Memorial Day

Monday, May 27th

What a fantastic day! Heather and I woke up early and drove to a golf course to help her Dad. He had planned a bachelor party for Josh that was extremely extravagant. We helped take pictures and collect money for the games they played on the course. They had games like "closest to the whole" which involved putting money into a pot, and the closest to the hole on a par 3 got to split the money with the groom. We went to lunch a noon at the Golden Corral with all the men and Heathers dad paid for us. Lunch was great! Heather and I even shared some cotton candy!! yummmm.

Afterwards I went to the pool with Nicole Merrill. We laid out for a couple hours until I went home to get ready for dinner with the Frandsens! I went over at 5pm. I talked with Janet for a little while, which was nice. I think we are getting closer which makes me happy! I think she's great, and I just hope we can be close! Erika and I went to the grocery store together to get Ice Cream and Lettuce. When we got back we all ate dinner which was super yummy. California Smith was there for dinner as well. We played badminton after we ate for quite awhile, and it was actually SO much fun. I didn't suck either! I usually suck at games like that, so I was happy. Smith left after that, and the boys started playing one on one with each other in basketball. Bryan beat Sammy. But Rick beat Sam, Jake and Bryan. We played speed too! I had a lot of fun with that, minus the fact I was winded!! I need to work out more so that I can get better at basketball.  Ah I just love hanging out with that family! I guess that is how I always imagined a family would be. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my own family. I just really want to make sure I live in a way to raise my family how they have raised theirs.

We watched Psych, then had scriptures and prayer and then Bryan and I got to just sit and talk in the front room before I left. Those talks just make me happy, I don't even know how to explain it. He just makes me happy. Well, that was my memorial day!

Friend Love

May 20th-26th

What a long week! But, it has been a pretty good one. I feel like I was productive at work, and got a lot accomplished. Especially considering the fact that Brandon wasn't in the best mood all week and other people weren't doing their jobs. I handled a few crisis's very well this week :) 

Monday -  I worked, and we went to lunch at our little mexican place - La Fuenta. It is Brandons very favorite. That night I helped Kelsie get make up for her engagement pictures  and she was very happy with what we found for her! She will look very pretty. I'm kind of excited that she asked me to be the one to do her make up for engagements and bridals. When I got home, Staci was painting her office. That woman is like a super human I swear! We had a fun little FHE on the first Article of Faith. I was wondering where Staci gets all these cute FHE lessons from and I found out there is this website called ldsliving.com. I'm pretty sure that I will have to use these when I'm a mommy! They are really simple and short, but have a lot of perfect things for children to learn. This video about the first article of faith was so stinkin precious - http://ldsliving.com/story/70683-fhe-the-first-article-of-faith. When we finished, Heather Soffe came over and we went on one of our Walmart adventures. We were looking for lace to add to the shorts I was making from my old jeans. We didn't find any I liked, but did make cute shorts without lace. 

Tuesday - Was nothing special at work. When I got home from work, I helped Staci make dinner, and then I ran to the Temple. I met miss cute Brooke Saunders at the Oquirrh Mountain temple We were there for quite awhile, but it was really nice to sit and feel the spirit. Plus, it was nice to see Brooke.  I hadn't seen her for a couple of months. Later that night I went to Newbolds house to hang out with Newbold, Sof and Heather. We made a facebook event for a fun little friend party/ BBQ. People better show up! It is about time for a summer party with good friends. Heat and I took a midnight run to McDonalds after, and had one of our quality girl talks. Definitely a good night. 

Wednesday- Bryan picked me up after work and we drove up to Provo for our Wednesday Ultimate Frisbe. May I just say, I am getting very good at this and all the boys want me on their team now! I invited Jessica and Jordan and I'm really glad that they showed up. I'm hoping that Bryans friends will accept them in so that we can all get together and have fun during the school year. We went to sonic when we finished and got drinks. Bryan got us a Rootbeer (typical) but then added vanilla. Yum. Rootbeer will forever make me think of Bryan. We went home after that and watched the rest of the Heat vs. Pacers game, which may I say was SUPER intense. Overtime and then Labron wins it with like .2 seconds on the clock with an amazing lay up. Bryans cute mom saved us dinner, so we ate after family prayer and scriptures. I kind of love that family. 

