October 4th: I can't believe how fast time has gone. Just last year I was a dating machine and a dumb freshman, now I am engaged to the Best Guy ever and will be married in just over a month. I am so excited and can't wait. So school has been good. I feel like I am doing a lot better than last year. I am taking a lot of hard classes (mainly just a lot of reading) but it has been good for me and I have already learned a lot. I am in American Heritage, ASL, Book of Mormon , and History of creativity. My attitude has definitely changed from last year. I enjoy school for the learning purpose. I want to know more and learn, I just don't like being tested on it ... But who does?! Track is a lot better now that Boot Camp is over. I am enjoying being there and I am definitely a lot more coachable than what I was last year. The only part I am not liking is getting up at 6:30 for weightlifting. I like weightlifting but not that early. It makes me feel tired the whole rest of my day. 7:30 is what I enjoy walking up at. This last Friday I was having a rough day, I did bad on a quiz, a little diamond fell out of my ring and I dropped my phone and broke it. I later had to go shopping for a top to wear for our engagement pics. It got better as the day went on. That night I got to hang out with Chris, I was so happy to see him, I hadn't seen him all week because we have both been really busy. He has worked 30 hrs last week and this week, keeps him really busy. That night we wrestled around and we ended up falling on the open dish washer. I was laughing so hard that I almost cried, I haven't laughed that hard in such a long time. Saturday morning we left to go down to Jenell's house - It was a lot of fun. After conference on Saturday we went and got our engagement pictures taken up Kanosh Canyon. The pictures turned out soo good, exactly what I was hoping for! That night we stayed up late spending time with Jenell and Owen and helping them can tomatoes. The next morning was Sunday's conference and all the speakers were really good. Later that night we went on a nice Sunday walk. We talked about our future family and having kids. I really want to start our family once we get married but talking about it kind of scared me...Just hit me with reality! haha This weekend has just been really good being with Chris and I wish I was just married to him already! I do think we might start our family earlier than later and I would love that but I am mostly just excited to be married first and enjoy that part of our lives together!
Bridals: We were going to go do them at the temple but with school and Jenell's schedule it just never lined up. So we took some quick ones in Jenell's front room with her little Studio set up!
October 6th: So yesterday was at first an awful day. I was busy all day studying for American Heritage. I actually do enjoy this class, I have learned a lot and I want to know more. Most people hate this class and now I can see why ... It is the tests! I did awful, I got 45% which I was and am really ashamed to say, I cried. Chris was so good to me. He got off work early and came over. We went for a walk and he gave me a comforting hug and talked to me telling me that it would all be fine and work out in the end. He is such a good man, I love him so much. We probably ended up walking like 3 miles before taking me back to my apartment I felt so much better afterwards. Today I talked to my professor about my test and I started tearing up just telling him about it. He was really nice and felt bad for me. He promised me that I won't fail. I really hope and pray that I don't fail, that would be so bad. Today has been good and long. I have been up since 6:30, went to weights, then studied for a couple of hours, went to classes, studied another 2 hours went to class, and then took a test. I think I did pretty good. Once I got home I ate dinner and then wrote two papers. I missed Chris's call earlier . He called me to invite me to play racketball and volleyball. I wish I could have gone, but I needed to get this home work done. I am so tired, it is 11 p.m. and I am Finally going to bed.
October 24th: Only a month left until I get married !! I am so excited and can't wait. We finally got the invitations, and oh my that was a crazy process getting them to come out right. These past couple of weeks have been so stressful and my birth control thing has been messing up with my system. I was on my period for 14 days straight, I am finally off now! They switched me to a different birth control now. I feel really bad because the I think that my thoughts and stuff has been off from the pills and I feel like I have been rude and snappy to Chris lately ... and also selfish. He has been so good to me and handling me pretty well. He too has had a stressful week. Chris is funny, I have noticed that when we are around other couples he hardly shows any affection to me. At first it has made me jealous and almost upset at Chris because I feel like we are the ones getting married and the only ones not snuggling or anything. I am learning to be ok with it though. I love Chris so much and I am So grateful that we are doing all we can to get married in the temple with no regrets. Tomorrow Chris is signing the contract and getting the keys to our new apartment. I am So excited! I will be moving in there soon and I can't wait. I love my roommates and everything, but I am totally ready to move out and be away from all their boy dramas. Oh and I get to decorate, I am So excited. Everything looks like it is going well for us so far. We just need to keep strong spiritually and stay close to our Lord. I am so excited!
