We help the Homeless

August 11th - 17th

Well, on sunday I found out Merrill was going back to SUU a week earlier than everyone :( So I decided to go play with her for awhile. I hate when everyone goes back to school. I am really happy that Heather, Mandy, Merrill and I went to New York because it was really the last BIG thing we could do together before everything would change. I still can't believe Mandy and Tanner worked out. I'm so happy for the two of them! Anyways, tangent over. I went to Bryans house for dinner and then we watched episodes of Duck Dynasty and Top Gear with everyone.

So, on tuesday I decided that it was time for a "me" night. I hung out at home, I watched Charlie and the Life of Pi. Super lazy, but hey! Sometimes those nights are necessary. I feel like I am always going from one thing to the next ya know?

On Wednesday baby Bryan was sick, so I went to his house to keep him company. I finally got him to watch Les Mis! He actually liked it too.

Thursday was the most RANDOM day. We decided at work that we were going to make a video to promote helping the homeless. We bought clothes from the D.I., Little Ceasars and Gatorades. We litterally drove around Salt Lake City looking for homeless people to pass everything out to. I will say, it was a bit awkward, but then there were some people who were so grateful that it made up for it. When we got done, we went to Tucanos. MMMMmmmmmmm yummmy. Sometimes I just absolutely love my job!!

My grandma was in town that night, so I went to see her for awhile! I love seeing her, and I'm g lad she came out to take care of my mom. Grandma helped her set up the house and make it feel more like home by hanging pictures and organizing everything. Vern, my step grandpa asked me to come outside, apparently they had china for me from my Great Grandma! She passed away earlier this year, and there was just so much stuff that they didn't know what to do with. When he started talking to me about them, I found out they actually belonged to my Great Great Grandma and they were being passed down to me! How cool is that? I don't think I have ever gotten something like that before. The china is SO beautiful. So, that night I went back to Bryans house and we watched the Truman show. I have to say, not my favorite movie. The strangest story line, and it was just one of those movies that frustrated me the whole time. However, I got to cuddle and take care of sicky. That makes up for the strange movie.

So saturday I went out to look for bridesmaid dresses for Jessicas wedding. Brooke came with me, and we couldn't find anything at all in her colors. turquoise is such a tough color to find, and it isn't really a fall color. Bryan and I were texting, and I found out randomly that we were going on a double date with his parents? I'm so down, but he hadn't told me anything at all! He's a planner for sure ;) We went to dinner at Johnny Carino's. Dinner was really good, Bryan and I got two different meals and shared. I like how we usually share things. Dinner was really great with his parents. Janet and Rick are so entertaining to me, and I like talking with Janet.

After our date we drove to my moms house to celebrate Laurens Birthday early with my Grandma Sherry. We had Root-beer Floats and cake. We even watched some home movies, and then the beginning of Monsters University. Later we met up with friends down by the Jordan River to have a bon fire. Colton, Garrett, Daryl, Brooke and Kyle. The best part of the night, is that when I got home, I realized I had left my phone in Bryans car!!! Left my phone in Bryans car....... I rushed inside, got on Facebook and messaged him right away. I felt so silly! Thankfully he doesn't live to far because I had to drive back to pick it up! I am a special human being. I'm glad that we were able to fit everything in that night though, because I wasn't sure that we were going to be able to!

To Fairview We Go.

Tuesday

Well tuesday was a fun day. I went to work of course, and after work I got to go to a  drive in movie with Merril and Heather. I wanted to invite Bryan, but he had to do fantasy football with his boys. Apparently the only time they could all get together to do it was that night at like 10pm. Anyways, I got girl time, so that was great :) We went to Despicable Me 2 in Merrils fun little white truck. We had blankets and that movie was SO funny. Those minions get to me. Too cute.

Thursday

Bryan and I went to a Wedding Reception for  The Loveridges. The wedding was cute, but oh how it makes me want to be with Bryan forever. I know I will, just not yet :) When the reception finished we drove over to Brandon Warners house. He also served in Ukraine, and since we had so many missionaries all in one pace we had to go play and talk more. I really do enjoy seeing all of those missionaries because they were so much apart of him for the last two years.

Friday

Ah FRIDAY. The day I was waiting for all week. I worked for most of the day, and when Bryan was finally off of work, I drove up to the point of the mountain to meet up with Bryans dad. Then it was off to Fairview. The drive was great, except I felt dumb because I told Bryan about Angela and Ron wanting to promote me and have me stay with them after I graduate. I guess I felt silly because I have been going to school for ASL and to teach, but now I'm not sure what I want. There is part of me that would love to stay with the company for a long time. I love them, it is a safe environment and I have room to grow there. I can just see myself staying there. At the same time, I've been planning on being a teacher, and I don't want my education in Deaf Studies to not be used. We'll just have to see what feels right.

Well, the cabin that night was fun. We played lots of games, and we ate snacks. I love how being with them is the best thing in the world. I'm not bored ever, and life just feels good.

Saturday, we got up, Rick and Janet made us breakfast and we just hung out! Bryan and I went four-wheeling a few times, and we even went on a fun ride with his parents. Oh how BEAUTIFUL it was. I love how peaceful it is up there, and how the world just goes away and everything feels perfect. On top of that, I got to be with the boy I love more than anything.

That night when we got home, I was not ready to leave at all. However, I was happy because heather asked me to come over and we had ourselves a  girls night. What more could you a girl ask for. Hershey's chocolate milk, fruit snack and hot tamales. Heathers house is the best.

Boating sun and fun.

July 28th - August 3rd

Well Wednesday was beautiful, and I went to work. Nothing much to report of here. However, work is still going great. So, after work Bryan and I decided to cross off another adventure from our summer list! We drove up Cottonwood Canyon to hike up to Doughnut Falls. I love this hike because it is short, easy and pretty. I would call this a perfect nature stroll. Nothing like being able to breath and not want to throw up when I'm hiking (memories of good ol' Mt. Timpanogas). The hike was great, lots of good conversation as always with my boy. We got up to the little falls and it was very pretty! The only thing was it was already getting dark because we started our hike a bit late. Anyway, I really enjoyed getting to spend some quality time with my best friend.

Friday - May I say, I had a great start to my morning :) My thoughtful boyfriend forgot to mention that his family decided they would be picking me up at 8am..... He calls me like 10 minutes before picking me up to let me know they are on their way. I know I was going boating, but I REALLY needed a shower. So I jumped in so fast, washed my hair and yes - I blow dryed my hair so they wouldn't know I washed my hair right before I was about to jump into a dirty, dirty lake. It is magic  that i was ready on time. Well, they arrived and off we went!

