Happy November!

Its November.... AGAIN! If you read my blog last year, you know that living with me in November is so fun! :)

So let the fun begin!! :)

Obviously, there are SO many things to be thankful for. At this time in my life, I am first and foremost grateful for everyone who has ever helped in shaping me into who I am... which is basically everyone I have ever met. I start with that because I... am.... ENGAGED!!! :) :) :)  I am so happy to have Wes. I am so thankful for everyone who has helped me become who I am and has gotten me to where I am. The timing seems so crazy right. So unexpected and so ...ok. I love Wes and am so SO grateful for our relationship.

I am also VERY thankful to have this last semester, living with roommates, with the girls I a living with. They really are the best and such great girls and I love having them around. Im trying to soak it all in, one last time, and take every advantage I have to make the most of these last days living with girls. (Wes just said, have 5 baby girls and then you get to live with girls again. HA!)

(Steph, Tia, Me, Nicole, Olivia)

I also LOVE having a roommate, Tia, who is *almost engaged.* That is not public knowledge but since this blog isnt public, Im posting it anyways. (They know Im posting this, dont worry) Tia is dating Dan. Dan and I know each other from The Best Roadtrip home ever, two years ago. My friend, Mike, needed a ride home for Christmas. He brought along his friend Dan and that road trip still holds top 3 ever. When I moved into my new ward this year, Dan was in my ward! Remember how I hand picked my roommies? Then, I already knew Dan so instantly I was supportive of this relationship. Its been fun for Wes and I to have  "couple friends" and its cool to have others who are in a similar time in life. So here is a picture of the 4 of us, we took today. I love them both!!

Anyways, this is just a short blog, I REALLY need to spend time and catch up and get all the details of this relationship and our engagement on record.

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My Mom

Today I was sitting in church. We were talking about our Heavenly Father and how much he loves us and about how he treats his children. I got emotional because (already tearing up writing this) I couldnt help but think about my mom. My mom has mastered Christ-Like parenting, as far as I am concerned. I was going to write her an email but I wanted to broadcast to the world the kind of woman my mom is.


As I was sitting in church, thinking about Heavenly Father and couldnt get my mom out of my mind, I just had this overwhelming love and appreciation for my mom because it was like the spirit was testifying to me as all these thoughts were going through my mind, that these similarities are true.


I thought about my moms parenting style. How growing up I always bucked the system and really didnt like her rules or the way she did things. I just thought it was her way of controlling everything. How we HAD to take piano lessons or how we were always accountable for our actions. I remember being really young, I would guess 6, and stealing a candy bar from Target. When my mom found out, she took me back to the store and had me talk to the manager to teach me that stealing wasnt ok. How easy would it have been to just take the candy bar away and so no. Not my mom, she was going to enforce integrity into us if its the last thing she did.


I could go on forever giving examples and stories after stories of how my mom has shaped me into who I am today. Mostly this is what I want to say. My mom is the most Christ like person I know. There is nothing closer to the way our Heavenly Father treats us than her parenting style. She is by far the most amazing person in this world. I dont know anyone else who could have been my mom. I promise, no other woman would have survived me and lived to still love me today. She loves me in the most perfect love I know. She has never given me everything I wanted. She has always taught me to work for what I have. I cant tell you how many times I would get mad at her growing up and tell her that if she wanted me to be nice, SHE had to make the first move. She didnt come in and save me from all my issues. She didnt fight my battles. She didnt clean my room.
This is what she did do.
She taught me how to be an adult. She taught me how to fight and survive on my own. She taught me how to confront people and handle my issues and not run from all my problems. She taught me that if I want or need something, I have to be the one to go to my Heavenly Father. That when I do have problems... who to turn to. She taught me how to be self reliant and independent! She taught me to always serve others. She taught me to love this Gospel.. to cling to it and this was truly the way to happiness. She taught me "mind over matter." She showed me how to work. She showed me how important family is and that she would literally do anything (as long as it is legal, moral, right) for her children. She showed me how learning is a life long thing and you can never know too much. She showed us that you can sleep when you are dead and that getting up at 4:45 every morning for 15 years was a small price to pay to teach hundreds of teenagers about their Heavenly Father. She never gave in and just came to save us but she was always there for support to help us through. And she never, ever, gave up on me.

