So Close....

Looking back, it is amazing how fast and yet how slow the last 4 months have gone. I am now 3 days away from being married and I cannot wait to be David's wife! Today I have been so excited, I'm having trouble eating! But I did eat so that I won't pass out on my wedding day. :)

The last few months have been hard. David and I have spent long days on campus, just about everyday, so that we can stay on top of school and because we don't have internet at either of the places where we live. Also, we haven't had much time to just be us. Yesterday morning we spent some time in the car in the parking lot at school, just talking and remembering that all this craziness is because we love each other and want to be with each other forever. We are so looking forward to 1 1/2 weeks away from Provo and school and time to finally be alone, just the two of us.

David has been so patient with me the past few months. I have had so many emotional days, stress case times and freak outs/break downs and the whole time he has stood by me, held me, and tried to make me happy again. He truly is my Prince Charming and I couldn't imagine anyone else I would want to be with.

I'm sure that not everything will be perfect on my wedding day--let's face it, something always goes wrong. But at this point, I don't care anymore. I will finally be getting married to David, in the Seattle Temple, and that is the only thing that matters that day. I couldn't be happier!

3 Days to go....

Good News

So many good things are happening in my family now.

1) My brother JR and sister-in-law Heather received the clearance from the First Presidency to be sealed in the Temple. They are going to be sealed on October 1st, this Thursday! Most of the family is coming to Utah for the occasion. We will miss Ben and Katie though.

2) My brother-in-law Brian passed is defense for his Masters Thesis. They are so excited and he is almost officially graduated!!

3) I received permission to go through the temple early, this Friday in fact. With everyone in town and how crazy/dangerous/expensive it would be to try to get home 2 days before the wedding, I received clearance to go through the temple earlier than planned. I feel so blessed, and I am so excited for the occasion and I think that I am ready. I have been looking forward to this event for a while, and to have it upon me now is humbling. But I am so grateful for the blessing to go and for the blessing it will be to be surrounded by my family.

Update on Life

So, I am a little behind on the updates, but that is alright. Here is what has been going on in my world:

At the end of August, David and I made the journey home to Seattle/Portland. We visited our families (yes, I met the entirety of my new family) and had some time to play and be together. We went on the Bass Family Annual Beach Trip and had a blast! Perfect weather on the Oregon coast for 3 days, what more could you ask for? While there, Shonda (David's sister) took some engagement photos of us. They are beautiful. I have some below. Unfortunately, when we went up to Seattle, I got sick and so we didn't get to play in Seattle like we had hoped. But, we still had some fun. Then, to finish off the trip, parents met parents. I was nervous about that, but it turned out just fine. David and I are both very fortunate to have come from such amazing families. I feel very blessed to be marrying David. He is all I ever wanted and more.


School has started. We are both now in our Senior years (for me this is my second and last Senior year), and school is taken off with gusto. It is going to be a hard and busy semester, but it should be fine. I am finally taking my last Econ class, which is a good thing because I do not like Econ, not one bit. I am also taking Business Strategy, Market Research and Entrepreneurial Marketing, as well as dance class (surprised?? I think not). A big plus is that I only have a total of 3 tests this entire semester--all in Econ. But, that means I have a whole lot of projects. Well, at least finals week will be relaxing. David, however, is never going to get a break until next summer. His schedule is jam packed.

I am done being engaged. Well, that is I wish I was done being engaged. Last week was hard for us because we can't be alone, we barely ever see each other, and saying goodnight at 8:30 sucks! We are so excited to be married and be able to start our lives togethers. No more saying goodnight, no more chaperones (Rosie and Brian kindly allow us to come over almost every night so that we have somewhere besides campus to be together, I promise, I am not ungrateful), no more not being able to step more than 2 feet into my house where David is living. We joke about eloping almost daily, but we know that more than a few people would have our heads for that. Just two more months!!!!

In terms of happy family news, JR and Heather are going to be sealed on October 1st!!! Their approval came through and they will get to go through the temple together in a week and a half. I am so excited and happy for them!! I am also trying to see if I can go through the temple at that time as well, but that is uncertain. I should know in the next day or 2, maybe even in a few hours.

We got a house!

