One crazy week!

This week has been very hard but there were alot of neat thing that happened too.

 Earlier this week I was transferred back over to making photo gifts at work. I really enjoyed working with the artists to make Facebook pages, but they needed me more in the gifts department. Even though it was a bit disappointing, I'm over it now.

On thursday my uncle Jeff and his family took my family up to American Fork canyon to have a going away barbeque for my family. Steaks cooked over a campfire are soooo good! Everyone said I was overcooking mine, but it turned out perfect.

Friday my dad flew in from Kansas so he could help with the drive out. They left yesterday morning bright and early. It was so weird going into the house later when it was completely empty. It didn't seem like the same place.

 

We moved into this house near the end of 2005, so there are tons of memories in this house. It's kind of sad to leave, but leaving also marks a new chapter in my life and in the lives of my parents and brothers. I'm sure this new chapter will be an adventure for all of us; for my family in Kansas and for me, here in Utah with Chelsi.

Even though I was in a sentimental mood for a while yesterday, my Saturday actually turned into a very fun day. Chelsi and I spent a couple of hours at Wal-Mart scanning stuff for our wedding registry. Now that I'm actually in the apartment I'm realizing how much stuff we actually need, though I have all the essentials to get me through till the wedding.

After scanning, I "kidnapped" Chelsi to the Highland Gardens to look at the shrubs and flowers. I think she started to imagine having a nice big garden with tons of beautiful flowers, though that'll have to wait till we have a house of our own.


 After browsing the gardens for a while I decided that we should go to one of our favorite spots since the weather was nice and cool, but still pleasant. Glen Park, in Highland has been one of my favorite places in the world since I was a kid.

 I did service projects there way back when I was a cub scout. Right before I left on my mission (was it really 3 years ago?), we got our family photos taken at Glen Park. Soon after Chelsi and I started dating and the weather allowed (though there was snow on the ground the first time we went) I took her to the park and she fell in love too. After getting engaged we decided that we want our engagement photos to be taken there. Yesterday it became all the more magical to us. We were just pulling in to park when we noticed a trail neither of us had been on, so of course we decided to explore. The trail led to a more secluded area of the park and we were surprised to find several small bridges, a mini amphitheater, and a waterfall!!! I was so cool to find out something new about a place we go to all the time. We're even more excited to get our engagement photos taken now!

Later we went over to her house to hang out with her family while her dad was in town. Her nieces are still scared of me, but they'll warm up sooner or later. After some KFC we played Tsuro and Eights, it was such a fun night!

Today was awesome as well. After church we had a very yummy roast (thanks mom for the stuff from the freezer!) and then we started to choreograph our dance for the reception. We're dancing to the song Two is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls. It's a Rumba and I'm really enjoying learning how to dance. I've wanted to learn for a long time and now I'm marrying a dancer! In many aspects it's similar to marching band, which was my life during high school, but it's very different too. It's hard to pick up some moves because of my marching background, but for the most part, I'm picking it up pretty quickly.

So this week, all in all, was bittersweet, but the sweet definitely overpowered the bitter, as it usually does if you look for it.