After we picked up the boat from his Uncles house, we drove down to Utah Lake. Saturday was seriously a beautiful day! We began  taking turns for water skiing and oh how nervous I was for my turn because I had only skied once in my life and it had been 4 years since. Surprisingly, all went well and I popped right up! I actually think I may like it more than wake boarding. I didn't think I would. Uncle Gary showed up later and he is an insane boat driver. He is a really funny man as well. Anyway, we moved onto wake boarding and we all seemed to do well on that. I'm so glad I got up though, because I had told Bryan in so many letters how I was getting better at it each time I went with my ward. I still can't go in and out of the wakes very well, but hopefully I will be able to someday!

So naturally, I'm always afraid I won't look very pretty at these kinds of activities. Especially as the day goes on and there is not a bit of make up left on my face. But of course Bryan saved  the day when he got home from boating and he told me I am beautiful and the most gorgeous girl ever. Ah. Serious butterfly moment right there. We all went home and showered and got back together for a good old fashioned American summer night dinner. Hamburgers. Yum. Bryan and I went to Walmart to buy 42 and then we all watched it together as a family.  While we were watching, I just had this overwhelming feeling of how much I love Bryan. The blunt little girl in me told him "I know I say this too often, but I really really really love you". He then told me I really know how to give him butterflies :) So we ended the night by reading scriptures with his family and me going home. I'm kind of grateful for my life.

Saturday was pretty dang great as well. Heather, Merril and I drove down to Seven Peaks for a girls day. It was packed, but we still got to go on a few slides, chill in the wave pool and get our tan on. These girls are just the absolute best. I'm sad Merrill will be going back to school in a week.

Later that night I met up with Bryan and we went to his Mission Reunion! There were so many people there. We had food, talking and a talent show. I love meeting all of these people and seeing others that I have already met. Oleg, Fitz, Warner, Tautkus, Harris and so many more were there. They are just kind loving people. They make me feel welcome and part of their group. I'm happy that Bryan served with such a good group of people, and that they all became such good friends. They work hard to see each other often which is something I don't think most missionaries experience. I am pretty sure we will end up being friends with many of them for a long time. Well, I guess  that is the end of this week. But I am so incredibly blessed. 

Happy Birthday Utah!

July 21-July 27th

Well, Chelsea is playing catch up again! This week again. So here are the highlights! 

So on the 23rd, Brandon at work finds out that we celebrate Utahs Birthday on the 24th of July. He thought it was hilarious, and asked if I was going to want to skip work..... I told him I was planning on working like a half day.... One more random thing about Utahns to make him think Mormons are strange :) Well, I ended up working until 2:00pm and then I finished working at home until date time!! Bryan picked me up, and we went with a group up to Salt Lake City to the trail head for Ensign Peak. We hiked up and oh it was SO beautiful. You could see fireworks all over the entire valley.  The group was Colton, Bryan, Carl, Daryl and their dates. I have to say I enjoyed watching each of their awkward first dates! Especailly how one of the girls couldn't stop talking about her ex boyfriend.... and marriage? Awkward for Daryl. Entertaining for Bryan and I.


Well, the date was fantastic. Sitting up on a blanket, cuddling with mu very best friend while looking at fireworks. Life couldn't be more perfect. He also wore his new shirt, and may I say that Bryan O'Dell looks good in his new clothes. I've done good people.

So, now that Colton is home, we have been inviting him to hang out with us. I'm glad that him and I are actually really good friends. It is really cool that he is chill with being our third wheel, but we aren't awkward so are the coolest couple to chill with anyway :) We decided to make cookies, and watch Everybody Hates Chris. That TV show takes me back. 

For those of you who don't know, Bryan and I were hanging out/interested in each other for a good 3 months before he held my hand. One evening we were sitting in his basement talking, and watching Everybody Hates Chris. I had never seen it before, but it quickly became one of my favorites. Well, I'm sure we all know that Chelsea is impatient so that fact that she made it 3 months without going crazy is a miracle! I got my flirt on, and that of course included a tickle fight. Before I knew it, the boy had found a way to grab my hand. One of the best moments and feelings ever. The amazing thing, is that I still get butterflies every time he goes to hold me hand. #Cheese


So on Friday I went to work, and on my way home I decided I needed to go to the temple. I gave my dear friend/cousin Nicole Newbold a call, and we went to the Jordan River Temple together. The temple was peaceful, and catching up with her was much needed. So much has happened in the last couple months for the both of us. She is one of those friends who will always be there, no matter what. I know that I  can go months without seeing her, give her a call out of the blue - and she will be there for me.

Well, as we hopped into my car to leave, I turned the key in the ignition and my car wouldn't start... Of course I was there were cars on either side of me so I couldn't get someone to jump my car, and I didn't have cables to top it off. I called Staci and she sent Marty and little Sawyer to come save the day. Mardi pulled his big ol Truck onto the pavement to reach my car, but then we couldn't get my hood open!!! The cord to pop it open was broken... who knew? Not me. Somehow Marty magically got it open after a good half hour, and we went to get me a new battery. Thank goodness for kind souls. 

I quickly showered when I got home so I could get to Bryans house. He had a good laugh as I told him the events of the last couple of hours. Thankfully we watched a movie, and he held me and the stress from the car was gone.

So, somehow we have gotten half way through summer without a big girls get together. We finally decided to make something happen. We got a group of us to meet at Newbolds house for breakfast. Everyone brought something, and we sat in a circle and took turns catching the group up on our lives. Newbold, Merrill, Cassie, Andi, Heather and I. We are getting so old.... having lunches or breakfasts with "old friends" to catch up. Where is time going? I'm gonna be 30 before I know it! Gross.

Merrill, Heather and I went to the farmers market!!! It was too cute, and I got a new necklace for half of. Love me a good deal.