Thursday - I helped Staci make dinner and then afterwards we went outside and gardened for awhile. She is trying to get me ready to be a married woman by helping me cook, and be crafty and do yard work. I love her!

Bryan and I had planned on making our list, but then Daryl Warner asked Bryan to hang out. I feel bad for the kid, he's pretty lonely. We ended up going to sonic with him for 50 cent corn dogs. He stayed with us at Bryans house the rest of the night. I thought he would leave.. especially with how much Bryan and I were flirting. Ah. I really wanted to finished our list, but what can you do?! We still had a good time :) 

Friday- I got to work at home, which was awesome. I ended up mostly working from my phone because Staci wanted me to come play with her and Sawyer for the day. We had a Sawyer Day! We went rock climbing, to Pretzel Maker, mini golfing and then to the pool! Bryan called me and asked me if he could take me to dinner, which made me really happy! We went to Cafe Rio!! YUM. I miss our Cafe Rio talks. We always have a good time together, and it just reminds me of the first time we went together and how we talked for like two hours. Man, I knew I was crazy about him then. I can't believe how much more I've come to love him!

We picked up Erika from dance and then went home to get jake for our little double date. My dork of a boy thought it was going to be awkward, so he ended up being the awkward one. He got better as the night went on though :) We saw Star Trek in Darkness, which was AWESOME. Seriously. I loved it. We played ping pong and pool at Bryans' house. Jake took his date home after and then Bryan decided he had to teach me how to actually play ping pong. He surprisingly was a very good teacher! I'm not completely awful anymore. Also. Bryan makes me happy. I kind of like him. 

He took me home after and we just always have the best talks. I see why everyone says to marry your best friend. Life is just so much more fun that way. He is literally my very best friend.

Saturday- Summer is finally here kids. I can't explain my excitement. The problem here, is that I work in an office during the prime sun tanning hours.... thankfully I have a boss who worships his "Sun God" and likes to leave work early, or work from home.  I spent the majority of the day at the pool laying out, reading and playing with Stacis boys. We had a very good time! That night I took Erika to menchies and we had a girls date! She's a pretty cute girl. I love how she just talks and talks and talks. There is never a dull or quiet moment with that girl. When we went back, I helped Bryan finish his jobs, and then we went to his room while I watched him clean his room. It is funny how we have fun even when he's cleaning his room. He wanted me to tell him what clothing I like and don't like of his, and I got to look through a lot of his mission things. I wish he would just let me look at his journals! He did read one day out loud to me. Also, I have to say I love that he will kiss me a lot more freely now. I'm glad we weren't that way before his mission, but I think it's pretty great now. I'm super happy we don't make out either. I mean, don't get me wrong. I LOVED making out with him, but I'm honestly just loving that we don't need it. It just makes me even more sure about him.

Sunday - Today was a little tough because I went to Sam Tooley's Farewell. I was SO excited to go! The problem was that I had to see Callie, Bre, Jessye and Brette. I haven't been closed to any of them for awhile... Bre and I keep up by texting and snapchatting, but we aren't nearly as close as we used to be. Brette and I didn't leave on good terms after we moved out.. so I was nervous about seeing her as well. Anyway, I went and Sam did SO incredibly well. She will be such a good missionary. When she finished I went to talk to Bre and Callie, and they we actually very nice so I thought "wow, this isn't so bad". Brette was even being nice. The Kokkolas and Bartlomes were even there! I got frustrated at Sams house though because Callie and Bree didn't talk to me hardly at all.... They don't even ask how my life is going or seem to be interested, and here I am always asking how they are doing and still wishing the best for them. Ah. I dont understand how people can quit caring ya know?

