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Dear Reader, My deepest apologies for not writing the past month. It has been one full of adventures! Although, I think the Lord is putting us through some trial by fire! Don't worry, we are alright and everything is going forward. There have just been some learning experiences/hiccups along the way. They were all good for us, though. It has been quite the experience, really. Let's talk about what we have learned. First of all, cars are an expensive blessing to have. We have an awesome story for that which involves keys, accidents and repairs. So, we took a trip to Idaho in July to be with family. One of the days we spent there was at Bear Lake. Just as we were packing up our belonging and getting ready to leave, Lauren realized she didn't have the key to our car...whoops. The family started combing the beach and sand looking for the key, but we decided that it was lost to the elements. Lesson learned: don't take Lauren's keys off of her lanyard. Blessing: fami...

Dear Reader,  I did. A couple of weeks ago I popped the big question to the lovely, talented and lovable Lauren Busath. The day was not as eventful as most engagements, but I thought it was perfect for us. We are very excited to be getting sealed in the Bountiful Temple in August! In celebration of the recent events, here the story. However, we wanted to get both sides. Everything in bold is Lauren's writing. Everything else is me.  Now, Lauren and I have dated twice...once back in 2012-2013 for a few months before she left on a full-time mission and now. We went on our "first date" in February of this year and had such a great time. I felt as though we hadn't skipped a beat since the last time we had been out. So, come the beginning of May, I was head over heels for her already. We had already been to my sister's wedding together and we were doing pretty much everything together. Thus, the engagement was not a foreign concept.  After dating only three shor...

Dear Reader, I went hiking again. Hence the repeat of song title. You might get jealous by the pictures here, but they are much better in person. So you can be even more jealous. The best part is you get to hear me philosophize this time. You missed it so much in the last post, I know. This hike was done by Megan, Hannah, Jeremy and myself. It was a great time and I want to do it again...just with a little more preparation. First off, let me tell you how scared I was for my life this time. We went up Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon again, but this time we went as far up as we could. This meant that at few points were literally scaling rock faces and it was almost a sheer drop down the mountain side. I'm glad there were four of us together, two of which have experience mountaineering/exploring. It has been a long time since my adrenaline has pumped so much. I have pictures of the boulders we climbed up, but the pictures do not portray the correct sense of terror I felt g...

Dear Reader, I will try not to be all philosophical today and just tell you about an amazing hike I went on with some friends this morning. We saw some pretty good views and I had a good time just getting out of the house. So, without further procrastination from yours truly, here are the pictures of the day.