We had a ball!

Okay, not a literal ball, but oh my goodness what a fun weekend! They loved him! And I love him so win win! Today two notably funny things happened. First, Connor and Will came to home teach Madeleine and I and we sat on opposite ends of the couch. While they were teaching Ari's friend Joe came in and sat down at the table to study, when the lesson was over we were exchanging hugs and Connor kissed me afterwards, unbeknownst to us Ari's friend had zero idea we were dating so he started thinking how different he'd been doing visiting teaching and was mostly just shocked, he told us after and we all had a good laugh. Story 2! We were standing on the porch after chatting and praying and went to kiss goodnight just as a van of guys drove by hooting and hollering and telling Connor good job and we had a good laugh about that too. I love him and I love that I have good days and I love that even the yucky parts of my days are made brighter with him around. How did I get to be so blessed? 

Family photo after church

"This is the first time we've been in a bathroom together" -Connor the first night at mom and dads "I'm sad I don't get to brush my teeth with you tonight" -Sabrina after the return to Provo. 

After he asked, while he watched me get ready for bed, gosh I love him. 

On the way there!! 

Do you remember March 26th, 2016?

He asked, they said yes, we kissed and laughed and hugged and cried. I wish I had brought my journal because I want to write down everything that I'm thinking and feeling and what he has said to me. This weekend was the first time we brushed our teeth together, the first time we sat on a bed together, the first time we were in a bedroom together and the first time he asked my parents for permission to marry me. In his words "I didn't think it would be such a spiritual experience" stay tuned for rings and eternity in the next few months ish. 

Have you ever known a perfect day?

Yesterday was a perfect day, only accepting the fact that I got elbowed and hit in the head a couple of times, mostly by that dear Connor boy who has arms too long for his own good. Anyway! First thing in the morning we walked to the Marriott Center on BYU campus to partake in the dedication of the Provo City Center Temple. It was such a sweet meeting and Connor amazes me because he is constantly amazed by others. I love him so dearly! There was a girl and guy sitting next to us that were hitting it off quite splendidly and he asked her out after the whole thing was over. It made me so happy to hear all of that. I ran into Saundra Fife on the way out of the Marriott center then we went home to make googly eyes at each other and kiss a little while my roommates got ready for the afternoon session of the dedication. We talked about a lot of things that made me get butterflies in the pit of my stomach. Then I made waffles and we sang and danced around the kitchen. Connor submitted a scholarship essay and I indexed. Then we left to meet up with Maia to drive to Kaysville for Connors extended families Easter dinner! I met Marguerite who is his adorable 90 and a half year old French blind grandmother! She's the most darling little thing! I met his aunts and uncles and cousins and we had an Easter egg hunt and played some killer games of badminton and ate some delicious food and laughed a LOT. I asked Maia if it was all right with her if I married her brother, she said yes and we both teared up a bit and it made me so happy to have a would be sister-in-law that I love so much! She's so very excited for us and I'm so very excited for us and to have found a friend in her! I looked over at Connor when he was driving us home and just kind of enjoyed the darkness and the bumps of the car and how quiet things were for a moment. I'm confident I'll remember how he looked half smiling with his eyes on the road lost in his own thoughts after the glory of our day together. He's so handsome and strong and marvelous. All in all a perfect day. It ended with us talking with his dad and Maia on the phone, well, I mostly just laid on his chest with my eyes shut and listened. Someday I will get enough sleep. But today is not that day!

Voy a conseguir mis cejas con cera

Allow me to dazzle you with my Spanish knowledge. The other night Connor touched all the areas of my face and told me what they were called and since then those words creep into my vocabulary at the most interesting of times. I love that he makes me aware of how I can grow. Being with Connor will never be dull :)

People get weird

This has turned into a giant "I love Connor" blog, but I can't help it! I love Connor! :) today! We were at our stakes Easter fireside and it was quite warm in that room and there was just tons of spiritual musical numbers, so naturally everyone started to slumber, well he was leaning over on my shoulder for a good half hour and when he awoke saw that he had drooled on my sleeve! He felt quite terrible about it, but I thought it was so funny! Then I said to Maia who was sitting on his other side "most girls dream of getting drooled over, I get drooled on" then Connor said something about how I drool in his mouth all the time. It was a grand time. Then! He let me join in on his family phone call and they all had a dispute about something but were attempting to talk it out so after we hung up we were discussing it and I told him my thoughts and he said "life is going to be easy with you" and my heart melted. He adores me! Me! What a lovely life it is indeed! 

And then they lived.

Did you know he has a box of all the little things I've written for him over the past 5 ish months? I didn't until last night :) we were talking with Christopher about how we met and started dating and he was talking about a note I wrote him and couldn't remember the exact wording so he went to get it and brought out a box of all the things. I about started crying. He loves me so much and he's being sentimental about our life and time together. Good move, Concon, good move. 

Can ya stand it?

4 months of dating this man and seeing him nearly every day. I don't think I can properly explain what a difference true love makes. Him and I are so similar, we agree, we love, we giggle, we enjoy, we do things together, we sit, we giggle some more. Life is every kind of good thing when I am around Connor. I never believed that this could be my life. I doubted that true love was real and that I was worth it. I sank into sadness often when I thought of being with one person forever. Until I met Connor. Now I can't wait to get started on our forever. I look forward every day to the day I can go home and won't have to say goodnight to him. When we can be together and figuring out this life as one. I believe that you can make forever work and maybe this is my naive stars in my eyes self right now, but I know that we'll be in love forever and we can work hard at our marriage to be successful and happy. 

Last one for today, making up for lost time

Real quick before I sleep, we were each working at Connors apartment and during ward prayer I had had the prompting that we should pray together in the evenings so I brought that up to him and he agreed, then he said something along the lines of then we can pray every night forever. That sounds good to me! I am further convinced with each moment that this is something I want and that we are going about it the right way! This life is glorious and even more so with Connor by my side :) 

This is a day to remember

In my life I have been so blessed to have many great examples of love and being cherished. Today in church I was giving a comment in relief society and unbeknownst to me Connor had walked into the back of the room and I finished speaking and he piped up with "well said" and just that affirmation and the startled feeling of not knowing he was there and looking back on what I had said and still feeling like I was proud of it was amazing. Then in sacrament meeting  I bore my testimony and Connor went right after me and started off with "I love her!" And everybody smiled/laughed and a bunch of people teared up and I just beamed, he adores me and I feel so blessed to be the object of his affection because it will be like this forever. He sees me in a way I never anticipated was possible and I am amazed at how strong the bond is that we share. He is an enchanting, captivating, amazing, wonderful, caring, strong, smart, dedicated, hard working, charismatic, loving, endearing and happy individual and he's all mine! 

In love forever

Last night by some fluke series of events Connor and I ended up talking about our future for well over an hour and my heart swelled with love for him and excitement over the life we'll have together. We both needed that time and to snuggle up to one another after all the not time we've been having this week and will continue to have. He's working so hard and I'm so proud of him, it just makes me want to go stand beside him while he works. Our lives won't always be this hectic and thank goodness for that! 

Great news of the day! Connor adores me! My taxes are filed! And we get to practice a lot before we're ready to have babies!