Again, I could keep going. People always say that when you grow up, you look back and you will be so sorry to your mom for the things you put her through... well, I knew back when I was a teenager that it wasnt going to take me being a mom to be sorry. I already was. I still am. In church I was overwhelmed with how much we owe to our Heavenly Father and brother, Jesus Christ. I believe I am equally indebted to my mom. Never ever ever ever EVER would I be who I am today without this most spiritual, uplifting, smart, loving and amazing example, I call mom.

Mom, I love you more than you will ever know. I know I am no where near a perfect child and I have been one of your biggest trials of your life. I am so sorry. I thank my Heavenly Father every night that I was given to you... but really, that you were given to me! Thank you for everything! I love you.

My 2011 Draft

New Home. New Contracts. New Ward. New ROOMMATES!!

Roommates. What a funny topic for me. Believe me, I have seen it all. No matter what happened while we lived together or how things ended, I love every roommate I have ever had! Yes. All of them.

Since I have seen the works when it comes to roommates and Ive had more then my fair share of drama, I have learned to be very careful who I live with. Last year I lived with only two other girls in a house that could have fit at least 8 girls... and there were only 3 of us. Last year I wanted NO drama and LOTS of space. And thats what it was.

This year, I am up for whatever. Im not scared to leave my ward because I have learned, your ward is what you make it. I am pretty excited about the place I will be living. The rooms are GIANT. There are 2 shared rooms and 2 private rooms. All the rooms have king size beds... including the shared rooms with TWO king size beds. We can paint and decorate any way we want! :)  Let me tell you the 3 reasons I am STOKED to live in my new place.

Tia.
Nicole.
Stephanie.

Oh yes. I drafted three of the COOLEST girls in the world! 

TIA:
Her name is actually in fact Christina. How many people actually know that? Not a lot. Why do I know that? We have known each other since we were tiny! Tia and I were in the same ward when we were really little. Like babies. Tia moved around 6 or 7 maybe? So random memories together but some funny birthday party pictures of us when we were really young. A little over a year and a half ago I saw something on facebook saying "Sister Tia Zwick's Farewell." I figured, freak, I havent seen that girl in YEARS!! So I found the address and went. It was a quick little hello after her talk and then another year and a half til I saw her. A few months ago I saw on facebook "Sister Tia Zwick's Homecoming" ... so I went! :)  I walked in and saw her cousin, another childhood friend of mine, Jason, and went and sat with him. I asked Jason if he knew where she was living in the fall and he said he didnt know... :) Perrrrfect! So after her talk I went up and gave her a big hug and we chatted. I ended up going to her house that night and hanging out for a little bit. Saw the family who I havent seen in years. Tia and I started hanging out pretty often and Boom! Drafted.

NICOLE:
Nicole moved in to my ward when we were... pretty young. Not young enough where I dont remember life without her, but young enough where I would say we grew up in the same ward. She is a year younger than me so we werent super tight, although, I secretly always wanted to be better friends with her. I remember she had super cool parties and her mom was a super cool mom. As we've gotten older and lived in the same town up here in Utah, we run into each other sometimes. Mostly, when Stacey comes in town, thats when I see people I normally dont see. After enough Stacey visits and hanging out I think we figured out we could hang out when Stacey wasnt here and it was still fun! When Danny's accident happened, we stuck together. We were far from home but Stacey and the Hainline family meant SO much to both of us that we more or less went through it all together. Eventually I was masterminding my upcoming living situation and was trying to figure out who was going to live here and who I would want to live with. Nicole came to mind and boom. Drafted.

STEPHANIE:
Stephanie and I met a little under a year ago. She is dating my best friends, little brother, who is like a little brother to me. We have just hung out a ton and have become good friends. Javier is leaving on his mission and Stephanie doesnt really know anyone here in Utah so it definitely didnt take too much convincing to get steph to live with me. I pretty much just had to say, live with me and boom. Drafted.