To add to the excitement, David and I found our apartment for when we are married! We had spent the better part of a week and a half, every afternoon, looking at apartments and calling the numbers on "For Rent" signs. Finally, Rosie told us about her friend Kristi and Andrew who are moving out of their house at the end of September. We went and looked at the house and decided to rent it!

It is a one story, one bedroom house. No Apartment, duplex, basement or otherwise. It will be our own little house with a decent sized living room, large kitchen and bedroom. We are so excited! David is going to live in the house starting this fall and then I will move in once we get married! My own little home, complete with husband (eventually :) ) I can't imagine anything better!

The Story. :)

David and I have known for almost 3 weeks now that it is right for us to get married. We have been talking to family and making plans since then, but doing our best to keep it quiet from the rest of the world until it was official. We didn't always succeed with that goal, but it mostly worked. We had gone ring shopping and picked out the ring and the diamond (I highly recommend Wilsons Diamonds to anyone looking). However, he still had not talked to me dad. He kept telling me that he and my dad preferred to talk in person and that couldn't happen until the end of august. So naturally I do not expect a proposal until then. Nevertheless, I still bugged him because I wanted my ring and I wanted to be able to tell people.

Last Wednesday night we had planned to go to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, but by the time we were ready to leave, they were going to be closing. So we decided to just do some homework and research for a little while. Later on he invited me to his apartment to have some cake that he picked up from the French Bakery in Orem. It was yummy, but I realized the Black Forest cake is not my favorite. At that point we both seemed to be kind of grouchy with the stress of wedding things so he suggested we go on a walk--to the Duck Pond. Just above the duck pond, on the path around south campus hill there are some picnic tables and benches. That was the place where I first told him that I loved him.

We ended up walking towards the tables and there was another couple there. He was annoyed because he wanted them to leave. But we walked past just a little ways to the stairs close by and sat down to talk. We starting talking about where and when he might propose and I said "I just have one request, don't do it on campus". I could tell that that didn't sit well with him. He pointed out that this is the most sentimental place for us. Then I started apologizing for trying to dictate where I get proposed to. The girl can't dictate that. I felt so bad!

A few minutes later we got up to leave and stopped by the benches again to hug. He said "I love you Emily." I answered "I love you too honey." "Enough to marry me?" he asked. "Yes, 10 times over". "Okay that is all I need" and then he got down on one knee. At first I thought he was playing a joke on me, faking me out, so I started saying "you are not!" and then he pulled out the ring box. By jaw dropped, my eyes widened and I started crying. "Emily, will you marry me?" I couldn't answer. He stood up and put the ring on my hand. After about a minute I finally managed to say "yes!" I was so excited and happy and bawling! Hahaha

We called my parents right away to let them know it was official!!!

Apparently, David had called and talked to my Dad on the phone the week before. Yes they preferred to talk in person, but the reality was over the phone. He told me that he had had my ring put on reserve because I was worried it had been sold. No, he picked it up the day before he proposed. It was in his pocket all that afternoon. To be sneaky he put golf balls in his pockets to "remind him to go golfing" but really it was to prevent me from suspecting the ring box in his pocket. What a sneak, and I love him! He totally surprised me. He got the shocked look he was hoping to get when he proposed and I finally got my ring and story to tell! We are getting married on November 21 in the Seattle temple! I couldn't be more excited, or feel like time was going more slowly. :)

Engaged!!!!!

I'm engaged!!!! David, the sneak, proposed last night when I have been expecting it in August! I am so excited and so happy!! I am going to marry my best friend on November 21, 2009 in the Seattle Temple for time and all eternity. I can't wait!! And, I love my ring! I will post the engagement story soon!

Summer Adventures

So... I'm bad and have no kept up on this blog as I should have. Lots has happened since I last wrote and so it is time for a quick update.

In June, David's mom came to visit. It was so much fun to meet her. She is wonderful! While she was here we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. Oh my goodness! The temple was absolutely gorgeous! The chandelier in the Celestial room was amazing. I did not want to leave. The peace and the beauty of the temple is just so wonderful and overwhelming. I am excited for when it will be my turn to enter the temple.

Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of the temple outside, they got lost. But they were cute! :)

Next up, the Air Force Air Show. This was so much fun! David and I went up to Hill Air Force Base and joined the 1000's of other civilians exploring the static displays and watching the show of the planes. It was packed, but so much fun to see and touch the planes up close. Plus, the live show with the planes actually flying was amazing! We were there for like 7 hours, and as the pictures show, it was a gorgeous day. What does that mean for my fair skin? Death by sun, of course. I was fried! When we got home we made sure to pick up a bottle of Vitamin E cream to ease the pain. It still hurt though.

Here is a picture of the show.


This is me scorched :)

And this is me and David. So cute!

Good life...

First and foremost... the DAT is over!!!!!!!!!! David took the test yesterday morning and he got a 21!!! For those unacquainted with DAT scoring, a perfect score is a 30 but only 8 people in the country got a 25 or so last year. With a 21, David is in the 93 percentile and which means he has very good chances to get into just about any Dental School he wants to. He did an amazing job and I am so proud of him!!! Well done David!

Secondly, Daddy is in town visiting Mom, and just like us, we went on a hiking/skiing adventure up near Alta. It has been almost a year since Daddy and I have had a chance to go on a back country adventure, and it was so much fun! I thought that I was going to struggle on the hike since it has been so long. But living well above sea level definitely helped my not having any trouble breathing. I was not as strong as I would have liked, but it was a lot of fun. We hiked up to a peak at about 10,500 feet and then skiied down. The snow was fairly sloppy and one turn sent snow sliding down the hill. It looked like lava the way it flowed down the hill. Hahaa. But we had a great time and were so glad that we got out and had time together. Those are the best memories we have together, back counrty skiing adventures.

So this weekend is going well. Family BBQ tomorrow, which will be amazing!

Is there really something to update?

So the past few days I have been trying to figure out what I can update the rest of the world on, about my life. I feel like not much has changed, but things are still different.

I am actually in Provo for the spring/summer. First time in 4 years, and I am loving it! My new ward is amazing! We had a bonfire on friday night and a pool party/Finding Nemo projected onto a screen at the pool party on saturday night. Both of which were so much fun! My roommate, Jessica, is hilarious! I love her to death already. We have so much fun, whenever I am home that is. Plus it is just the two of us in our apartment, so we each get our own rooms! Ah, heaven!

I am taking 6.5 credits this term and working 32+ hours a week. Yeah... I bit off more than I can really chew I think. The strain showed up in my grade on my first midterm for Business Law. However, I am determined to make a come back and be the top score on the next test (which is next week). But, I got a 95 on my marriage Prep test on monday! :) I guess, so far, my future marriage is not doomed for all eternity since so far I am not failing Marriage Prep. :) I am also taking Beginning Latin (the dance class) and loving it! I have been so scared to take Latin because I don't think that I have a latin dancer body. But I am learning a lot, including how to move my hips like a Latin dancer. :) It is so much fun!!! We have learned a Samba routine and I got a 91 on the test. Now we are working on Rhumba. I may be doing a lot, but it is actually really good. The time flies and now I am halfway finished with the term. It goes so fast!

Many people always ask how David and I are doing. Well, to inform the world, we are doing great! He is so amazing! He can calm me down, cheer me up, encourage me, is an example for me, and being silly with him is one of my favorite activities. He is taking the DAT this saturday (which I am excited to have over) and he is going to do amazing!!! That will free up some of his time so he will be a little less overwhelmed. David's mom is coming down in about a week and a half to see David (and to meet me). I am nervous, but excited to meet her. My mom is here taking classes, has already met David, and thinks he is great! My daddy is arriving today to visit with mom for just over a week so David will meet daddy too! Crazy, but exciting!! Like I said, David is amazing! I couldn't imagine life without this man in my life.

So all in all, things are good. Busy, but good. :)

DONE!!!!!

I finished with finals yesterday, and it is such a relief to be done, at least for a little while. I took my last test on Tuesday night (Manec. My favoritest class ever! *Dripping with sarcasm*) and then I finished my Ethics Essay final yesterday at 1 pm. As i was finishing my essay i didn't think I would feel much relief when it was done. But, I was wrong. It felt so good to turn in the paper and know I was done. And then I saw the enormous line to get in to the testing center at about 4:30 and was so glad I wasn't in to. Seriously, it extended all the way from the testing center to inbetween the Eyring and Benson, and maybe even further. CRAZY!!!!!!