I got to talk to cute Sam for a bit, and she was so adorable and sincere. I guess I would just imagine that old friends could always be sincere when they see each other like the way I am or the way Sam is. She was sweet though, she told me she could just see a "glow" in me since Bryan had been back. I really liked that she told me she loved how I was always happy while he was gone, but now there is a glow, and she likes that I'm in love with my best friend. She also told me I looked really amazing, pretty and skinny - which is a fantastic compliment from her because she doesn't throw them out.

Well, even though things didn't go that great with seeing Bree and Callie, I was happy to see and support Sam. We even got a cute freshman roommate pic! (minus Macey)

The rest of the day was great. Sunday was gorgeous and Heather and Merrill wanted to go on a walk, so we took a nice sunday afternoon walk around Daybreak. See, these girls are so great. I'm so grateful to have friends like them who love and support you through everything. I can not see Merrill for a few months (she goes to SUU), and then see her and everything is just as it was when she left. I love best friends that are able to just pick up where they left off. I am super lucky to have these girls as my best friends. 

Heather and I :)

Dance.

Friday, May 17th - Sunday May 19th

Ah Friday was a long one. I swear work was never going to end... One suggestion - don't start the week off with golfing and lunch.. you will not want to for the rest of the week. After work I went up to Provo and went to my dear Jessica's dance recital. It was actually awesome!! The whole performance was a medley of all their songs, and there were always dancers on the stage. Jessica did really really well! Madison and I gave her a quick hug before her next performance, and then we left.

Afterwards I went to play with my Bev. We talked for awhile, and when her husband Dom got home we continued talking and finally went to In n' Out. Yummm :) I love those two, I don't mind being a third wheel with them at all. It is really nice actually being friends with your friends husbands. I hope whoever I marry will be the same so that I can stay close to my friends.

Saturday I was a lazy bum and slept in until like 10:30am.... whoops. Staci and I did some organzing in her house and some saturday jobs until I left for a family party. My Great Grandpa Colby's 99th Birthday would have been that day, so my Grandpa and all of his siblings  threw a little get together to celebrate. I was only there for 20 minutes or so, and I wanted to stay longer but really had to get down to Provo for TRC at the MTC. I am glad I got to see grandma and grandpa and some other family members even if it wasn't for long.

I rushed down to Provo for TRC, and Ben Daniel met me outside to show me in. Man! It is so weird being at the MTC! I definitely thought it was cool though. I loved seeing people studying scriptures outside, and all these missionaries with their missionary tags on. I met with two different ASL companionships, and they were awesome! Well, the sisters did an awesome job teaching to my needs and keeping a natural flow of conversation. The boys were more awkward.. probably because they were teaching a girl though.. Overal, it was a great experience, and I'm glad Ben asked me to come down. I definitely want to go help out more often. 

I went straight to Bryans house after that and we took Sammy to a quinceanera. The boy complained the whole way over, so Bryan and I gave him a hard time. I won't lie, it was pretty fun. So, we met up with the rest of the Frandsens at Bingham for Erika's dance recital and may I just tell you - I love Grandpa Frandsen. He is probably the cutest old man EVER! Besides my Grandpa Colby of course.  Well, Grandpa Frandsen pulls me to the side and starts explaining to me how all of his grandchildren and grandchildrens wives have to give him a hug and let him kiss them on the forhead or cheek first thing when they see him. Apparently I am not included in this, so I gave him a hug and he kissed me on the forehead! You should have seen the surprised look on Bryans face. He said he knew what he was doing when he pulled me aside, but he couldn't believe that was actually happening. I guess Grandpa Frandsen knows what's up! 

Beginning of lovin'

Ball games and Weddings

Saturday, May 4th

So the fun part about dating a boy- you help find their friends/ mission comps a girlfriend. Bryans comp  Mark Smith wanted to go to Bees game, so I set him up with Kayla Jacobsen from my singles ward. Maybe not the best set up ever, but I didn't know Mark. I did pretty decent though! He was interested! Just not her .. whoops. The game was way fun though! Bryan tried explaining baseball to me and that is probably one of the first times I've actually not been completely confused or bored out of my mind. 