So that night Bryan and I went on a double date with Parker Harris. The girl he brought was a sweetheart! I had never seen an indoor football arena, so that was new for me! I had to learn the new rules, and thankfully Bryan knows all when it comes to sports. Definitely still a fan of real football, but it was still a fun experience! Here is a cute pic with Bryan looking good in another new shirt :) 

Zoom zoom zoom

July 14 - July 20th

So you know those times when you think you are right and you are not? That happened today. First, we have to back up. Ron decided for his birthday, he wanted to go drive Nascars. Real nascars. To my astonishment, I found out that you need to know how to drive stick, and well, my last experience using a manual car was... not pleasant. Bryan tried to teach me before his mission, and I didn't even make it out of the church parking lot. SO. Needless to say, I may have had a slight freak out on the inside when I found out that they had already paid for me to go with them, and I did not have the heart to admit that I didn't know how. Instead, I told Bryan and made him promise to teach me. So we never seemed to get around to it, and finally had one lesson. I did finally make it to neighborhoods, main roads and finally Bangerter Highway.  However, I stalled the car quite a bit.  So, it gets to the week of, and I'm like thinkin "okay... I have until Thursday to go out and practice once or twice more'. So I show up to work, and Brandon takes one look at me and says, "Where are your shoes? You can't wear sandals in those race-cars" Yup. Heart attack moment. We were going two days earlier than I had realized..... So Ron made fun of me big time, and we had to stop by my house on the way to get my shoes. The whole time all I can think about is how I'm going to stall the car, look like an idiot, or crash. They give us the  orientation/instructions and I thought I was going to puke, until they told me that these cars only had 2nd and 3rd gear. I would only have to shift once. Hallelujah. They put us in sweet suits, took our picture, stuffed us in, and let us go! We drove around a half mile track so we couldn't go too fast before we had to slow down for the corners, but dang! It was still way fun. They showed us our sweet pics when we got done, but they were expensive. Ron just picked up all four of them and paid!!! I was so happy. What a good boss I have :) So here race car model/driver Chelsea. 

Wednesday I got up and went to work as usual. After work I met up with a bunch of our friends at a park and we played baseball! I wasn't any good, but we all had fun together! We had quite a few of us show up, and a few other random people we didn't know. We played until it started to rain, and then we drove to Carl Prince's house. He had a bon fire out back, hot dogs and s'mores.  We didn't stay too long because we only showed up to pick up a present that Mark has picked up for Bryan for Erikas birthday. That night was one of the first nights we actually talked about marriage. Good times. I admitted that I did not want to get married in December. I think he was kind of surprised. But anyway, when we got back to his house we watched the Espies till pretty late. I felt bad when we realized what time it was since we both had work early in the morning. But, it was a night well spent.

Friday, I worked in the morning and then left with Bryan, Colton, Jake and Same to Seven Peaks. Odd numbers are pretty awkward at things like this. We had lots of fun, but I told Bryan and colton to go have some fun together, and Jake had to leave early - so it was just me and Sam. Love the kid, but he's 15, so we didn't really have much to talk about ha.                                                                                                                               When we got back I had to rush home to shower and get ready as quick as I could because we were going to go on a double date with Tautkus and Brooke. I am amazed at how fast I got ready. Thankfully I was ready when they picked me up. We went to the Bee's game for The Sandlot Anniversary. We stood in line to meet the cast, watched the game and when the game ended - we got to watch the movie on the field! I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty sweet. Also, there was a grand slam during the game, so we could use our ticket at a Denny's for a free Grand Slam breakfast! 

Saturday morning, Bryan realized he left Jakes pass at Seven Peaks, so the two of us drove down to pick up the card. On our way back, we stopped for our free breakfast at Dennys. During the afternoon I hung out with Heater. Later, I got ready for  Kelsie's wedding reception and made Bryan go with ne. Poor boy is going to be so sick of wedding receptions. When we got done, we drove to Coltons house to watch the Dark Knight Rises. I think I'm good not watching that movie for awhile now. Well, thats all folks! Another wonderful summer week! 

Swallow bobbi pin say what?

July 7th - July13th

Before I begin this post, I just want to say I am blonde. 

So, sunday I was all by myself! The stouts were out of town so I had to fend for myself. I went to their ward, played with a baby I used to babysit during sacrament. And just enjoyed a good sunday. When i got home from church, I decided to watch/read Harry Potter all day. I know, I'm pretty cool. I just got hooked and couldn't stop! Seriously. Harry Potter has been consuming my free time and even my dreams. So, because I was all by myself, The Frandsens were very kind and invited me over for dinner. Thank heavens, I probably would have starved otherwise.

Monday Bryan was texting me all day about what he should be when he grows up. He has no idea... so we just brainstormed and researched on our own through the day. That night I went over to his house and we continued our research and even chatted with his mom about it. We came down to some kind of doctor or Optometrist. Who knows what will really happen. I just hope he isn't in school for the next 12 years. When we got done, we went running. 

Tuesday, when I got home from work, I made dinner for the Stouts! Then I hung out with Merrill for awhile, and when I left her house I  hung out with Staci. Nothing too crazy, just enjoying time with some of my favorite people! 

Wednesday after work I went to Bryans house and looked up majors all night again. Bryan had a meeting with the the stake president so he could get a new recommend. While he was gone I just played scrabble with Jake and Janet! I didn't do too bad, but Janet still won! She's a word queen.                                                                     Thursday - I made dinner for Stouts again! When dinner was over, I just hung out around home for the night. It was nice to just relax. Before I went to bed Bryan and I talked on the phone! He got to see his mission president that night, so he was pretty dang happy. He even got to go on a lesson with some missionaires that were teaching a couple of Russians. I can't even begin to convey how happy he was about that. 

Friday I worked at home until I went to Seven Peaks with Bryans family! They are just so fun! I love summer! I never want it to end. So before we decided to leave, we all went to play in the wave pool. I wanted to fix my hair because it was driving me nuts. So I pulled out my bobbi pin, stuck it my mouth like I always do when I am fixing my hair, but then Bryan started tickling me and I was laughing so hard. When he was done I tilted my head back to slick my crazy messy hair back. As I did that, I managed to swallow my bobbi pin. It wasn't quite down my throat, but I didn't know what to do! So being the genius I am, I swallowed it completely. Bryan. Flipped. He was so worried about me and was so afraid that I was  going to die. We told his parents and you could tell they were super worried as well. I promised  them I would call a doctor friend right away. So, I called Don Childs, and he said as long as it made it passed my esophagus that I would most likely be just fine. So I thought I would be fine! However, I went home to shower and I just felt so sick. And my chest felt funny. I just shoved off the feeling though because I didn't want to freak anyone else out, especially Bryan. 

So when I finished getting ready I went to Bryans house to meet up with friends to watch The Lord of the Rings. We FINALLY convinced Kyle to watch one. We didn't have too many people show up, but we did have the good peeps. Kyle, Mark, Newbold, Bryan and I. Kyle made fun of the movie the whole time, which is weird because It IS his type of movie. He just needs to have a good attitude. 