But I am done, until Spring term. A few days of freedom and packing and moving in to my new apartment. Yay!!

Okay, okay I am a little behind..

Where to start... hmmm..

I am officially an aunt... again. :) Carter Brian Thornock was born March 27, 2009. He is the sweetest little baby, and so cuddly. I love getting to hold the little guy. The day that he was born, I headed straight over to the hospital to meet him. Mom was in town that week as well, so I got to spend some time with her while she was here. Carter is adorable and doing very well. Rosie is experiencing life as a full time stay at home Mom with 2 children, one wreaking havoc, at home. :)

Here is a picture of the little guy. And he was little...


I went up to Rexburg for a weekend in March to have one last hurrah with Jamie before she decided to get married. Who does that anyway?? Pah! :):) It was a lot of fun though. We had girl time, and shopping, and saturday night was a full on giggle fest after we saw "Confessions from a Shopaholic". Hilarious!!! It was so good to be able to spend some time with her before the big day, and just enjoy being best friends, just the two of us, one more time. That will probably be one of my favorite memories with her now. She is so amazing and I have been so blessed to have her as my friend for the last 10 years. Now I know she isn't dead, and it isn't as if I am never going to see her again. But things will be different now that she is married. I am very happy for her. She looked so beautiful and happy at her wedding.

She got married last weekend. I flew home, for a very fast trip, so that I could be at her wedding and reception. It was beautiful and I could tell that the two of them were happy and excited. Here are some pictures from the wedding...

She is gorgeous!!!Best Friends!

As for the dating scene, David and I are still dating, and it is wonderful. He is an incredible young man and I feel so lucky to have him in my life. He met my mom while she was here, and mom says that she thinks he is great. He will meet daddy at the end of May, and I will meet his mother when she comes down about the same time as my Dad. I am kind of nervous about it, but excited too. I love every minute that I get to spend with David, and there just aren't enough minutes to go around.

Finals are going on this week. I have two left, and a paper. I feel some added pressure to do very well on my marketing final, because I am going to be my professor's Research Assistant/ TA. I am very excited about that opportunity, but feel the weight of needing to do well on the big test tomorrow. Hopefully I can pull it off. He has also posed the option of getting a PhD at me. That was something I had never considered before, and so when he mentioned the idea it threw me for a loop. I feel very complimented that he suggested it, especially a possible opportunity at Carnegie Mellon to get the degree. I have to decide if it is something I really want. Sort of adjust my entire stance on education after BYU. We'll see. I don't think I can make a decision until after I start being a research assistant this spring. Stay tuned for more on that front.

Overall, life is good. It changes quickly, but it is good and I am excited for the change. Plus, I am moving into a condo for spring/summer with my own room and a washer/dryer!!! Yay!!!

This semester is an anomaly

So I am almost half-way finished with my second semester in the business school, and it is vastly different than the first. Last semester was generally known as the semester from Hades. I seemed to be stressed all the time and never had a free moment. This semester... different story entirely!

First of, I usually have a beginning-of-the-semester-stress-break-down night. Well, I have yet to have that night this semester. I am very grateful for that. Heaven knows I stress a lot so a semester relatively free of it is a nice change. Secondly, I am taking 17 credits (more than I have ever taken in a semester) and I have more free time than I have ever had in a semester. I am taking the Integrated Core which is generally known as the semester that is not too hard. If anything I struggle with being motivated to study this semester because classes aren't that difficult. I do manage, however. Next week I actually have 3 midterms to take so that will be busy.

Since I have extra time, I actually have time to do an intramural sport. My team put together an Intertube waterpolo team and I am playing on it! It is ridiculous and hilarious and so much fun! We had a first game about 2 weeks ago and afterwards I was sore but couldn't stop laughing. We have our next game this coming Tuesday night and we are going to play a pretty decent team, which my friend also happens to be on. So that should be interesting.

Okay and one last tid-bit. Last night I went to the BYU Basketball game with my friend David. We have gone out a few times and have been having a blast! Well as chance would have it, we got put on the "kissing cam" at the basketball game last night! Needless to say my face was a healthy, glowing red. Thankfully he is a gentleman and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Still, talk about things that don't ever happen! Hahaha