four short months away from becoming Mrs. Sellers is so exciting. Now is the time where Devin and I get to focus on US. We have started talking about the ceremony, making our wedding crafts, trying to find the right music, and just trying to make the most out of our last couple of months as an ENGAGED COUPLE! We will be starting premarital counseling soon and I know we both have a lot of learning to do. I can’t wait to grow closer to Devin and to God throughout our counseling! I’m sure I will have lots to talk about after our first one so I will be sure to keep you all posted!