We went to Marks apartment afterwards, and then took a fun little trip over to Smiths, and ate Russian cookies with milk at his place. We drove home kind of late and I felt bad since Kayla still had to drive back to American Fork. But anyways, I would say it was a really good night! When we got back to my place Kayla got in her car and left, then Bryan and I talked together for awhile in his car. I kind of love that we don't have super physical relationship. We can just sit in the car, hold hands and talk and giggle for forever, and somehow it is the most fun ever. It's kind of great being in love with your best friend. 

Tuesday, May 7th

So cute little Chloe Hyde married Taylor Kordsiemon today! Bryan and I went so that he could see his "Dad" - Elder Perry. It was cool to meet him! But ah I was so happy to see Chloe married!! I secretly love that all of these relationships from high school are working out. Whitney and Chad, Chloe and Taylor, Amanda and Tanner.... it's adorable.

Me, Chloe and Amanda

Bryan and Keith

Wednesday May 15th and Thursday May 16th

Well, Wednesday was a long day at work, but Heather picked me up from work to go look at apartments in Orem and Provo. I didn't realize how big of a pain it is! And how expensive nice apartments or even crappy ones are. Oh well, I don't need something nice, just need awesome friends like Heather and Jessica! SO anyways, after we looked at apartments for awhile - Heather dropped me off at a park in Provo to meet up with friends  to play Ultimate. I wasn't planning on going, so I was in the COMPLETELY wrong clothes... Yeah.. awkward because I looked like a little prissy girl. Kylie Anne loves me though, and we went to her house to get me in normal clothes!

Ultimate was way fun, and we had lots of people there from high school. Some of us went back to Kyle Crowther and Mark Woodburys apartment, and we hung out, at pizza and played games. Mr Woodbury came up with the best game. Sit in a circle, take a camera, put it on a 10 second timer and pass the camera around. The person the camera takes a picture of is out. Okay, maybe it sounds dumb... but we thought it was pretty dang entertaining.

Bryan drove me back to my car at work, and we talked for an hour or so, and it was really good! I love that we can talk about anything. He is seriously my very best friend.  I don't know what I would do without him! So guess what?! The boy is in love with me. Well, I already knew that - but he finally told me! He said he " I might be in love with you", and then said "I love you". Lets just say, I went to bed a very very happy girl!

Thursday was a good day. I got to work at home, so I sat outside working on my comp and watching Staci do some gardening. It was a really pretty day! Later, I went over to Bryans after his brother Jake got his mission call (Brimingham, Alabama). Bryan and I drove up to the Bees game in SLC to meet up with Faith and Bryce Jolley. I'm so glad they decided to go with us because it was a nice summer night, and Bryan got to meet two people that I've been super close to the last three years. Also since Faith and Bryce had to hear about Bryan so much, I figure they should get to know him too!

After the game we went back to Bryans house and just talked and we finally at the Russian Cookies that he loved so much in Ukraine. They are surprisingly good! You bite two ends of the cookie and then try to suck milk through the cookie like it's a straw, then the cookie is soft and yummy! We took some real cute pictures of it. It is pretty awkward to do though, I felt super silly. Anyways, He is just the greatest boy ever! I was laughing all night, and I seriously missed laughing uncontrollably like I do when I am with him. 

Kissin & Road Trippin.

Weddings and Road Trips

Friday, April 19th - Saturday April 20th

Okay, I use the word perfect a lot... but honestly, thats how I feel with this boy. He makes everything okay, even when it's not. 

Well, my dear friend Luke Catmull got married to my high school friend, Mindy Shaw. I dragged Bryan along with me, and you better believe he complained the whole way over, and even a bit longer in the care before we even went in. Such a silly child. We got there just in time to give Luke and Mindy a hug, and watch them cut they cake. They looked so happy and Mindy looked so beautiful! So happy that my buddy Luke had finally found the right person for him. 