During the movie, I still felt weird chest pain, and when I went home to sleep it got even worse. By 4am I was a nervous reck, and called my mom at 6am. I was crying and had no idea what I should do. We decided to go to an Instacare. However, none of them opened earlier than like 8:00am. We drove to one, waited in the car, and I wanted to cry I was in pain and so afraid. I was just afraid it went down the wrong way, and was stuck or scraping something inside of me. We walked into the Instacare at 8:00am just to be told they didn't take my insurance. So we searched until we found one that did, and had to wait a half hour or so until After hours Medical opened at 9:00am. We got in right away, thankfully. They examined me, had me get an x ray, and wait. The doctor came in and told me I was going to be just fine because the bobbi pin had already made it to my colon, so.... it would be "coming out" in the next day or so. He said the pain was the scratching the bobbi pin did to my esophagus as it went down. He had me drink some medicine to kind of numb the pain. This whole time I was in there, I was texting Bryan... BUT I was too embarrassed to tell him where I was, so I acted like everything was just fine. After that, my mom drove me home and when I walked in Staci was so relieved because she didn't know where I had gone.. I explained everything and then took a nap and a shower. I wanted to cancel on the afternoon because I was still feeling a bit funny, but I had promised friends I would meet up with them that day, and Bryan and I had planned a double date for later as well. 

When Bryan picked me up, I told him everything that had happened. He was a bit upset that I didn't tell him, but he was happy I was fine and laughed a bit. So, we drove up to Alpine to this sweet rockslide with Maegan, Austin, Bryce, Faith and Bryan. I was so excited to show Bryan this place since like the year before. We had lots of fun! There were like 30 people up there, so we only went down 3 or so times. The water was frigid, but it was a nice hot day so it actually felt good. I had a  good time seeing Faith and Maegan. I wish we could all get together more often, but life just gets busy. Faith was crackin up Bryan the whole time. That girl is a hoot! So, we left a bit later than we had planned, so we had to rush home and I had to shower as quick as possible. Bryan then picked me up and we met up with Jordan Smith and his girlfriend at Brick Oven. Guess who are waiter was? None other than our dear friend Tanner Hansen! Love that kid! He was a good little waiter. Jordan's girlfriend was really nice, and she is studying Sign Language as well, so we had a lot to talk about. When dinner finished, we went to Coltons for a movie night with Daryl, Tyler, Bryan and I. I'm getting pretty used to this only girl situation. Anyway, the day ended well, and I started to feel better! I'm so grateful that everything worked out, and that it wasn't more serious than it was! I'm also grateful I got to spend the day with some pretty wonderful people. 

My Family Is Home

June 30th - July 6th

Dear Diary,

What a wonderful week!

My little sisters are BACK. How exciting is this? Monday night I got to go pick up my sisters from my mom and we went to play up in Daybreak! Dang, they have grown up so much! I haven't seen them since Christmas. I'm amazed at how much they grow up in 6 months and how different they look. Elizabeth is tall and so skinny, and Lauren is 8 going on 16. We walked around Daybreak lake, played at a park and in the sand and water. Here are the beauties!

The rest of this week was good as well! I'm kind of playing catch up at the moment, so I'm trying to remember what happened each day!

Wednesday night I drove up to a cabin in Park City to meet up with my family. We had dinner, played games, watched Les Miserables. Oh, my grandpa ordained Joshua a Priest. That was pretty cool. I really wished my dad was there though.... It makes me sad that he isn't worthy to do that right now. I just really have been missing him lately. And I just feel sad that he is all by himself. Things are a bit awkward. I'm glad everyone in his family is still very accepting of my mother and that they care about her so much to be there for her still. They have been pretty wonderful.

I had a fun talk with my grandpa that night while watching Les Mis. He was telling me stories about when he was a teenager, and how he would take care of their families ranch all summer. He said he would stay there all week and then his family would come visit on the weekends. He told this funny story about how there was a snake in the shed and how his sisters were screamin' and he came to save them! Or sometimes a cow would go off, and he would have to go search for him and sometimes campout over night until he found them. I really enjoyed hearing about his life growing up! He was a cute cowboy! I love grandpa :)

Well, Thursday some of us when down into Park City to the Outlets. Jordan and I bought a couple things at Banana Republic that were incredibly on sale! We hung out and chatted more up at the Cabin until we took Family Pictures, and then I left. I drove down to South Jordan to meet up with Nicole and Heather for the Bee's game. I'm starting to think Baseball is interesting. Crazy huh? Well, the game was good, and when it got over there were FIREWORKS :) They had some pretty good ones too.

Well, Crazy thing. This weekend there was an insane amount of Rain, so Friday night when Bryans family got back from their cabin, there was a flood into their basement. They had to fix that all night:/ Anyway, Saturday night was rainy as well, but Bryan came to pick me up so that we could go to the Riverton Demolition Derby! Derbys are so much fun to watch. I think Bryan actually liked it! His family was able to join us later and we all had lots of fun!

When the Derby was finished, we had this crazy idea to go to a drive in afterwards, so Bryan, Jake, Sam, Erika and I went to the Drive in theatre to watch Monster University! Ah it was SO funny. Seriously, one of the best sequels I have ever seen. Most of them aren't as good, but this one may have been better than the first movie. Trying to get comfortable in the back of that car was interesting ha. Thankfully we finally got a bit comfortable! I kind of really love this family. All of Bryan's siblings are super funny and they each have such great personalities.

So funny story, after the movie I of course wanted a picture. So, we got a group picture and then I needed a picture of Bryan and I. Well, little boy Bryan could not keep his eyes open to save his life. Every time the camera flashed, his eyes shut. The poor kids eyes got so red, but I of course made him suffer through. So, this is probably the best picture I have ever seen.

Well! That is all for now. Life is so good. I can't believe this boy is home still. I'm amazed at how much I love him. He's definitely my very best friend. 

Wedding and Rodeo?!

Saturday, June 29th

Do you know what I love? Waking up, and not putting on make up until 6pm in the afternoon. Saturday I got up early to help around the house and get some jobs done. I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple to do baptisms, which was super good because I got to do some family names for somebody. I know that obviously the temple names are family names, but it is just nice to meet the people who's ancestors names you are helping out with. 

After the temple I hung out with the boys an took them to the pool! It was so dang hot that I could NOT lay out. I ended up just playing with them in the pool for awhile. We played monkey in the middle, and had swimming races. Baylor is such a fun kid! Staci just has the cutest boys ever.
 That night I finally decided to get showered and ready for the evening. Bryan and I went to Tanner and Amanda Hansens wedding reception. They had their reception in Tanners backyard and it was gorgeous!!! There was a pond and a waterfall and lots of space. The decorations were very pretty too. It looked like Pinterest :) Merrill and Heather were bridesmaids and they looked absolutely gorgeous in their outfits. there were just so many friends there! I was so happy to see everyone in one place together. We really just have such a good group of friends. Everyone seems to still be making great choices, following the gospel, getting married and finishing school. It is so weird that we are all growing up. Man, it will be nuts once we start having kids. Ah! Little Heathers, or Mandas or Chelsea's! So fun. But NOT yet. haha.

