I'm about to take a nap to recover from a week of work after my extended weekend in Utah. Both were exhausting. I just wanted to get this up before more time passes and I get busy.
Last week was an awesome week. On tuesday I got to do baptisms in the Newport Beach temple and I brought family names which made it a very special experience for me. On top of that the brother that was confirming me after the baptisms went to Norway on his mission and noticed the names that I brought were from Sweden so he asked if he could pronounce them in their true Scandinavian way. Of course I agreed!! It was so cool. And 2 of the girls I did work for had the same first name as me to which was super cool.
Wednesday was a highly anticipated day. This was the day I was riding out to Utah in a 12 passenger van to go see David... my awesome boyfriend (He is currently in Salt Lake City in summer school and basketball training at the University of Utah). I went out with his family, all 7 kids and his parents. There were 10 people in that van, but it really wasn't that bad. Later his dad told me that I should come on every trip because apparently the kids never behave as well as they did when I was in the car with them. By the time we got to Springville at his aunt's house where we were staying the night we were all so exhausted and it was late so I didn't get to see him which was a bit torturous.
Thursday we drove to SLC, that drive would have been really long if his sisters weren't so good at distracting me. We got to his dorm, he was waiting outside. I missed him so much! I ran up gave him a huge hug and we stayed like that for a little while (he really missed me too). Then he grabbed my hand while he gave his family a one-armed hug (which for someone 7'3 can feel like a big hug). We were then off to Idaho for his sister's graduation from BYU-I.
Here is our first picture together after being reunited:
The trip to Idaho wasn't so bad, we did a bit of cuddling and played some travel games with the kids to pass the time.
The graduation was nice... but long. We took some silly pictures together in the second half in the church building. We like this one because we're doing the same face and we didn't even plan it!
Friday we drove back to Utah in his sister's car. Just the two of us. It was lovely. We got to talk and I got to take a tiny power nap. I was so desperate to get back to his aunts house because driving for so long always makes me feel really dirty and I needed a shower. We had a super fun group date with Kat/Travis and Kim/Curtis which was awesome. They are a riot, I always have so much fun with them! We went to dinner and then went over to Kat's house after and had an awesome session of Rock Band. It was intense!
(You can't see the bench, but Kat is standing on one just to be up with David)
I was so ready to be able to sleep in on Saturday! We woke up, played a bit of dominos (our go-to game) and then the two of us had a day together all to ourselves. We went to the Oquirrh Mountain temple open house. It was sooo beautiful. Not to mention I loved holding David's hand all the way through the tour. And of course he got questions about his height, but now I feel like I can divert some questions so he doesn't have to take them all. We're a team.(This picture can give you an idea of our height difference considering I have 3'' heels on)
After finishing the tour we visited my cousin Megan who just had a handsome baby boy only about 3 days earlier. It was nice to introduce David to some family (Auntie Anne was there too) since I had met so much in the matter of only a few days/weeks and he had only met Lars and Desiree prior to this.
We went back to campus so we could change out of church clothes and get ready for the Bee's baseball game. We went to B & D Burger (Britta & Dave). It was really good, with an awesome name!
Saturday was just wonderful to have some time just the two of us.
I'm sure you can tell from the pictures, but I think i've snagged myself quite a man. He is so kind, thoughtful, silly, spiritual, fun, mature, athletic, TALL, loving, I could go on forever. It was really hard to come back home on Sunday without him but at least I knew that he would be coming back to Orange County with his family on August 7th so there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!Ok, all caught up... time to sleep.