Afterwards, we were walking outside and Bryan apologized for complaining, and said it wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. I knew he wouldn't hate it, he makes me laugh :) And I love that he'll put up with the things I want to do, even if they sound incredibly awful to him. I have to admit, I'm glad I proved him wrong! 

On our way home, we decided it was time to watch the Dark Knight Rises, so we picked it up at RedBox, and went back to his house. I'm such a loser and could barely stay awake for half of the movie. I'm so mad, I missed looking at his face at the part where you think Batman Dies! I'm a failure. We did get some quality cuddle time though, and that always makes me happy! We were talking for a little while when the movie ended, and the silly boy said something about being like an older brother, and I was not okay with that! He started to tell me how he liked me so much, and then grabbed me and kissed me. I was so shocked I didn't even know if I kissed him right! Yet again, this boy is surprising me. 1 month to the day that he got home, my boy kisses me. If you had asked me, I would have said 2 months or more before that went down! But I was happily surprised. 

Bryan walked me to my car, and gave me a hug. I drove over to Becca Gearigs house for a sleepover since we would be waking up early to drive my sister Jordan to Rexburg. Becca and I stayed up till 3am or so catching up and giggling. She told me all about her missionary, and I brought her up to speed about me and bry guy. The next morning I drove to pick Bryan up, and then we went to get Jordan. Grandpa was so cute, and they already had the suburban packed and ready to go! Miss Jordan wanted to do the driving, and I didn't mind - So we put Bryan in back. Poor long legged kid. We stopped up outside of Brigham City at a wingers for lunch to meet up with Jordan's best friends Sarah and Alex. Cute little Jordan paid for me and Bryan which was super sweet of her. I was sad that I only got to see her then because I hadn't seen her for four months. It's funny how we went from hating each other in 10th grade to being very best friends. I love her! 

So, after we had a nice little lunch with Sarah and Alex, we continued our little adventure to Rexburg!  The drive was good, Jordan made a great mix CD for the drive filled with songs from the 90's and songs like the gay song that is ours, and a little bit of T-swift. I felt a little bad that I talked to Bryan for the majority of the time, but not too bad... Jordan doesn't really care and she was happy that he's back and that he went with us. Dropping her off and unloading went well. I was sad to see her go, I can't wait until we actually can live close to each other. I hope that in a couple years we'll at least both be in Utah.

On the way home, Bryan drove, which I was not going to complain about! I don't even know how to explain it, but I just love being with him even if we are doing nothing. It is so nice to have him home, and be able to sit next to him and get a response right away... I love not waiting for two+ weeks to get a response.We danced around the whole "I love you" things again. I kept getting so close to saying it, but I just couldn't! He makes me way too nervous, I've been in love with that boy since before he even left. I still can't believe how everything went back to normal and even better in such a short amount of time.

When we got back to my grandparents house, we went inside and chatted with them for a little while - and it was surprsingly fun! Grandpa Colby kept giving me a hard time about how short I am or something. He's probably the funniest and cutest old man ever. Love him!

While driving home, we were talking, and somehow Bryan brought up his guy talks with his friends and how they have talked about me. Naturally, I wanted to know what has been said! I asked Bryan to tell me and of course he was trying to avoid it, but I told him that he always gets everything out of me, so he had better tell me! haha. Basically he told Brian Larsen that he might have his first real girlfriend, and that definitely made me happy! So then he proceeded to ask if I would be his girlfriend. I honestly wasn't sure if he was serious because I couldn't believe it! My super slow moving boy from before had come home and surprised me in every way. I have to admit it was funny how awkward we both were after that. I think he was worried that I didn't want to, and I was worried that he was regretting it ha. But good news- I was incredibly happy, and so was he. I also may have kissed him on the cheek out of nowhere that night - He was caught off guard, but that was my goal. I had to get him back for how he got me on friday!

Here is some cheese for you :)

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.