"Ugh you ungly bug get out of my garden!"

Gardening never works out the way I plan. Usually I am sitting in a math class staring out the window at the green grass and the shining sun, wishing i was outside working with nature. I picture myself going out with a cute pair of gloves and a smile on my face. I quickly weed or turn the soil of my designated area (if you have seen my yard you know very well that this cannot be done quickly). Then I grab some seeds and plant them in a perfect arrangement. I step back to look at my work and, Ta Da! I see an amazingly perfect piece of heaven that I created. I walk off into the sunset and all is well leaving something that looks a little like this

Yesterday was a wonderfully beautiful day, which inspired me to garden just as a I described above. I got home as quickly as I could and with the first moment of free time I started to execute my plan. I was able to find a cute pair of gloves, I was smiling, and the sun was mostly shining. All was going according to plan, so far. I looked at what was once a well cared for vegetable garden and sighed. I started my little garden last year after having a similar day dream in math class as described above. It looked really good at first, but as soon as summer semester started -- well my gardening days ended. So now I sat grimacing at the severely neglected weed patch trying to find signs of life. Nevertheless, I had a job to do and I WAS going to do it. I stuck my hand on a clump of weeds, closed my eyes and just pulled. They came out nicely. I went on in this manner for about 10 minutes, it was all going well: I was not dirty or sweaty and there were even some birds chirping in the back ground. I noticed a bunch of small rocks in my garden. I leaned in to take a closer look-- they were not rocks. About 100 dead rolli pollies laid in the back of part of my garden. "eh!" I exclaimed, "This is now the rolli polli grave yard" I said. I had no respect for their dead so I wisked them all away. I then preceded in my weeding but was distracted again by a large greed thing that fell out of a plant I had just pulled out. Oh I thought, that green stick has a bunch of little knobs at the bottom. They were not knobs. It was a nice thought though. my green stick was actually a large dead Caterpillar. For some reason this really disgusted me. I could not help but exclaim, "UHG you ugly bug, GET OUT of My GARDEN!". It did not move. I had to touch it; I thought I was going to die. I quickly picked it up and threw at my neighbors yard. I continued weeding and discovering dead things. I was almost at the end of the garden when something with more legs then I wanted to count crawled out of the dirt onto the bricks that acted as the walls of my garden. Naturally, I screamed. That was a freaky bug and I did not like it. Avoiding the tiny monster like the plague, I finished weeding and steeped back to admire my work. It was... kind of sad looking, but it was an improvement. I decided to smile and try to be proud. It did not workout exactly how I planed but it was still-- a good effort. Man i hate bugs. But I love to garden.

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This is what we sent to Daniel and Rebekah about an hour after he proposed so I am slightly giggly. I could not stop laughing. I was not going to post this but I was threatened. So, this is me posting an embarrassing video.
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Inspirational Story

About The Love Of My Life

Branden in one word: indescribable. Branden is like a firework; he can turn the darkest nights into a colorful dream come true. He knows exactly what to say when I am down and is always carful to make me feel important. Just thinking about him makes me warm and I have to smile. He is someone that I can really talk to. I never have to doubt that he cares and is listening to my endless speeches. In the fall we would sit for hours under the stars on my front porch and just talk. He would laugh at my silly stories and grow concerned when I expressed my fears. He would give his opinion to my crazy ideas. Together we shared our hopes and dreams, our heartbreak’s and letdowns. When it got cold outside our long talks continued and still do. When I am going through a hard time he listens as if the world depends on it, then pauses and gives sincere advice. He pampers me when I am not well and encourages me to do my best. He has a unique and exciting personality. He is willing to work for his dreams, and is not afraid to dream big. Branden is not okay with just going through the motions. He uses he creativity to add variety and excitement to everyday life. For our first date he owed me dinner but knew that I did not like to eat in front of people. So he took me to the one place where, “you order a lot of food and never eat it.” He kept it a surprise and that’s exactly what I felt when we pulled into Chuck E Cheese that night. Branden really is the sunshine in my day. He never lets me forget how much he loves me. I can count on him to dry my tears and hug me when I feel like the world is at its end. He is patient when I am all but agreeable and tries to understand my different way of looking at the world. I am excited to start my new life with him; I know that we can be Amazing together. As long as we both continue to do our best we will be capable of wonderful things. The best part about Branden is that he is determined to always love me, even when I go crazy, and I know he will and I will always love him.
Is He not the Cutest? :)

