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 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.