Not sure on exact date: We went shooting out at West Mountain by Payson with Drew and Tiffany. It was fun! Afterwards Drew wanted to launch a firework for some reason and instead of it going up it tipped over and went sideways...caught some grass on fire!!! Luckily the boys were super quick to put it out! That would have been so bad and they would have been in big trouble!
October 28th-31st (Thursday-Sunday): Oh man! Life has been really good, stressful somedays but that is to be expected. Everyday I feel like I am getting things ready for our wedding - calling bishop, Stake President, setting up interviews, my dad got my ring fixed (My parents are awesome), calling Manti for appointments, and moving in. This last weekend was really good. On Thursday I got to start moving my stuff into the house. Friday I did my normal routine and took a test and then Chris and I went and registered at Target, which was pretty fun. We then went and got a huge breakfast burrito and then went and played coed volleyball. After volleyball Chris and I went to Corn belly's. That was a lot of fun. The hunted corn maze, was both funny and scary. It was annoying how the people were always up in your face and wouldn't leave you alone. Saturday we finished packing me into the house. Oh btw, oh man this was so cute and made me So happy... when I first started moving in on Thursday, Chris came by earlier with out me knowing and left me a Surprise. He had flowers and a card on the kitchen table and above on the wall a welcome Home Amber" sign. I loved it. He is so kind and thoughtful. On Saturday after we moved in I hurried and got cleaned up and went to Aunt Linda's house for the Pumpkin Bashing party. That was so much fun, I definitely want to do that every year with them. We first hit pumpkins with baseball bats being pitched to us, then we had a huge pumpkin (real) piñata. That was so fun. Later we carved pumpkins. I love being there, especially now that I am practically part of the family. When it was time to leave, Uncle Bruce even gave me a hug good bye. Chris told me that I should feel lucky because he hardly ever gets a hug from him. After being with them, Chris and I left to go home to my house. Mom and I had a surprise dinner set up for Chris and I. We were on the balcony with a candle lit dinner. My mom is Awesome! Afterwards we watched "How to train your Dragon", then we attempted the hot pots. Next time we will for sure go earlier in the day. When we got out there, there were people so we decided to go to the other ones only to hop in and quickly back out because of how cold they were. Sunday was Michael's farewell. Chris and I got to see the back drop that my dad made, it is so awesome, and Very legit. Later after having dinner with my family, we came back to our little home in Provo. That was my first night I slept in our house. It was weird at first and I felt like Chris should have been there ... I still feel that way. Now I feel like it is home to me, just needs Chris. It is harder now with temptations I feel now being in our own home. We are really careful, but we definitely do kiss a lot more haha. Only 2.5 more weeks, Yay! Everything for the honeymoon seems to be lined up. Now I am having to work hard to keep up in School. Next week is going to be rough. I have two test (one being ASL), and 4 quizes, and a paper to work on. The good thing though, It will keep me busy to make time go by faster till I get married! It seems to be going by fast now, which I am so glad. It has definitely been hard having to plan a wedding in the middle of the semester, but it has been great and we have learned a lot from our challenges. I wouldn't change it for Anything! I Love you Chris!! He is So cute, he left me a note for me to find before & went to bed.
Quote from my dad's journal: "Hallelujah!!!! I got it done! Actually it has been kind of fun making this back drop for Amber’s wedding reception. Sure looks like a functional barn. Maybe, I’ll make the door open so I can store our garden tools in it. After the wedding I think I will fasten it to the outside of our racquet ball court wall in the back patio. It all comes apart in sections."
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