Engagement.

Okay okay okay. So everyone has been asking how I did this little engagement. Haha. Well it was a good process. It was kind of hard, since I live across the street from Kelly, to keep it a secret. Every girl wants a surprise and a good story to tell so I had to figure this out in the few hours a day I had to myself (I work with Kelly and we hang out daily). After thinking I decided that I needed to pop the question on temple square. It is where we had our first Utah date. And we dressed up On that date. So I wanted to recreate a similar night. Then I had to talk to her mother about it. Ask for permission as they say. Her mom is the best, she was very supportive and helped me keep it a secret. So then I just had to pick up the ring and set a day to ask her. The ring came back from the sizer on Tuesday. And I was able to pick it up on my way home from work without Kelly knowing I was even up to anything. Then it came to choosing a day. I figured Saturday was as good as any other day. And I didn't want to wait any longer. The ring was burning a hole in my pocket. Haha. So I brought it up casually throughout the week. Then Saturday morning came and we had to work early. We got there and it seemed that everything was going wrong. But I just kept talking about temple square and how I wanted to go there and be all dressed up. So after work we went home and got dressed up and went to temple square. It was perfect. The gates that usually surround the temple were open, and we could walk right up to the temple and touch it and go up to the doors. It was awesome. So we wandered through some of the visitors centers and looked at the art and the statues and even watched a video or two. Then we decided to go right up to the temple. So we walked in the Gate, and started to walk around it. There was a couple there taking pictures. She in her dress. Him in his tux. Very cute. Haha so we went around to the west side. And climbed the steps to the doors, and I knelt down on one knee and asked the age old question. "Will you marry me?"... Kelly is incredible. She said yes of course, and that is the story.

Be sure to follow along as we send out announcements, and tweets, and Facebook pages asking for your addresses and telling you what things are coming.

Thanks for reading my blog.
Love you.
-Joshua Franz

Tout The Video Instagram.

HEY!

So, I write this blog as a review for things that I like/don't like/want people to try... and today I want to talk about something that I really am starting to like, and comparing with something that I already enjoy/love.

I will begin with the thing that I love already, and that is Instagram. its an app for your phone (Yes, even YOU, with that weird Droid can now have it... as of last week that is!). Instagram is an app that you use to take pictures and share them with your friends. You can post them to Twitter ( https://twitter.com/#!/joshfranz , as you see here I have posted a few good pictures [and Tout vids as well] to Twitter using Instagram) and also Facebook, Tumblr, Email, and a few other social networks. You can follow people, be it friends, relatives, famous people, or your Mom, you follow them and see what they post and you can like and comment on it. On Instagram there are ways to edit your pictures with different filters and things to the photos to edit them and make them more presentable/cooler? anyway, what I'm trying to get at, is that its an enjoyable way to share photos.... Well, now there is a way to share not only photos with your friends and loved ones, but you can share videos with them as well. By downloading the app Tout. it is actually a LOT like instagram. It has a very similar interface, and its roughly the same as far as following friends and other people.

What I like about it:
1-Videos are limited to 15 seconds long, so there is NO Rambling on and on and saying Um... What?... Uh... Blah blah blah... its to the point, and if you don't get to the point in 15 seconds... try again.
2-It is easy to load things to Facebook and Twitter (since those are what I use for it)
3-Unlike Instagram, you can use Tout online at WWW.TOUT.COM . so if you have a computer with a webcam, then you can use it online without even having a smart phone.

What I dislike about it:
1-No one uses it that I know... haha! So you should start using it, you don't have to be a YouTube Sensation to use it and to be able to talk to a camera... just be yourself.
2-The Videos are Limited to 15 seconds. Now I know that in the Like Section above, I said that I like this... but all too often, I will be recording something and a word will get cut off... 20 seconds is all I'm asking for.

I suggest that you get yourself out there to the App Store on your Local iTunes, or get on that good ole Google store for Droids, and get Tout so that you can start to tell us of your life and your likings.

That is all that I have to say for tonight. haha..
Peace Late
-Joshua Franz