California Fun

Over the last weekend I got to relive my High School Concert Choir Tour experience. This time as a chaperone! Yeah, I know...it doesn't sound like too much fun. However, my whole family got to go this time, so it was more like a family vacation than a High School trip. Even Steve got to come, although I had no idea he was going to. My parents surprised me by flying him out. Our first tour experience together wasn't a good one (I broke up with him) so it was SO FUN to have the chance for a better experience. It was great to be with my family! Here are some highlights.

~"I don't wanna see that mouse mom!" -- Seth

~Thunder Mountain Railroad in the dark

~80 Degree weather

~Cheese dog, Frozen Banana, what's better than food on a stick?

~LION KING at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Vegas

~Finding Steve hanging out in the hotel hallway like a creeper

~"Which would make you Michelle Tanner, and me Uncle Jesse...what?"

~Helping Russell ask Sarah to the Prom in front of the Disney Princess Castle

~The new Toy Story Ride...Excellent!

~Grandma B. on the Haunted Mansion

~Annie's face in our awesome picture on splash mountain.

~Dad finally getting on a Roller Coaster

~Ed and Ryan's open mic day on the bus complete with Stand-up comedy and Karaoke

~Oh Mrs. G., such a sweet spirit!

~Lunch at the Blue Bayou, the restaurant inside Pirates of the Caribbean

~Watching Sarah perform at Disneyland, she totally rocked it.

~Walking along the Pier at Newport Beach.

~Watching the PIXAR PARADE with the Twins...priceless.

~Secret Door #33

The Sisters...on Tour! What a great trip!

~Grateful~

I am grateful for the sun~I am grateful for a good night's rest~I am grateful for my Diet Coke~I am grateful for prayer~I am grateful for the guy at work who called me pleasant~I am grateful to have a job~I am grateful for teachers who learn my name and who care about my life~I am grateful for warm showers~I am grateful that I can be silly with my roommates~I am grateful for a fridge over-flowing with food~I am grateful for missionaries~I am grateful for music~I am grateful for little kids and newborn babies~I am grateful for my soon to be in-laws~I am grateful for Skype so I can talk to some of said in-laws~I am grateful to be healthy~I am grateful for the mountains~I am grateful for the temple~I am grateful for my mother~I am grateful for nights when I have no homework~ I am grateful for the scriptures~I am grateful that Jessie knows how to help me de-stress~I am grateful to have pictures to capture awesome moments~I am grateful to have someone to confide in~I am grateful for good dreams~I am grateful for my sisters who swim~I am grateful for clean clothes~I am grateful for sunsets~I am grateful for my Testimony~I am grateful for good books~I am grateful for a sweet Fiance~I am grateful to live in a free country~I am grateful for matching socks (and sometimes non-matching ones)~I am grateful for true friends~I am grateful to have a sense of humor~I am grateful for green grass~I am grateful for the Priesthood~

Story Time

Well, here goes...

Steve and I dated in high school. After some silliness from me we broke up and remained good friends for 3 years. After he came home from his mission, we decided to date again, which was fabulous because I'd always hoped we'd get another chance to be together. So in November we officially started dating again.

Needless to say, it went very well. We were (and still are) trying to make a long distance relationship between Salt Lake and Logan work. This has been the ultimate frustration for us and I know it's been particularly hard for Steve. So last weekend when I went home I was thrilled to find out that my parents had cancelled our "family plans" and that I could just hang out with Steve at his house. It was very chill, just he and I hanging out. We made really great Broccoli Cheese soup in bread bowls, and started to watch the Ice Dancing portion of the Olympics. (Steve wasn't too excited about that part.) Earlier in the week we had decided to play scrabble because it's something we like to do, and it was my turn to beat him.

So I played first, ironically enough, the first word I was able to play was "LOVED." He laughed, but having drawn the letters q, j, z, and other non-usable letters, he sent me in the kitchen to get him a drink because he was afraid it was gonna take awhile to figure it out. When I came back in the living room and sat down, steve started to play his letters, (his hands were shaking so badly.) A-R-R-Y-M-E.... arryme? Honestly I though to myself, 'that is not a word,' I was going to ask him to find it in the dictionary. Seeing my confused look, he realized he'd dropped a letter, so he went down to look for it. Now it was settling in...he was asking me to marry him. I quickly asked "are you for reals?" He laughed and claimed he was being serious. He pulled out the ring from his pocket, and asked me to marry him. After saying yes several times, I spelled it on the board. Then I promptly followed it up with the letters I had "UR NUTS." It all worked out quite perfectly.

Honestly the rest of the night is kind of a blur. His parents came home after circling the block a couple of times, and celebrated with us. Then we went to my house and told my family (who knew everything about it. Man I was clueless!) And here we are engaged. We've decided to get married in August, and let me tell you, it can't come soon enough!

Steve's way of proposing was absolutely perfect! I can't imagine anything different. It was so personal and perfect. Kudos to you Boy!This picture wasn't actually taken of us that night. There are some, I just didn't like them as much as this one. :)

WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!

Steve proposed to me Friday, February 19th 2010

Story to Come!

Are you Hungry?

Maybe it's just because I want to be an Elementary School teacher, but I love young adult and children's literacture. I almost read it exclusively, because honestly everything else kind of bores me. For Christmas my mom and dad got me a large stack of these kinds of books, amoung them: Number the Stars, The Giver, The Courage of Sarah Noble and others. I have quite a stack to work through, and unfortunately my schedule hasn't been such that I can read all the time. I want so badly to get through these books, so when my mom and sisters suggested a new book to read I wasn't too gunhoe about reading it. To be honest it didn't sound all that exciting, and I didn't understand the hype. However it was hard to be the only one that hadn't read it, because everyone was RAVING about it. So I reluctantly sat down Sunday morning and started to read The Hunger Games. Within the first 20 pages I was completely hooked. I was quickly and pleasantly surprised at the enthralling storyline! The characters were well developed, the action...SUPER intense, it was well written and the cliffhanger ending left me dying to read the next one. Needless to say I finished it in one day. Now I CAN'T WAIT to get home this weekend so I can start the 2nd book.

READ IT!