Summer has officially started

I am done with school until August. I have about 3 more semesters left before I get my degree. I know that it has taken me a long time and I hope that it’s worth it when I am done. I have been attending the University of Utah for 3 years now so I am right on schedule. These last few semesters have been really hard for me because I have never had a real summer to myself. I have been taking summer classes for the last 3 summers without any breaks. This summer I decided to take a break and just work full time.

I interview for the Technical Writer Summer internship last week and they gave me an offer and I accepted. I will be starting my new job on Monday. I will be writing Standard Operating Procedures for the whole summer. The group that I am in is a wonderful group and I am very excited to work with them.

The wedding plans are going great according to Amber. In less than three months I will be married to Amber. I hope that I have all of your address so I can send you an invitation. Well that is all that has been going on for me these past few weeks. Right now I am working out and playing with my friends.

Sorry

I have been super busy with Finals so I haven’t been able to write. I will tell you how finals go when they are over. I should be done on May 1st. Good Luck with your finals!!!!

Our Courtship

I have had a lot of individuals ask me about Amber and how we met. I would love to email all of you and tell you how everything went down but, I thought that I could get a few more hits on my blog so I am going to do it this way.
Amber and I meet on July 9th at my apartment during Ward Prayer. Ward Prayer has many different names so some of you might know it by its different name. Thanks to Jake T. I have the most common names for Ward Prayer. I have only heard a few of these but you might recognize it as ward stare, pray-n-stay, scope-n-hope, have-a-cookie-and-take-a-lookie. I think that Amber was having a cookie and taking a lookie when I meet her.
I had just moved into the ward so I thought that it would be a great idea to have the whole ward over to meet our apartment. Amber was one of the first people to come over that night. I think that she wanted to take a lookie at the new Asian in the ward. I was able to talk to her for a little bit but, I had to start get the meeting started because it seems that every ward wherever you go Ward Prayer has members stay longer then you expect or the rest of the night. I was in charge of the meeting so I did all of the introductions of my roommates. While I was doing introductions a circle began to form around me and no one was standing next to me. Bishop Jones asked if I was going to do a dance for everyone and I responded without thinking and said, “No but I can be the pole.” No one knew what to do so I just pretended that it didn’t happen.
After that day Amber would come over and get our pool key every day hoping that she would get to see me. We would start to hangout at the pool together and just talk. The day I caught her eye was the 24th of July. I was with all of my roommates and just playing with a Rugby ball in the pool. We also discovered that we have the same birthday day and year. I must have done something right because she gave me her phone number. The thing was that I forgot it right after she told me but the good thing is that we had the ward directory online.
A few weeks later the ward had planned a Temple trip to Logan and I invited her to attend. Lon, Jamiee, Amber and I decided to go up with the ward to Logan. When we arrived at the temple they didn’t have enough Priesthood so Lon and I decided to help out in the Baptistery. We all got dressed and everyone is looking great. We all got baptized and we were waiting to get confirmed and I leaned over to Amber and said “you look really good in white hopefully I can see you again in here.” I said it jokingly but I guess it’s really going to happen.
We would continue to date and hangout for the rest of the summer. I started up school in the fall so I wasn’t able to spend as much time as I wanted to with her. A few weeks before I left for Hawaii we decided to be exclusive. You can read the other blog to see how the rest of the dating went. Thanks for reading.

Wearing Clothes

Tuesday I received a Wheaties shirt from Julian (the coordinator of intramurals). It’s big and orange just like a box of Wheaties. I decided to wear it yesterday because it’s an original shirt and no one has one yet.
This is how my morning went. I woke up around 4:00 am and couldn’t go back to sleep because I had some acid reflux. I tried everything to get rid of the taste but I couldn’t. I tried to lie down but nothing worked. I headed to work around 5:15am to check in, unlock the doors and then come right back home. I unlocked the doors in record time and hurried back home. I went straight to bed and slept for a couple hrs. I woke up at 11 and went to the gym. I returned form the gym and did some homework and played around the house until I had to go to class. I decided to put my Wheaties shirt on to show it off.
In class we always have to get into groups and discuss what we read the week before. I had a few people in the group comment on my shirt and they wanted to know where they could get one. I told them that I got it from intramurals they only have so many shirts. I got done with class and Amber wanted me to go check out her gym in Sugar House. The total time of wearing the shirt was 3 hrs. I did my workout and come back home.
The dilemma that I faced this morning was if I should wear the Wheaties shirt or should I hold off for a few days. I kept telling myself that it was alright and no one would notice because, I wouldn’t see anyone form my class. I been caught a few times wearing the same thing the next day and it always gets weird. I don’t know if I am the only one that does this but I tend to think that I am not alone. I do it mostly with clothes that I wear on Sunday afternoon. Everyone at ward prayer sees me in it that night at 9:00 pm but I don’t see anyone at school. I wear the same clothes to school that I wore Sunday night but, I have to remember to change it again before FHE. I assume that everyone does it because I have caught a few of you doing it but you wont admit it.

March 17th 2007

I know that today is the 26th of March but I thought that it would nice to tell everyone how I got engaged. Many of you know that Amber and I have been dating for a while and that we have been looking for a ring. Well the ring finally came in on Thursday the 15th of March. I tried to keep everything a secret from Amber but she is like one of those Elders on your mission that has all of his Christmas presents open the day he gets them. I think that she called everyone that I knew to ask if the ring had come in. I had the lady from the ring shop call her up and tell her that the ring wasn’t going to come in until next week. Bad choice because Amber figured out that she could have never had her number unless I gave it to her. Just a little heads up. I was able to cover it up with my wit, but I don’t think that it worked.
I knew that I was getting the ring that week but I didn’t know when exactly. I called The Roof and made reservations for Saturday night just in case. Teresa from the ring shop called me and told me to pick up the ring. I had everything set except, I didn’t know how to propose to her. I called everyone I knew and asked them for advice. I asked her roommate and she helped me out a lot. I was going to do something random and make it funny but Shawn said otherwise. Shawn and Lindsay finally gave me the idea of going to the airport and asking her there. Before you think that the airport is random I will explain. This summer I went to Hawaii with my family. My family left a week before I arrived, so Amber gave me a ride to the airport. We had been dating for a few months and that is where I told her that I loved her for the first time.
I had the plan and everything was ready except I had to figure out how to get Amber to the airport and out of the truck to propose to her. My buddy Julian was in San Francisco for the week and he was going to come back that week. I told Amber that I needed to pick him up because he didn’t have anyone home to get him. That worked out great and she said that she would come. I had everything planned now it was just getting her out of the car.
We arrive at the airport and I have Julian call me to tell me where he was at. I pretended to talk to J and I drove over to where I told her that I loved her. When we got to the spot Amber said, “Isn’t this where you said you love me” I pretended not to hear her and hopped out. I answered my phone again and told Amber that I needed to help J with his luggage. I was in a hurry so I asked her to open the trunk and she hopped out. I walked a little ways down the track and then I turned around and proposed to her. I was so nervous that I really didn’t know what I was saying but she did. She did say yes. Later that night we went to The Roof and had a wonderful night. We are getting married August 7th 2007 in the Mount Timpanogos Temple.

Fresh from the Oven

This is my first blog so don't worry there will be more.