 

As you can tell, I know all 3 girls from different times in my life. None of them have met each other. None of them know anything about each other. Without me, they are just a group of random girls moving in together. I cannot WAIT til their worlds collide and we all become roommates! Each are very different. I have very different relationships with each of them and I dont doubt for one second that this year is going to be AWESOME!

Quick personality post about each.
Tia, just home from the mish. Working, school and dating like crazy! She is so funny. I love how innocent Tia is. She is so sweet and never wants to hurt anyones feelings. She is always up for a good time. Tia is your cute/fun girl!
Nicole is so sweet as well. She always says things in the nicest way possible even if she has to be firm and put her foot down about something. She is solid and always stands up for what she believes in. She LOVES her some Justin Beiber and will throw him a birthday party every year, Im sure. She is very well organized and plans great parties. She, although she doesnt know it yet, is a lot quieter than the other two girls. Nicole has a huge heart!
Stephanie... will keep us young! She is the worlds greatest facebook stalker. She isnt shy about an.y.thing. She talks a lot :)  She is smart and assertive. She always speaks her mind. She is almost always happy and just a good person. She is tanner then me right now and it makes me mad. Steph is all about having a good time and making the most of life! She is very loyal and a very good friend!

Oh and all 3 girls are single, extremely cute, and very good girls! Party at our place!!

2 Months?

Neither Wes nor I know exactly how long we have been dating, exclusive or official. Not normal? I know.

This is what we do know.. maybe you could tell me?

This whole joke started on June 4th. Ironically, the day I was going to move to New York, if I would have gotten that job.
June 4th was first contact. We talked for a week and met the following Saturday, June 11. First date... sort of. I drove and paid ;)  (I was already planning on going to see my friend at work, so he came along and then we ended up getting dessert at her work)
The very next day he came with me and my roommates to my Aunt and Uncles for Sunday Dinner.
We pretty much started hanging out or at least talking everyday from then on out.
June 15th, Wednesday, he came with me to my family game night. Met my mom and a lot of my mom's side of the family.
June 16th was his birthday and I did a few special little things for him.
June 18th was our first kiss.
2 weeks later, my sister and her family and most of my siblings got here. We did another game night. My immediate family was all here for 2 weeks so we spent a lot of time with them.
Friday, July 22, we went down to San Diego for my friend Amber's Wedding. (The one who met the guy online... which in return is eventually how I met Wes) It was a fun weekend in San Diego.. and in the car.

*Side note: Since I was playing a joke on my roommate and seriously, seriously, wasnt looking to date anyone... this all came out of nowhere for me. Wes, however, has dated quite a few girls. He was somewhat dating a girl, nothing exclusive, when we met. Im pretty sure I asked him within a few days of knowing him, how many girls he was pursuing. He said, "you and one other girl." Really, truly, honestly... that was ok with me. I mean, I knew I thought this guy was cool, but I wasnt thinking anything really serious. Plus, I know how guys work. I have watched my brother date multiple girls at a time for years, I have a ridiculous amount of guy friends... It wasnt that shocking, at all, that there was another girl.
(Wes is here, while Im writing this, figuring out dates with me.)
According to Wes, give or take, June 24th, he talked to the other girl and said that he didnt see things going anywhere and kind of cut things off with her.
Well, I found out, July 21st that he had still been talking to her quite a bit and had hung out a couple times with her... that I didnt know about. WAIT! Before anyone gets mad, to his credit, I knew he was texting her and they were still talking, a little. I just didnt know they had been hanging out.
SO! According to me... we have been "exclusively"dating... about 3 weeks. HA!