Bryan and I left the reception around 9ish so that we could go get changed for the rodeo in Riverton. We were really late, but we still got to see some horse races, and bull riding! We met up with his family when we got there. Everyone except for Erika came. Summer is just so fun! Everyone is so happy and there are so many activities to do. Bryan and I drove around and talked until we finally got back to his house. We got to sit and cuddle and talk some more in his basement until I finally went home. I just really enjoyed that night with Bryan! We just had such a good time together and everything felt right and in place again. I seriously just love us!

Manti Pageant

Friday, June 28th

So today I worked from home and boy was I busy! I couldn't believe how busy I was. I would walk away from my computer for not even 10 minutes and have 4-8 new emails. I actually really enjoyed being that busy though because it made the day go faster and I felt very productive. Bryan called me during lunch after work on his way to priest camp. I was happy because everything was feeling much more like us again. 

Around 6pm Janet called me to let me know that they were ready to leave for Manti. I went on over and we were off! We stopped at In N' Out for dinner. Janet wouldn't let me pay! I felt bad. She's so sweet though! She was like "are you kidding me?! You are a poor college student!" The drive down was good, and I really enjoyed talking to Erika, Jake and Janet. Janet is so nice, and she's actually super funny. She was telling us way funny stories from college and the weird people who she had been on dates with. I even told her a couple funny date stories of mine. 

The Pageant was good as always. Erika didn't want to sit by Jake, so I sat between the two of them. It's funny how I still get something new out of it each time I go. It is so cheesy, but has such a good message. I love it. We got out of there really fast, and didn't even hit any traffic! I couldn't believe it. Erika and I completely fell asleep on the way back. Jake was talking to his mom about work, and what he does there. Probably half of the reason I fell asleep so fast. Man, that boy is a talker! He is so nice though. 

When we arrived home, Janet talked to me for a bit before I left. I 'm so glad that I went! I was pretty skeptical about going because I didn't want them to think it was weird, and I wasn't sure if everyone would feel awkward about me being there. Everything went great, and I am glad I got to spend that time with them! 

Running time.

Monday, June 24th - Wednesday June 26th 

So,  I always mix up when Pioneer day is. Why? Because my old best friend Laura Farr's birthday is June 24th, and Pioneer day is July 24th. Random fact, but there you go! I don't think I will ever forget her birthday! 

Well, today was pretty good. I went to work and Brandon was finally there. He hadn't been in all last week so it was nice to get caught up. Ron took Brandon out to lunch to make sure he was doing allright, which left Angela and I here alone. We decided to take a girls lunch out to Zupas!  Fun huh? I love my Angela! Zupas was yummy, but I stuffed myself so bad I wanted to die. Work was hard to focus on after that because I just wanted to fall asleep. I survived though! When I got home I chatted with Staci, but I ended up falling asleep and taking a nice nap! They woke me up for dinner and that was yummy - enchiladas and salad. We had FHE and this week we were on the 6th article of faith! I still can't seem to say that one without singing the song they taught me in primary. Tyler made us some REALLY good banana bread for our FHE treat. 

I read Harry Potter for awhile, and then Heather and Merrill showed up at my house to visit! Man I love those girls. We were just laughing and chatting for an hour. I am so lucky to have them! Heather just pops down on my bed and gets under the covers with me. I just started laughing ha. Bryan texted me around 10:15pm and told me we could go running, so then I said goodbye to the girls and went over to Bryans. Here is where I regret how much banana bread I ate! OH my hannah. I thought I was going to die. Bryan made me keep going though. I need to improve lots.... He's a good running buddy though!

Tuesday I went to work and got a lot done again. After work I came home and made dinner. This time I made BBQ chicken with Pasta salad! The boys said the chicken was really good, probably just being nice again! That night I went to play ultimate frisbee with everyone (Kyle, Carl, Bryan, Mark, Garrett, Brooke, Parker etc). It was fun, but we played for forever, so by the end I was definitely ready to be done. I did get to go see Heather, Mandy and Merrill while they were finishing up some crafts for Mandy's wedding this saturday. When Merrill and I left we her to her house so that I could borrow Harry Potter #6. I was a bit excited. Bryan called me later that night, which I always love. I feel bad because I was

kind of moody... I was just feeling frustrated with everyone around me getting married. I don't want to get married super fast, and I know I feel good about Bryan, but it's not like I have my answer either. I guess I just wanted some kind of affirmation that he is wanting the same things and is dating me with marriage in mind. I hate when I let my emotions get the better of me. He sent me a really sweet text, but I feel bad because I fell asleep before I even read it.

Wednesday I went to work, and it was a slower day, but I did my best to keep myself busy. I got my hair trimmed before I went home. After dinner I went to Heathers and we did a project that we found on Pinterest. We used wood shutters to make something to hang pictures on! We accidentally didn't buy enough spray paint, so we made a mad dash to Hobby Lobby. We walked in at 7:59pm, pretty dang lucky. On our way back to her house we saw a lady selling dogs... I had to hold one!! They were adorable. I wish they stayed that small! Anyway, we won't home to finish and I think they turned out pretty dang cute!


So I was planning on seeing Bryan after he went to the temple that night, and he didn't end up calling me until 10pm. I was frustrated. I don't need to see him everyday, but I really just needed to talk... Hopefully I didn't drive him to crazy.. we ended up going on a walk and talked and I felt better. It was awkward talking about those feelings I had about everyone getting married except for me because I didn't want to freak him out. He was so good about it and said that it's totally okay for me to feel that way, and he did tell me that he wouldn't be dating me if he wasn't hoping to marry me. So, that was good and what I needed to hear. Dang, sometimes I'm a pain in the butt. He's pretty great for putting up with me.

Stripes Stripes Stripes

Thursday June 20th - Sunday June 23rd

Dear Diary,

Once again, another great weekend!

Thursday night I went to play with Heather :) We took a little trip over to Forever 21 and did some shopping. That place is like heaven to us! I may have bought 3 striped shirts and an adorable white shirt, a belt and a necklace. Whoops. Good news is, I spend less than $50. Heat and I just did the usual girl talk! When we got back we shoed Netty (Lynette, Heathers mom) our new clothes. It's tradition :) Heats Dad even liked what I bought! That night  when I got home, I decided I couldn't take my mess of a room anymore and I finally put all my clothes away!! Happy day. I like being able to see my floor!

Friday night after work I decided to go to the Draper Temple.  It was a really pretty day, and I love how the sunlight comes in the baptismal font windows. It is so gorgeous. Besides the SLC font, Draper is my favorite. When I was finished and ready heather and I decided to go on an adventure. We went to Hobby Lobby to pick up spray paint for a little project we are gonna do. We then decided to go to Ross, where I used my store credit for a pretty cute shirt and cardigan. The shirt may have been striped as well... whoops. So Heat and I called it an early night again. I went home and got some reading in before I went to bed.

