Excitement!

Well, it has been a while since I have written on here so I thought I would update a bit, since there has been a significant change in my like recently. But first a quick update on everything else. Jobs and callings are still the same, and I still feel like I am running around like crazy. I dont think I am going to get a chance to slow done for a while. One of the best things lately has been watching college football lately! It has given me such a break from the normal run of the mill activities that I do everyday! I have been traveling to see some of the games, and it has been great! I got to go to Oregon, and even though it was the end of the Utes 16 game winning streak, it was a great time up there! I loved Portland! I also got to go to Vegas to see them play against the Rebels of UNLV. Amber hooked us up with a place to sleep, so that was great! I went down with Paul, Dash and Scott. They made the trip even more fun!
Football certainly hasn't been the only fun I have been having though. As you all know, I have been dating M'kynzi for the last little while, and we have gotten to the point of being serious. September 7th, I bought a ring for her! She came with me, so she knew that I was going to be proposing at some point in time, she just didn't know when I would be popping the big question! A few weeks before I was going to ask M'kynzi to marry me, I of course did some things to make her think that I was going to propose. I took her to the same places that we went on our first date way back on March 20th. We went to Firehouse Pizzeria, and then went to Orchard Lanes for some bowling, then back to her place for some Wii bowling. The next week, I took her out on another date, just to make her get in the habit of going on dates with me. I had to take her out on a Thursday, cause I was going to be going to Vegas for the game that weekend. The next week, was the week of the Air Force game. I had been working with a few people to get some things arranged for the proposal namely Dan Brinton, Roger Sengthavychith, and Seth Fullmer. I chose Dan and Roger because they each have really nice cameras and would be able to take some good pictures of everything. So the plan was for Dan to turn around during halftime of the game and say to us, "I was just talking with Roger, and we had a group date set up with reservations for 8 at the Garden restaurant, but one of the couples dropped out. Do you guys want to come?" Now I had previously told M'kynzi that I wanted to take her out on a date that night, I just didn't know what we would do so of course I jumped at the chance to go on a date with her that was already set up! Dan told us to meet down at Temple Square at 645 in front of the Christus and we would go from there. We get there and then find out that the reservations weren't until 8 pm. We decide that we are going to go around and just take pictures. Roger and Dan of course have their cameras, and Roger's date had a video camera. (She happened to be from out of town, so M'kynzi didn't think anything of it. And since Roger and Dan always have their cameras with them, again she didn't think anything of it.) So we are wandering around, taking pictures and doing some of the "married couple" pictures all over Temple Square and we get up to the pedestal that is east of the Temple. Everyone but M'kynzi knew that that was where I was going to be proposing, and so each couple got up on the pedestal and took some pictures, and of course we went last. For those who know, M'kynzi doesn't necessarily like having her picture taken and after 3 maybe 4 pictures, she decides she is done with pictures, and gets down from the pedestal. Dan was a quick thinker and said, "Can we get one more? I am trying to get the Temple in the background, and its blurry." So M'kynzi gets back up and I knew it was now or never. I bent down, to scratch my leg and make an easy transition to getting on my knee, but then M'kynzi bends down too. I ask her what she is doing and she asks if we are doing a picture down there! I told her to stand back up. Once she was back up, and I was on my knee, I pulled the ring out, and asked M'kynzi to marry me. Instead of the "YES!" I was hoping to hear, she said, "You are not doing this right now! There are people here!" I followed that with, "I know, will you marry me?" She said yes, and the celebration began. In the meantime, Roger and Dan are taking pictures, and Afton, Roger's date, is shooting the video. M'kynzi had no clue! That is probably the second best part of this story! Second only to the fact that she said yes! After we took a few more pictures, we actually did have reservations to make at the Roof that Mom had paid for. I purchased a flower arrangement of 7 red roses, one for each month, that was placed on the table when we got there. Seth works at the Roof and hooked us up with the best seat in the house! It was such a wonderful night! One that I am surely never to forget! After dinner, we went to M'kynzi's house and told her parents even though they already knew that I would be proposing that night. They were certainly happy! We dont have a date as of yet, but we are thinking we will probably get married on April 30th 2010 in the Salt Lake Temple. Then if all goes well, we will be heading out to another state for me to start Physical Therapy school!
I truly love M'kynzi! I know that marrying her is going to be the source of so much happiness in my life, in part because she has already been that source for me! I know marriage is hard, but its going to be wonderful learning and growing with her as we both grow in the gospel and toward Christ! I love her so much and I look forward to spending eternity with her!