Anyways... everyday in between has been fun, an adventure and challenging. Worth it though. Its crazy to me how good we are for each other. We have each had to work through some personal trust issues or past relationship fears but its only made our relationship stronger. We are each learning and growing everyday. He is still so patient with me. We still have amazing communication with each other which makes discussing anything a lot easier. We have fun together. He supports my needs and wants even though some of them are new or hard for him. Wes says, I keep pushing and stretching him, but that Im still by his side to support him, so he appreciates it and is happy to try so many new things.... which obviously, I love. One thing I know for sure, now, Wes will do anything for me. Thats... crazy. Its hard to believe that I could possibly have someone love me and support me THAT much...forever.
One thing about Wes, he reminds me a lot of.. my mom! I know, funny right. They think a like, they see the world a like and they are just similar. Interesting right? I love my mom more than anyone in the world, but its no secret that we are hard for each other. Its interesting to work through things with Wes. I feel like I have been prepared for him for years through different family members. :)

Well, with all that said, this was definitely more information than I was planning on sharing haha!
Luckily, this is a private blog and I know exactly who is reading this. Consider yourself updated!

And for the record. No. We will not be getting married or engaged anytime soon haha. Things are going great, I can tell you that... but this is the biggest and scariest decision of my life and NOT something I take lightly. We arent in any rush... but we are happy. And again.. its been like what? 2 months? 3 weeks? Who knows!

 

Meeting Baby Holly

Yesterday I finally got to meet Baby Holly Ann Hainline. It was her 5 month birthday. Not only have I been waiting 5 months to see and hold this little girl but in all reality, I have been waiting my whole life. You know those friends you grow up with and think or say "Cant wait to meet your kids!" or "I wonder what your kids will be like."  Holly is one of "those" kids.

I had talked to Stacey about when everyone went up to Washington (for Danny's funeral) and she said there wasnt a lot of crying when everyone was meeting Holly for the first time... so I thought, well, if they didnt cry, Ill be good.
Ha.
Wes and I drove up to Kaysville yesterday. We stopped and got a few presents (outfits) for Holly on the way. When we got there I was trying to wrap them all quick but Heather was outside at my car before I knew it. It was SO great to just hug Heather and be with her! She is seriously so fun and just so great! We went inside and Heathers grandma was holding little Holly. The second I saw her, in the flesh, I started tearing up. So much love for one little girl. Its a mix of emotions, really. I just love her so much because she is just the sweetest little baby girl and the fact that her daddy is such a huge part of my life, I just love her. Then, looking at her, undeniably a little Danny, is heart breaking when you just miss her Dad so much and it just kills me that he isnt here to hold her.
Then Heather picked her up and handed her to me. Just to hold that sweet little body/spirit in my arms, I really had to fight the tears. It took me a minute or two but I held it together. 
Then I couldnt put her down the rest of the day!

Heather, her grandma, Wes and I (but in all actuality, mostly Heather and I) sat and talked for a few hours. Just catching up, talking about life and whatever. I love talking to Heather about Danny and just laughing about our memories.
We finally loaded up and went and got a late lunch. We stopped at In N Out... because that was Danny's favorite. Then we sat and talked for another two hours. Finally we left In N Out and made our way down to the gateway mall. We just walked around, shopped a little and then took photobooth pictures :) My favorite!
After that we had to head back, it was time for Holly to eat again and she needed a diaper change!

To say it was a great day is an understatement. I told Wes that sometimes its still not real for me. I used to hang out with just Heather and then Danny would come home from work or something... so hanging out with just Heather, and now Holly, and then not seeing Danny and knowing he isnt going to just come home from work or something... its hard. I miss him so much. I could not be more grateful for the knowledge that I have of eternal families. Heather is unbelievably strong. She is truly amazing and I am so glad we got to spend time together! She is literally my hero!

(Its ridiculous how much she looks like her Daddy!)

(Her little hands were covering her face. The light was too bright. It was really cute. SHE is really cute!)

The Boy

Tonight we went out with friends. It was really fun and much needed.

Our first picture together... awww

"Girl Talk"

Since girls wanna know!

Current Facebook Status: You know that annoying girl who starts dating someone and suddenly has no life other then work and that boy?? Hi, My name is Kristin.



Yep. His Name is Wesley, or Wes. Hes kinda cute...
 