Saturday I woke up around 8:30am to clean the house. Staci was picking the boys up from Payson Canyon. She's a sweetheart and won't let me pay for rent anymore. She just wants me to help out, so I figured it would make her happy if I got most of the saturday jobs done before she got home. Man that place smelled like cleaning supplies by the time I was done. Might have been a bit intoxicating! ha. Everything looked fantastic though! Heat and I went to the pool around noon, we got some good sun in and lots of talking and reading. It was a perfect day to be outside! We also cleaned her car!

That night Bryan picked me up at 6:15pm or so to go to his family party. Two of his cousins were in town that he hadn't seen in awhile. Bryan made it sounds like the party was going to be awful and incredibly embarrassing  It honestly wasn't that bad!  Maybe because I secretly like those jokes... ha. I thought it was great to finally meet all of these people I've heard so much about. Uncle Gary is SO funny. Bryan has some awesome cousins and just a great family in general. I wish we could have stayed longer! We already had a date planned with Mark, Heather and Trent. We drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon to go hiking, but the hike we wanted to go on wasn't open yet. I was frustrated though because they didn't wait for us to follow them when we were driving up, and they didn't wait for us to start the hike. We ended up finally finding them and then we sat down to eat. We went to my house after. Carl and Brooke met up with us! So that was fun. We had a bon fire, s'mores and sparklers :) Heat and I mostly played with the sparklers... ha. We are children.


After the date, Bryan and I were talking. I showed him my cute $50 couches! We even tried them out for a minute:) Dang I love us.

Sunday I was running late because I couldn't get the awful campfire smoke smell out of my hair. I ended up telling Bryan to come inside while I finished my hair. It was kind of funny letting him watch me finish getting ready. He looked pretty entertained by how I curl my hair. I asked him to help me find the pieces I had missed. Anyway, pointless random tangent there. He did tell me I was beautiful, and we know that makes me smile like crazy!

Colton's homecoming was nuts! LA Norton gave his homecoming talk right before Colton, but he fainted!!! I guess he had been sick or something. He was able to give his talk by sitting and speaking into a microphone. He is a champ! But yes. Colton did awesome. He made me cry like 3 times. I don't know why missionary stories just get to me like that!

Carl's homecoming was after that, and he did well also. Funny thing happened, some guy comes up to me and says "I know you don't know me from adam, but these girls want to know where your dress is from." It was so random.

I went to Bryans house after that for dinner with his family. Dinner was super good! Man, they feed me a lot. We went to World Wide Missionary training broadcast with Jake, Janet and Rick. The broadcast was really good. I mean, lots of the same information about being member missionaries. But if they keep telling us to do it, then it's definitely not happening the way it should! I enjoyed all the talks a lot. But I have to say it was just a good day because Bryan was holding my hand and being so sweet through both homecomings and the broadcast.

After that we went to Colton's' house to eat and chat with friends. it was SO fun to be with everyone again. Dang I missed Colton! We also watched 17 Miracles. So, thats it! Just a fantastic weekend filled with seeing good friends, the spirit and fun! I have a pretty great life.

Happily for Eternity

Friday, June 21st

So I was just sitting here at work, got a little bored and noticed a video that had been reposted on facebook from mormon messages. One of my other friends had posted it the other day but I didn't have time to watch it. Today after seeing it posted again I decided to see what it was. The video was showing the love this adorable old couple has for each other. They are both frail and each have medical difficulties, one more than the other. The husband loves and cares for his wife by doing things and showing his love. Words don't even have to be spoken to see how much he loves her. I seriously could not get through half of the video without crying.

I started looking through the videos and found another called "Love Her Mother". It was based off of the talk that Elaine S. Dalton's talk from general conference a little while back. I just love this talk, and the points she makes. I hope to find a husband who will love me, and show his love for me. I hope that I can do the same for him, and show our children what an Eternal marriage should be like.  Obviously we won't be perfect because we are human, but I hope that we can still be examples of what Sister Dalton describes. I guess both of these videos just got to me because of everything going on with my family right now. The way my dad acted towards my mother always kind of made me sad, and it makes me even more sad to find out that my mom can hardly believe it when a husband does something kind for a wife. She mentioned being amazed when she would see my grandfather bring something home for his wife, or make dinner for her. I feel sad that my mom hasn't known any better. 

This also brings me to thinking about how incredibly grateful I am for my patriarchal blessing. In my blessing it is very specific about my husband and warns me of what qualities I need to stay away from, and it also gives me guidance on how my husband should treat me in respect to me being his equal partner and him having respect towards womanhood. Please don't get me wrong, I LOVE my father. However, I'm so grateful that my Heavenly Father warned me in my blessing to stay away from men like my father. I picked the wrong guys throughout high school, and I know it was because I didn't understand what an eternal marriage and equal marriage should look like. I'm so grateful for that warning and guidance. 

Right before Bryan got home from his mission, he mentioned a mormon message that I should watch called "Earthly Father, Heavenly Father."  He told me how he just could not wait to be a father after he watched this. No matter if Bryan is the guy for me, I'm so glad he grew up with these family and gospel values. Bryan isn't perfect, neither am I. But I know he would do his best to love me the way Sister Dalton talks about, and I know he would love his children the way this other video portrays. I have no idea what is going to happen with my family, I don't know what decisions my parents will make, or what effects they will have on us - but I know we will be okay. I know if I continue to live the gospel and communicate with my Heavenly father, I will be able to have my own Eternal marriage and family. I am going to do everything I can to be worthy of those promises and blessings. 

"Of all the  titles of respect and honor and admiration that are given to Deity, He has asked us to address Him as Father."

                                                      -Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Blessings

Monday June 17th - Wednesday June 19th

Monday was great, I woke up and got to go golfing with work! Brandon said he was sick so it was only Angela, Ron and I. We went at 9am, and I have to say it was a gorgeous day! Not to hot, but still warm and sunny. All three of us weren't playing well, but we still get a laugh out of everything. Ron was of course making his usual sarcastic comments, Angela was swinging at the ball like she was swinging a baseball bat, and I was laughing at everything. Gotta love my job! We left early because Ron's daughter needed a blessing, but we got a good 15 holes in, so I was satisfied. 

