Our Second First Date

Friday, April 12th

So, today Brandon is out of town. Bryan asked me if I wanted to go to Temple Square with him, Sister Fitz (Melissa) and Elder Mironchenko (Oleg) at noon. I decided to go into the office in the morning and get a lot done so that I could leave for the date at noon. I think it worked out pretty well! I got to spend the day with my boy!

We met up at Bryans house, and he was a little on the awkward side! Well, all of them were. What can you expect? They had only been home for 3 weeks or so. On our way there, we stopped to get gas. The minute Bryan got out of the car, they began telling me how they have heard so much about me and how we are basically perfect for each other. They said he talked about me all of the time, and they had never heard him say one bad thing about me. I can't even explain how happy that made me. They also said he was so nervous when he was coming home to see me. I thought he was only nervous about his family.. so that also made me kind of happy! :)

So, we went down to temple square. It was a gorgeous day and we just walked around all the flowers and visitor centers. We went to the Conference Center and did a tour of the top, which I had actually never done! It was beautiful up there! Oleg wanted to take all these pictures which made me happy because I was too afraid to say we should take them. So all of the beautiful pictures are thanks to him. I was in heaven though, I had dreamed of these pictures forever. Since he's been home I've had to put new pictures of us on my screen savers just so that I realize how real he is again.

We went to City Creek Mall and ate dinner there. I don't even remember what I was saying, but they just kept commenting on how me and Bryan are perfect for each other and how I just know him so well. They are pretty cool! Fitz is so friendly and Oleg is like my buddy even though I barely know him.

We decided to go hike up Ensign Peak, and that was fun. It was a lot steeper than I remember it being, so I was winded when I shouldn't have been! But don't you worry, I made it. We looked out over the valley and Oleg and Bryan were talking about how pretty it was and how Ukraine didn't even compare to America. It is funny because they make Ukraine sound so awful sometimes, but really they just miss it more than they can even express.

When we got back to Bryans house, we decided to watch Captain America. I hadn't ever seen the full thing, so that was good for me to see! Elder Taylor and his girl that waited for him (London) Showed up for the movie as well. During the movie Fitz and Oleg started to cuddle and Bryan like had a little freak out! He just kept saying they were missionaries and how that wasn't okay a few weeks ago. We were all pretty shocked by it, but they are so cute! I was happy for them. The only sad thing was is that Oleg had to go back to Boston for the rest of the summer :/ Talk about bad timing.


I was a happy girl all night though. I got to cuddle and hold hands with the boy I've been dreaming about for the last two years! I was finally meeting all these people from his mission, seeing him speak Russian, and just feeling so happy and safe. I honestly can't believe how well it is all going. Life just seems perfect.

Oleg took this little gem over to the left. He sent it to me the next day, kind of made me laugh. So basically, you can tell I'm incredibly happy.

The Homecoming Talk

Where does time go? It's already the middle of May! And my boy has been home for almost 2 months! I guess we having catching up to do again... 

Sunday, March 31st

Homecoming Day Picture

Well, the day had come. It was finally Bryan's homecoming talk. I knew what dress I was going to wear two months before... So saturday night I spent the night at Nicole Merrils house and Heather came over. We had a fun night doing what we do best: talk talk talkin. Merrils parents were out of town so all three of us slept in her parents bed. We just had a big cuddle fest sleepover! The next morning all three of us got ready together and they all calmed me down and told me I was pretty ha. What good friends I have. Heather couldn't come to the actual homecoming, but Merrill went with me, and we sat next to my dear friends Mark Woodbury and Kyle Crowther. Man, it's still weird to me that they are all home. Mark tried to put his arm  around me while Bryan was speaking to get a reaction out of him, too bad he didn't notice. So he starts talking about Grace, Merit and Mercy and I seriously couldn't believe how amazing it was! His farewell talk was fantastic, and he comes back and knocks his homecoming talk out of the park. It wasn't the typical "talk about my mission and people talk", it was so meaningful and taught me so much and he incorporated the perfect stories from his mission into the talk. I just remember thinking "yup, I'm so in love". 

The rest of the day was perfect, minus me getting picked on by his family (which I secretly loved). He spent most of the afternoon catching up with aunts, cousins, uncles and grandparents, and I just loved seeing how happy he looked, and enjoyed talking with Erika and her cute cousins. At one point I did have a nice little chat with Grandpa Frandsen. He even told Bryan to go away, and said he'd take care of me. One of the most adorable and hilarious old men I have ever met. 

I did finally get some alone time with him, and that boy surprised the crap out of me. He grabbed my hand! The boy had only been home 2 weeks!! I was expecting something more like at least a month, but hey - I won't complain. Ah, it was just a good night! Being with his family and him and I loved how everything just seemed right.