So even if nothing comes from dating him, this is still a funny story to blog!
A few weeks ago, on a Saturday night, I was thinking about my friend Amber. Amber is getting married to a guy she met on LDSsingles.com. Awesome, for her, so excited! Online dating... NO. WAY! Ive always been against it and not only against it but openly ANTI!
I was sitting on the couch with my roommate, Maddie, and told her I was going to make her a profile so we could see what kind of guys are on this thing. At first we were laughing and filling out the questions. Towards the end she changed her mind and said, No way! I begged, "Maddie! PLEASE! We HAVE to see what kind of guys are on here."  No Go. FINE! Ill make my own. Oops :)
 
So that night, I got a few messages. I figured, Ill at least be nice and message them back.
 
One week later, Wes and I had our first date. One week later our first kiss. One week later... oh wait, thats this Saturday.  Yep. Things are kinda quick.. but dont worry... not THAT quick!
 
Here's the thing. Because the whole thing was a joke, I wasnt trying to be fake and put on a show to make him like me. I was totally just me..loud, out spoken, me. Since the first week was hiding behind a computer, I could say pretty much anything because I wasnt thinking I would meet this guy or have anything to do with him.  Jokes on me.
 
So, girl, here are the dets. (Details)
He is 25. (We celebrated his birthday last week)
He has already graduated from BYU... in Geography, minor in Spanish. (Yep, speaks spanish. Perfect!)
Went on his mission to Spain.
He works for the church. Making maps and stuff and programing and stuffff. Sounds complicated to me when he explains what he does.
He is from Portland.
Oldest of 5 kids. (4 boys, 1 girl, girl in the middle)
He is pretty quiet. In fact... VERY quiet... around other people. Mr. Chatterbox around me.
He is unbelievably patient!
He is by far, hands down, the easiest and best communicator Ive ever even known. You know when you think something like I should ask that, or I wonder if, or how does he feel about... or just ANYTHING!  We just say it. Never has anything been awkward. No subject is off limits. If something happens, I always make him talk about it. Im kind of obnoxious. He never complains or pushes it off. If I need to talk, he wants to talk! He is seriously so patient with me. Luckily, because I have a few "guy issues" to work through.
 
There is more... but Ill leave it at this for now.
 
He has already met my mom and she says we are complete opposites :)  Oh well, somebody has to balance me out right?
 
 
 

 
Wait, a funny story.
 
So I checked him out on facebook and noticed we had a friend in common. So what did I do? Called my friend and DRILLED him with questions about Wes... of course!
My friend didnt have ONE bad thing to say about him. In fact he said IF he REALLY had to dig deep, the only bad thing he could say about him was that he is a little stuck in his ways.  Ok?...  Meaning, everyday he gets up, has a bowl of cheerios, eats a banana and reads his scriptures. :)  Thanks for the "dirt"

Letter to Holly (Danny 3)

Its almost been 3 months since Danny passed away. I still think about him every single day. I probably only tear up every other day and have a cry about it every 10 days or so. Unless I see a picture of him... then it can be any day.

Back on that Sunday, when Nicole and I were sitting on the couch watching the day go by completely numb, we had one moment of productivity. We created a facebook event where we had everyone write a letter to Holly, Danny and Heather's baby girl who was only a week when her Daddy left this earth, and send the letter to us so we could make a book for Holly. Letters with messages, memories, or anything people wanted to tell Holly about her Dad.

Her was my letter:

Dearest Holly,
You are so loved! You were loved the second you were born. You were loved before you were born. In fact, you were loved before your parents even met each other.
When I was born, my birth mother debated giving me to The Davies Family, or the Hainline Family. I went to the Davies Family. 9 months later, the Hainline Family was blessed with a little baby girl, your aunt Stacey. Since we lived so close to each other, and grew up in the same ward, we grew up best friends but even more like sisters. Your uncle, Tommy and Daddy, Danny, always treated me like a sister anyways. Danny always called me his sister or his "almost" sister. He was honestly one of my favorite people in the whole world.
Growing up with the Hainline's and pretty much being a little sister was the best, but, like any little sister, I was teased. Growing up, Danny always wanted to be doing things. He was always busy. We would go roller blading or on bike rides or play tag, or night games. We would go down to the creek and Danny loved catching tad pols. Stacey and I loved going to movies and to Nickel City but we couldnt go alone so we would have to convince Danny to come with us so we had someone to watch us. It never took too much convincing because Danny was always up for a good time. One of my favorite memories is when we would be dropped off at the community pool and spend a few hours swimming. Danny loved swimming and the high dive! There was a snack area at the pool and Danny was the one who introduced me to Funions. (I dont even know if that is how you spell it... the onion, circle chips.) He got a bag every time we went to the pool.
One time Danny came over to my house and was jumping on the end of the diving board. I wanted him to jump in so I could go next. I got on the back of the diving board and we started jumping at the same time. I took his bounce and he fell in, scraping up his whole side on the way down. He came out of the water yelling, "Im gonna kill you!" I took off running! I felt so bad that he had gotten hurt. He wasnt mad for long and still loved me anyways.
There was another time when Stacey and I were doing something and Danny was teasing us. I got so upset I started walking home. I think Stacey ran and told her mom that I was walking home and your sweet grandma got in the car and followed me home. She kept saying, "Kristin, please get in the car." I just kept stomping my way home saying, "No! I hate Danny." I was probably 6 or 7 at the time. Over the years, Danny and I would tell that story to people and just laugh and laugh because it was so dumb!
Some of my favorite memories with you Dad are from when I was living in Rexburg. I was going to the Paul Mitchell Hair School. Both of your parents were some of my regular and best clients. Everyone at the school knew who your dad was because he would come in and announce, "Kristin's brother is here!!" Everyone would laugh when your mom came to get her hair colored and Danny would come back and discuss what color your mom wanted. I would say, "ok, lets do this!" and Danny would say, "How about we do something like this?!" Your dad was CRAZY about your mom and always told EVREYONE how cute or hot she was :)
One time, your mom was out of town. Your dad called me and said, I need my hair cut! He was trying to grow it out, he loved his hair long, but since your mom liked it short, he wanted to surprise her. So he came over to my apartment and I cut his hair. He told me how he had this whole plan, dinner, nice outfit, hair cut, for when Heather was coming home. It was so cute!
I finished school and went home for 3 or 4 weeks. I needed to go back to Rexburg to finish some business and when I asked your parents if I could stay with them for a week, they INSISTED that I did. They always had people stay with them, ALWAYS willing to help anyone and everyone. That week was a blast!
Your mom and I thought we would be nice and clean his fish tank a little. We accidentally touched something and a bunch of things fell. We panicked! Your dad loved his fish tank SO much and we knew he would know if anything was out of place. We put it all back together and within a minute of Danny walking in the door, he knew something had happened. He just loved your mom and appreciated her trying to help... even though we knew we had really messed up!
Whenever I would go to Wal Mart in Rexburg, basically everyday, I would always walk straight over to the electronics section to see your dad first. We would chat for a few minutes and then walk around the store together looking for your mom. I love them both so much! Living in Rexburg, people would tell me all the time, "I met your brother today," or "your brother says hi!" I would always look confused because I didnt have any siblings in Rexburg, I would always ask, "which brother?" And they would say, "Oh, Danny!" or "the one that works at wal mart!" I would always just smile and laugh.
Danny was one of the nicest, most sincere, genuine, caring, funniest, hands down most helpful, happiest, and silliest people of all time. Holly, I cannot wait for you to meet him again. So many people have been waiting his whole life to see him be a daddy. His dream came true... its you!
Holly, your daddy loves you so much! Your mom does too. All of your Aunts and Uncles and Grandparents love you more than you know. No matter how well we know each other in all the years to come, I promise that I love you too. Your dad meant so much to me and so many people. So many people love you who you have never met. Your dad touched so many lives and will never be forgotten! I wish you all the best in your life! Take care sweet girl.


I love you.


Kristin Davies


Your "almost" Aunt

THE BOX

I havent blogged in a while but this is a story I could not pass up. 