I went back to work and worked until 5pm. When I was finished I drove up to AF to meet Linsey at the library again. We got two more chapters done, and some good studying. I'm glad Linsey is focused because it keeps me focused. I went home and had FHE with the Stouts after that, which was on the 5th Article of Faith this time. We are still using the cute videos on the website I mentioned earlier on in the blog. We also played duck duck goose :)

Around 10pm I went over to Bryans and we went on a run. Thankfully I wasn't on my period this time and was able to actually run and not die. Bryan made me run for forever! Ah. I do have to say its nice that he pushes me and I like to try and impress him so I keep going even when I don't want to. WIth Jade I would just say I needed to walk as often as I wanted. At the end I wanted to walk the rest of the way home to cool down but Bryan wouldn't let me! I did feel really good after the run, and I really actually find it fun to go with him. I have a new goal to run three times a week. I'm not gonna make a goal of everyday because I know its not really realistic. I'm lazy :) 

Tuesday was strange. We had NO idea where brandon was or what was going on. He hadn't answered any emails, calls or texts from us since 6pm the nigt before which is really strange for him. We were sending Ron to go check on him around 11am, but Brandon finally decided to email us and tell us he's alive. I spent most of the day in the office with Angela and Ron. I think I got a lot done! 

When I got home I made dinner. My new job is to make dinner every Tuesday night, which will be good practice for me! I made lemon chicken, pasta salad and cut up watermelon. The boys said I did a  good job, so I'll take that! I found out Byran's young mens activity was cancelled, so I went over to his house to watch part of game 6 of the NBA Finals (Heat vs. Spurs). Carl Prince, Garrett, Brian Larsen, and Daryl Warner randomly showed up! Carl and Garrett had gotten home last week! It's crazy! We are like only missing Colton and Mardi now. I'm so excited.

I left around 9pm to go to m grandpas for a blessing. When I got there Grandpa and I talked for a good 45 minutes or so. He's seriously a wise and loving man. I am so grateful for him, and sad for the times that my dad kept us away from his side of the family. My grandpa is like my best buddy. During the blessing he said some things that really surprised me. The words aren't exact and I just wrote down what I remembered and was impressed by when I got home. 

• My relationship with my family and my family struggles will not hinder or harm my relationship with Bryan and his family. It will not change how they view me.
• I'm responsible as the oldest child to be an example, not only to my siblings but my parents as well. I was placed into my family for a reason. My influence can make an impact. My example and sweetness to my brothers at their young ages is important. Especially now before they grow up and don't want my advice.
• I will be blessed with good health during this trial.
• I will be blessed with peace and comfort
• I will be blessed to put the bad feelings and emotions away and replace them with ones from my Heavenly Father. When I go to him, I will receive answers and feelings of peace and love.

I'm so grateful that I have a Grandfather who is so worthy and wise and willing to give me blessings and be a guide when I am in need. He is a strength for me and my family.

OH also. I found out that the Heat won in OT by 3 points!!! I couldn't believe I missed that!!! AH. I watched the highlights at work the next day though. Man it was an intense game. I'm nervous for game 7.

Wednesday was a good day! Brandon didn't come into the office again, but I did get a lot of work done and even got to go work with Angela for awhile. After work I came home, kind of cleaned my room and took a nap. Around 8pm I went to Bryans and we finished his cleaning jobs, took Sam to a friends house and cleaned his room. I know that doesn't sound fun but for some reason it was! At one point Bryan was hugging me and he just goes "ah!" And I was like "what?" he finally says "I'm just so in love with you!" Yeah, that made me smile. I wasn't expecting him to be this sweet to me! I love that in our relationship we say exactly what we are thinking. Nothing is hidden or secret. I can be me and he can me him. This time we actually got his room pretty dang clean! We could see the floor! I was amazed. Now we can actually move onto other more exciting things on our list :) 

Overall, just a good night. Any night at the Frandsens is a good one. 

Fathers Day

Sunday, June 16th

Well today was fantastic. Bryan picked me up this morning, we met Melissa at the South Towne mall and the three of us drove up to Layton for Elder Austin Bowlingbrokes homecoming. Austin talked about missionary work and member missionary work. I got to see Sam Wright, and oh it just made me so happy to see her! I know how amazing it feels to be at the homecoming of the boy you've waited for. I also, loved not being in her seat anymore ha. It was so great to sit there with Bryan holding my hand, and being able to just be me with him. It's crazy. Bryan has been home 3 months on this coming wednesday. I have no idea where time has gone, and everything is better than I could ever imagine. I finally got to meet and hug Austin, which was great. It's so fun to meet these people because now we can actually be friends. 

We went to Austins house to eat and hangout. Elder Gage Taylor was there too. Sam and Austin are pretty adorable! I'm most definitely a fan.

Here is their classic Russian pose. Gage just looks like a redneck, probably because he is one. 

Bryan drove me home, he decided to go to the last part of his ward. When I got home, Staci and I were talking I thought it would be good to hand out with my mom until I went to Bryans house for dinner. Staci suggested I make cupcakes for Bryans family, so I decided to do that with my mommy! The Stouts went hiking, so we had the house to ourselves while we were baking. I made chocolate cupcakes with a good simple peanut butter frosting recipe. It was nice to spend the afternoon with my mom. I have to say I am really surprised how well she is handling everything with my dad. Obviously she's not perfect in the situation, but she is doing well. I can't imagine what I would do if I was in her situation. I love her so much. I just hope that she is able to get on her feet with a job and a place to live fairly soon. She will be going back to Denver to be with the kids on Wednesday. She said she's done everything she needs to out here for now. I think it will be good for her and the kids. 

I went to Bryans for dinner after she left. When I got there Bryan gave me my Ukranian present! It wasn't finished when he was leaving Ukraine, so he had Elder Bowlingbroke bring it back from him. The present is SO beautiful. It is a little jewelry box with the Salt Lake Temple painted on the front. AH. It is sooo beautiful! Man, this weekend has just been full of presents, I kind of like it!

Dinner was really good! We had meatloaf, salad and potatoes.  I need to learn to cook... Grandma and Grandpa Frandsen were there. They actually arrived at the same time as me. I made sure to go give Grandpa Frandsen a big ol' hug. He is so stinkin cute! It kills me. We looked at pictures from their vacation after dinner. Bryan was hysterical and fell asleep. Thanks to cute little Erika for capturing the moment. Isn't he precious?! 

We played Disney Uno after the cute grandparents left. I was happy because I won twice. I NEVER win games with that family! I have to say I was very proud of myself. Prayer and scriptures were good. Bryan and I were talking in the living room afterwards and he kept asking me if I wanted to talk to his parents about my family situation. There was this part of me that really wanted to because I just felt like it would be really nice to have normal parents to talk to, and Bryan has the best parents. I just had no idea what I would say you know? I didn't have any questions to ask. I just wanted to vent, think and talk through what is going on. The other part of me didn't want to talk to them because I didn't want them to see the vulnerable and not strong side of me. I guess I don't want them to think I wouldn't be a good person to marry, or that I'm unstable emotionally. And yes, I definitely over analyze everything. I know this. I really did appreciate that Bryan was concerned about me, and that he knew that it really was what I wanted.

