Disneyland

For Easter weekend I ended up taking Karen to Disneyland with some of our friends. It was so much fun. I was going to pick up Karen's ring on Friday but we decided leave on Thursday. I really wanted to have her ring when I proposed to her so I went in to Kay Jewelers on Wednesday and asked if it would be here on Thursday and they said it would. I Then had Brandon pick it up for me and made up some excuse to stop at his house on our way out of town. I didn't tell Karen that I had the ring and it was really hard for me to keep that secret. So on Friday we went to California Adventure and spent all day there. Then on Saturday we spent the whole day in Disneyland!! It was so much fun. We were able to ride most of the rides before it got really busy so that was great. In the late afternoon after we had just got out of the Tiki Room we walked over in front of the castle on our way to the other side of the park and that is when I proposed.



It was really weird to have everyone stop and form a semi-circle around us and then start clapping. But it was great to surprise Karen with her ring and to be able to propose somewhere fun. Disneyland was so great but it was even better to be there with Karen. Here are some pictures from the trip.

The Happy News!!

So it is official, Karen and I are getting married!! I am so excited. I have given her my mom's old wedding ring that my parents gave me when my dad got my mom a new one. She is just wearing that one until I pick up her ring. She has one picked out and we are going this afternoon to get it. It has been a very exciting week for me. I have asked Brandon Staples, Mike DeMille, and Brandon Maxfield to be my groomsmen. Also I called the Denver Temple and set up our appointment and that really made me excited. We have the Temple at 10:00 am on Saturday August 15th.

We are really excited and very happy. Yesterday we also signed the lease to an apartment that we will be staying at. We rented it for May so Karen can live there during the summer. We are very happy about it. There will be more info as it happens.

Spring Break Tour

So this last week was my spring break and I spent all of it touring with the ballroom dance company. We had some fun times and there was some not so fun times. I enjoyed performing and getting spend time with my friends on team but the driving was tough and I didn't like how some team members would not help with loading and unloading the trailer. But I guess there sometimes just isn't enough stuff to do for everyone to be working. It just seemed like the same people did all the work. The worst part of the whole trip was the drive back from Page, AZ. After the show was done we had to pack up before we could leave. I think we left at around 11:45 pm Utah time and got home around 2:30 am. It was a really long drive. I drove the entire time but my truck was pulling the trailer and I don't know if anyone else has had much experience pulling a trailer so I really didn't have a relief driver.

I really like being able to spend time with Karen, she was in my truck the whole time, even if she slept most of the time. We had some good times with everyone that was in my truck. I really tried to make the best of taking my truck since I really wasn't planning on taking it and just kind of ended up driving because we didn't have anything else that could pull the trailer. I am happy to be home and glad that I will be able to get some well needed sleep.