Archive for August, 2008
The Reunion
Monday, August 11th, 2008After a long and grueling 24 hour trip to Malaysia, I was reunited with the love of my life, Sharon. On the last leg of the trip from KL to Miri, I was smiling the whole way. People must have thought I was crazy, haha. But I couldn’t stop thinking about seeing Sharon again. I imagined the scene over and over again in my head. But when it finally came down to it, and I passed through immigration and collected my baggage, and saw her there waiting for me, it was the happiest I had been in months. Then I hugged her and twirled her around and gave her a quick little kiss. She was so embarrassed haha. But I couldn’t help it. She was even more beautiful than when I had last seen her 3 months ago, and that is VERY beautiful. I am sooo happy now to be with her again. We have a lot of things planned and it will be very stressful, but for now I am going to just enjoy being with her again.
At the Airport in LA
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Well, I am sitting in the LAX Airport now, waiting for my flight. I have about 5 hours of layover here, so i figure this is as good a time as any to blog. Actually, Sharon, my darling, told me to not be lazy and use my time to post. Haha. So here I am, the same place I was at 3 years ago going to Malaysia for my mission. Seriously, I am sitting in the exact same place I sat 3 years ago, at the McDonalds. Elder Mortensen and Sister Pike will remember. It brings back a lot of memories. I am traveling to Malaysia to see Sharon, FINALLY, and I am so excited! I really can’t wait to see her. I’ve been waiting for 3 months now. Much too long. I have about 18 hours of traveling ahead of me, so I am going to try and get some sleep on the plane. This plane to Taipei will be the longest one. Luckily, I don’t have to change planes in Taipei, just stay on the plane. Then after Taipei I am going to Kuala Lumpur, where I will catch a plane to Miri. I just came in from St George where my Mom and Kendall dropped me off earlier. My mom grew teary eyed. I love them both, and I will miss them. Earlier I gave my mom and Kendall blessings so that they will stay safe and prosper while I am gone. Kendall starts school on Tuesday, and he gets his license on Monday, so there are some big things coming up. I am really way excited to see Sharon. i can’t wait! I will also get to meet her family and we are having a wedding reception type of thing for her family on the 16th. It is going to be really big, so I am kinda nervous, but I am also excited for it. Then Sharon and I are going to Thailand for a few days, so that will be lots of fun. Anyways, that’s a small update for now, but I will keep the blog updated with the latest. Bye Bye!
Kendall’s Surprise Birthday Party
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Today is Kendall’s birthday, but we celebrated it yesterday. I went outside to play Tennis with Kendall for a little while, then invited him in to play Age of Empires 2 with me. We started when I started complaining that I was starving, and that we should go get Wendy’s or something. He was also hungry, so he offered to pay for me if I drove him there. I went to ask mom if we could borrow the car, and she agreed as long as we had it back by 8.
So off we went. We paused our game first. Then when we got there, I told him I would treat him but we had to go inside to sit down and eat. So we went in, ordered some Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers (my last Wendy’s I’ll have in a while) and some Frosty’s, then ate. When we were on our way back, I called mom to ask her if I should pick up some cereal. She said we had some already, so I told her we were almost home. Then when we got home, Kendall and I walked inside. The lights were all off and there was a cake on the counter. When Kendall was almost to the kitchen, tons of kids jumped out and dumped balloons and confetti on him while yelling ‘Surprise!’ You should have seen the look on Kendall’s face. He was totally shocked! He was like, what about Age of Empires? Haha. We had cake and ice-cream and sang to him and then he played outside with his friends. We also gave him his presents. I was the accomplice to get him out of the house so that his friends could come over. He fell right into the trap. Later, he asked me, “What if I didn’t want to go to Wendy’s, what would you have done?” Yeah right, he always is up for Wendy’s ahaha. We all had a lot of fun. Happy Birthday, Kendall!!