Bryan's parents came in the kitchen and were telling us all about how they met each other and about their first couple of dates. I seriously was laughing so hard. They are the funniest! And I swear Rick and Bryan are SO similar. Bryan was a dork and kept whispering to me, and asking if I wanted to talk to them. Of course they noticed and kept telling us they knew we were whispering. Finally brat child just said "Chelsea wants to talk to you." Seriously?! ha. And then he walks out of the room to go to the bathroom, so here I am all alone with his parents. Ah. Well, I just started talking and somehow it got easier. They asked lots of questions that helped me think more, and get out what I was feeling and what was going on exactly. Rick suggested that I get a blessing from my Grandpa, which I actually hadn't thought of. I guess I usually try to ask for blessings when I'm sick, and I tend to forget that I can ask for them when I just need comfort or guidance. He also gave good advice for what my mom should do when she is able to get settled into a ward. He said as a bishop, he would want her to come to him and tell him the whole situation. If he doesn't know what is going on, he can't help. He also said it would be good for the kids to see counselors, and if they are tight on money - bishops can have fast offerings be used to take care of that expense. I would never have thought about that. Seeing a counselor my senior year helped me so much! I was able to work through a lot of my bad feelings towards my dad, I was able to be more emotionally stable, and realize that what my dad said was my fault growing up actually wasn't my fault. She was awesome and gave me so much clarity and strength. Rick and Janet both said it would be good to continue to work on my relationship and keep my relationship with my dad as best I can. If there is any hope of him changing and coming back, it will because we have shown him love. They also said that it will be easy to pick a side, but that I should be an example to my siblings and show love and respect for both parents. 

I also was grateful that they validated how I was feeling so well. They didn't make me feel silly, or dumb. They told me they thought I was handling it well, and that I was doing a good job. They said I've had to grow up really fast, and that it must be hard trying to be my moms confidant and support. They said it was a lot of pressure that I shouldn't have to deal with at this age. I guess it was nice for me to hear that they thought I was handling things well. I shouldn't have worried about what they thought, but it was really nice to find out what they were thinking. 

Janet gave some of the most comfort to me. She started talking to me about the atonement and how she hadn't honestly realized that Christ really did feel every pain that we ever felt. She talked about how Enoch and Moses saw and discerned each person who has ever been and ever will be born. They saw me, and they knew who I was. She was saying how in God's realm of no time, he can show these things. She went on to talk about how while christ in the garden of Gethsemane, he not only atoned for our sins, but he felt my pains, my trials, my emotions and heartache. It's like he walked by my side through my whole entire life. Something about that just made me feel so much peace and love. By the end of that, both Janet and I were bawling. She is such a sweetheart, and I'm starting to see that her and I have lots of similarities. She's pretty great. They are both great. I seriously love them so much. We ended with a prayer, and of course Rick got some jokes in at the end to lighten the mood. Janet gave me a big long hug, and I didn't realize how much I needed that it until then. 

Bryan walked me outside. I was embarrassed about crying so much, and he was so sweet about it. He wasn't awkward, just kind and patient. He let me hug him and he held me for awhile. We were laughing and then he just like looks at me and starts saying how even though my dad kind of sucks, that my Heavenly Father loves me and is always there for me. I was like "Seriously bryan? I'm crying again." I have to admit it was adorable, I just didn't want to start crying again! He also told me that I needed to write in my blog when I got home so that I wouldn't forget about what was said. So basically I have the best boyfriend/best friend. I left just feeling so much better and so grateful for all of them. Oh. No big deal, but he did tell me he was in love with me :) It only took a little bit of me pulling it out of him :)

Bargain Shopper

Saturday, June 15th

So, this morning I woke up and cleaned the basement. The stouts were at some parade where Josh was performing in the Bingham marching band. When Staci got back we went to a yard sale that had SO much stuff. Everything was donated by people and all of the money was going towards two people in their stake that had had heart surgery or something. There was this set of couches that I wanted, but I didn't really have $100 dollars to spend even though it was an amazing price. They were reduced to $75, and then a guy saw how interested I was and finally gave them to me for $50! Crazy right? They are in great condition too! Definitely look like they are from the 90's... but still great condition and cute. Marty, Josh and I went back to get them with the trailer. I fel bad having to keep so much of my crap in their house.. but they are awesome! I'm so grateful for them.

After that I went to the Draper Temple. I definitely was needing some temple time, so I'm glad I went. It was peaceful and was what I needed before Fathers day. I drove to Kelsie Cooks down in Provo when I got done and did her make up for her bridals. She looked gorgeous! I'm so glad that she is so happy. Cute girl deserves it :) I cam home to shower and am and idiot and lost track of time. Bryan texted me at 5:15pm to tell me they had landed and I hadn't even left my house... I still had to go get their car and drive to the airport! I can't even explain the anxiety I was feeling at that moment ha. I hurried over to their house, got into their car and thankfully was only 10ish minutes late since they had to get off of the plane and get all of their baggage. But OH man. I was so excited to see them. I think it's funny I missed all of them. Bryan gave me one of his classic awkward side hugs, and we all got into the care to go back home. He grabbed my hand and kept telling me how much he missed me. I was seriously surprised. I never would have thought that he would miss me that much! :) :) He even kissed the side of my face in the car.

We sat in Bryans room while he unpacked, and he gave me my present from the family and from him. They got me the most adorable Minnie Mouse Shirt! Bryan got me a cute bracelet and a signature from Cinderella. We cleaned his room for a little bit too. That boy has so much stuff in his room that he doesn't need anymore! But oh man, he just kept hugging me and kissing me! I couldn't believe it! He should go away more often I think!

We ended up going to Country Fest in South Jordan to watch the fireworks. We met up with Kyle, Mark, Trent, Missi, and Michael. That was fun of course! Gotta love all the fireworks in the summer. Bryan and I drove to Taco Bell after to get him a Dorrito taco. On the way over he made me laugh so hard that I was crying! I honestly have NO idea what was so funny. He made me look at him since I was crying from laughing, and he was like "awww you ARE a cute crier! You have to cry more!" That boy is SO silly. Ah. I almost forgot! He told me he had a beautiful girlfriend! That was the first time he had called me beautiful. I know that sounds silly that he hasn't called me beautiful before, but for him he doesn't just use that word for anyone. I'm sure I had the most ridiculous smile on my face.

After the fireworks Bryan and I just talked for an hour or two in his car. We even talked with Mark Woodbury on the phone. Man, I just love Bryan. He really is my best friend. I love doing anything with him. Life is just great. I'm so blessed.