Ava Leifi

If you're getting tired of hearing about Ava - then too bad! 'Cuz you'll be hearing a lot about him. He is such a sweet man! He told me that he feels Megan and James are having a "hard time" dealing with my time being split between him and other things. So, this past Friday he decided to take me, Megan, James and his cousin, Bell, out to eat and then to the movies.

Sweet, sweet, sweet man! I wuvs him!

Temper Tantrums, If That's What It Can Be Called

The days with Ava seem to melt together, so I really couldn't tell you when this happened? Friday? ...I think.

Anyway, I was to pick him up between 2 and 2:30pm and bring him to my house so he could do some yard work (which IF he lets me help, doesn't let me "help" at all really - but that's another post). We were only waiting on a man to come from the Relay for Life pick up some food that the restaurant had catered. He was to have been there at 2pm...what time did he come?! 3:38pm! I'm ok with waiting - unless I have something scheduled to do, and let's face it, 98.99% of the time, I don't.

Ava - I of course already know how stinkin' precious he is - was a tad upset...and he was more precious than ever! Like fer reelz! He did look genuinely perterbed, though. Plus, he was saying things like, "If he said he was going to be here at 2, he should be here at 2. 2:01 is fine! 2:02 is fine! But if its 2:03, you're late! Stupid, stupid, stupid!" He apologized profusely, (???), and continued to tell me how he'd rather be an hour early than a minute late. We are so on the same wave length, this man and me!

But what can you do, huh? All I could do was think that if this is his mad - I'm so blessed to have a soft-spoken, patient man.

I just told him to say a prayer and he'd be ok. I tried to distract him by talking to him about his kids and our "plans to make our dreams come true." (Something he talks to me about constantly.) I'm not complaining... I love hearing those things... I love him so much... I love Heavenly Father so much for blessing me with him... Wow! :')

On the 7th Day

If there is one place I could spend time with my fatu suamalie, that would be at church. There isn't a better feeling than to sit next to my future husband, with our scriptures open, holding hands, listening to the Sunday School lesson together.

I'm so thankful for the righteous man that he is. The focus he has on our spiritual goals, as well as our temperal goals. The eternal perspective we share. The prayers we share and the time we spend together serving our family.

Its The Little Things

The Beetles were so right!

"All you need is love!" I've had this idea for like 15 years to do this for the guy I would be dating in the future... To "heart attack" his door from time to time with love notes - for EVERYONE to see! I did this little thing this morning and with the help from my accomplice, Megan, got this put on his door while he was at work. He should be home by 2:45 if he doesn't have to work til 6:30. I'll let you know what he says.

Who Is Your BFF?

This weekend was mad house! But I LOVE that kind of stuff... The kids screaming and squealing and running. The TV on, the music on the phone on, the computers and kindles blaring our game noises. (Okay, not all the time I love it, but most of the time I do.) Mom and Dad had the missionaries over for supper on Friday and invited Ava and I to eat with them. I had picked James up earlier and since I was to be in Woodville anyway, I asked the missionaries if they needed a ride out to Odomville. They readily accepted, seeing as how three or four trips out to Odomville that week already, their miles were limited. Suprise, suprise - Jarom and Elizabeth show up with Aubrey and Jace. On top of that, Mom and Dad had Claire and Lindon for the weekend. At one point, right after supper, the kids were doing just what I enjoy hearing...it was crazy noisy. I patted Ava on the knee and said, "Welcome to the family, Ava!" He giggled the only way Ava giggles - preciously! I just loveses him! :) Jarom and Elizabeth ended coming back out to Odomville Saturday with Aubrey and Jace and stayed the night. All came to church on Sunday! YAY! I had Lindon in Sunday School with me. I was feeling in for our Junior Primary teacher. We were discussing Joseph Smith's first vision and some of the truths he discovered/was told. One of them was that our Heavenly Father loves us and cares for us and wants us to know that we can come to him at any time and ask for things we need or even for things we want. Lindon raised his little hand said, "Heavenly Father my best friend...and Parker, too!" (Parker is his cousin.) How stinkin' cute is he?! Very stinkin'!! I love little kids!

~So This Is Love~

So this is love, hmm So this is love So this is what makes life divine I'm all aglow, hmm And now I know The key to all heaven is mine My heart has wings, hmm And I can fly I'll touch every star in the sky So this is the miracle That I've been dreaming of Hmm, hmm So this is love Yeah, not much more needs to be shared!

Mormon Wedding Venues

The thing about LDS wedding venues is that #1. they're free, #2. they're all gorgeous, and #3. they're for time and all eternity, which right now, is looking pretty freakin' sweet! I'm still on such a high from these past 15 days and however many hours, minutes, and seconds! I'm so happy! So very, very happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just an update: Ava and I went to my sister, Sarah and her husband Kevin's house for supper. I tried to warn him of her amazingly awesome kiddos. I don't think he was trully prepared. They were off the wall! (I like it that way, though. They're kids, right?!) Five year old, Claire, had no trouble crawling into his lap and showing him everything she could get her hands on and talking a mile a minute. :) Lindon, though, was a bit more slow to warm up, but did so suprisingly fast! He doesn't let too many strangers hold him, especially ones he's first laid his eyes on. Sarah, Megan, and I were in the kitchen finishing up the dinner preparations and he was kind of getting under foot. Ava came right over, scooped him up, and took him into the living room. He sat with him on the couch and distracted him...and Lindon let him! (That's gotta mean something!) After supper, Ava and I were sitting on the couch holding hands (my favorite (even more than smooching) part about dating) and Lindon came over, wriggled his little hand between ours, gave Ava a dirty look and told him, "My Auntie Em!" HAHAHAHA! Gotta love it! Then Lindon proceeded to crawl into him lap and talk with him about his LeapFrog. Again, that's gotta mean something! OH! And the best part... Claire was sitting at the dinner table with us and she told us all that she told her coach that "...I can't wait to get home to see my Auntie Em and her new boyfriend!" We laughed so hard! She is precious! And totally honest! I love that! I have been waiting for this man for ten years! Ten long, lonely years! And he's here! I can't believe. He catches me just staring at him... :) I stopped by his work after church yesterday and asked me, after catching me looking at him, "What's wrong?" I kind of choked up, which I catch myself doing a lot. All I could say was, "Nothing. I'm just really happy." I have been so blessed! So very blessed!