Probably 2 months ago I sustained a Chair and Co- Chair for the ward "dating committee." Yes. A WARD DATING COMMITTEE! They then started a ward date night. Usually, every Friday night, there is some kind of activity that you are supposed to go to with someone in the ward, on a date. Have I been yet? No. Then the ward dating committee started dessert night. After ward prayer, Sunday nights, everyone gets together, eats dessert and mingles... or finds their date for the week. Well... about 3 weeks ago, the box came into play. The box? Oh, let me tell you.


Anyone in the ward can write down one guy and one girls name down and put it in the box. The date box. The committee will then draw the couples, email the guy, asking when he is free that week, when he replies, they email the girl. They ask when she is available that week during the times that the guy is available. When the times match up, they are both sent an email with the day, time and location they are to meet up. EVEN BETTER, you are given a "code name" to be able to find each other. 


The email looks like this: (since I have now gotten it 3 times)

CONGRATULATIONS! You've been set up on one or more dates this week!

• If you accept, please respond to this email within 24 hours with a list of ALL your available times for THIS WEEK. The Dating Committee will put you on as many dates as fit your schedule.

• If you decline, please respond "Not this week." If you'd like to be PERMANENTLY removed from being set up on dates, please respond, "Take me of the list."

Please remember, the purpose of the “Dating Box” is to help ward members develop stronger friendships through more frequent dating experiences. This date implies no commitment and should be fun, short (1 hour), and cheap. It is expected that the man pay for and plan the date. It is also expected that the girl at least pretends like she's having a good time.

Once we receive you and your date's emails, we will respond with the location, time, and name of your date. After we tell you the name, you are not allowed to cancel. That is just plain rude :P

If you have any questions please contact Erik Andersen at ---- or @gmail.com. I promise to get back to you as soon as I can.

Good Luck!

Provo YSA 93^rd Ward Dating Committee

The first time I got it, I felt bad because I am friends with the Chair and I know he is working so hard at this. So I agreed to go. The email that came back was meet at the park, under the pavilion, Guy "Apple" Girl "Jucie"

Say WHAT!?  JUCIE!  First of all, lets just go back to the first word of the email. CONGRATULATIONS! Really? 

Anyways, my date was for Thursday. 

WELL!

Wednesday night our home teachers came over. ha! I specifically asked if they had gotten an email because I wanted to see if they would tell me they were my date. Success. The first guy says, YES! I have 2 dates tomorrow (Thursday) One at 5 and one at 7. "apple JUICE and apple sauce!"  HA! Crap. How do I get out of this?  So I asked what he was planning. He said he had a plan for the first date but not the second. The first date, he had sanded down a chair and they were going to paint it. 

The other home teacher said he had a date "I like Chocolate/ I like you" and they were to meet on the swings. 

That night I see on the ward facebook group page, "I like Chocolate" haha! They guy was trying to get someone to respond and then he could find out who his date was! So funny!

The next day I went to my cousins to do her hair. I told her about my situation and asked what I should do. He answer was perfect! I text him, now that I knew who he was, and said, Hey "apple" this is "juice" something came up and I wont be able to make it tonight, have fun with "sauce." Done and done. No response :\  oops

So then Sunday comes around. I went to my friends homecoming talk and by the time I got back to my ward, it was the third hour. Oh and dont worry, they were meeting in the cougar eat (the BYU campus cafeteria, and when I walked in I almost died laughing. The WHOLE 3rd hour was a meeting ABOUT the DATING COMMITTEE!!! With a full panel of married Bishopric members and 3 engaged couples! We were getting advice on how to date, and date right so that we can get married! It was ... somethin. 

Anyways, Ill let you know how things turn out. Im supposed to have another date this week :\  hopefully I dont find out its the guy in the ward who has wanted my roommate since the DAY we moved into the ward. ... Cuz I'll cancel on him, AGAIN!

Happy Dating BYU!

PLEASE read the HILARIOUS version of this from my friend Jacob! myanoikis.blogspot.com