A Perfect Moment: The Proposal

Branden and I only started talking seriously about getting married the week before he proposed. It was kind of sudden to us both but we ended up both praying about marriage and to my amazement felt like being together forever was what we were supposed to do.
Sunday came and that afternoon Branden came over to start planning things (temple and date). We were sitting at the kitchen table when out of nowhere he stood up and declared that the room was hot and he wanted to go somewhere. He asked my mom if we could take the car and before I knew it we were driving in the rain up the canyon. He was acting as if he did not know where we were going. We turned into Nunn’s park. Rain still poured as we told each other stories and talked. For a moment we sat in silence, it felt so nice to be with him. The silence was broken when he told me that he had a story for me, but he did not want to tell me in the van because it was stuffy. I was sure he just wanted an excuse to kiss in the rain. When I got out of the van he took my hand and we started to walk and he started a story.
Okay, I know I am blind and should have gotten the hint here but we talked about these things a lot, so I was completely oblivious. We started up the trail to Bridal Vail Falls. The rain was still coming down and the cold began to turn my nose red. He continued his story. By the end of his story my heart was liquid. I looked to the left and saw the first falls. As I starred at the falls Branden touched my shoulder and I turned to him and smiled. He looked me in the eyes and to my complete surprise and utter joy knelt to one knee as he reached into his pocket and said, “Amber, will you marry me?” I was happier than I had ever been before. I knew it was coming but I was still so excited that I felt like I was bursting at the seams. I put my hands up to my mouth and said “yes”….Many times; It was the only thing I could say. The rain still poured, the sky was grey, and I was starving, but it was somehow bliss. He put a beautiful ring on my finger and we walked back to the car. I probably said some silly things that I don’t remember. All I remember is how perfect it all felt.

I could not stop smiling the entire way home and for the rest of the night. When we pulled into my drive way we saw a head quickly disappear – they all knew, and were waiting for us” When we walked in the door every one (but Daniel and Rebekah of course) were right there waiting with huge quirky smiles. We stood there in a slightly awkward moment, when finally mom yelled, “CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!” which was the cue for everyone to pull out bags of confetti. Within seconds colorful paper was everywhere. We talked for a while and then sat at the table for dinner. Fried Chicken, potatoes, and corn filled our stomachs as we enjoyed each other’s company. Everything seemed so perfect, and for that moment it really was.

Excting news :)

So, I have some exciting news. Exciting, that is, for everyone excluding any men who were planning on thinking about maybe asking me out, in which case this news would just be like another let down rejection. This may also come as a shock to many of you, I know it did for me -- a good shock though, right? Okay okay I know I am blabbing now and you just want the news, so here it is...
I AM ENGAGED...
:)
as of last Sunday the 6th of March at about 7:00 pm
I am way excited!!! the big day is June 24th in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. The Lucky guy is Branden Hill (you will hear more about him a little later) and the story is great! (you will also get that one a little later)
Anyway, that is my news,
. Shocked?...
. Excited?...

Me too.

Excited! EXCITED!

SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!!!!!!!! this is the last week of classes and then, finals week next week and then....
F R E E O M !!!!!!!!!!!! :) freedome! I will be able to breath again. YAY! yay yay yay yay ya ya yay :) I cannot wait! can you tell I am excited beyond excitedness?! But this week is going to be rough to the 10th power imes two! thats a lot! and next week will not be as bad casue there are no classes but it will still be no walk in the park. That is okay though cause christmas is coming! wahoo!!! yay :)