There and back again

Well the road trip is over and i'm kinda sad about that. i really enjoyed getting to spend more time with my fiance, and also getting to see her in various different situations and moods. but you should be happy to know we're still engaged and we're still going to the temple. so mom you can stop asking :)We left friday the 10th and got back today which is the 18th. we drove trough montana to Mennesota. which was during the night. and i did most of the driving. well i drove from 10 o'clock to 7 in the morning. i know 9 hours isn't that much but during the time i'm usually asleep. i thought it was impressive. so anyways we spent a couple days with her pregnant sister and brother inlaw. played tennis raquet ball volleyball and frisbi. had a barbq, went to a really good baseball game. and celebrated easter. so it was pretty cool. the highlight of my trip was visiting gramma and grampa. it was great. and i think they enjoyed meeting my fiance. and then when we tried to drive back we ended up hitting a snow storm in cheyenne Wyoming. which had closed the roads for 60 miles. so we ended up going around after we stayed at the best friend of one of elaina's aunts. small world

Woops

Well as everyone knows i have been donating plasma for the last 2 months. with out incident, (sorry kassie if i spelt that wrong) well i went in about two weeks ago to donate, and with my luck i got the new guy. yay. so anyways he's way nice and he's chatting up a storm with me. and i think it's pretty cool. well right when he sticks me he says...... uh oh. and i said uh oh? and he said, " your vein moved." lol really it can do that? so wierd. so any ways he completely misses but trys to re adjust, and does ok but in his words when he checked the flow of blow. " ...... it could.... be beter, so he moved the needle, and said the same thing in a repition of about 8 times. not even exagerating. so finally he calls someone else over and they do it in one try. go figure. but thats not even the bad part. i guess on the second or third try he scratched or punctured the wall of my vien on the other side. so i ended up with what you see in the picture. and the picture was the first day. it got even bigger and darker.

Elaina Lynne Duvall

So apparently according to my parents i havn't informed or written enough about Elaina. Dad said he wanted more pictures cause he couldn't tell what she looked like and that my family wants to know what she's like. what they don't know is that pretty much everyone but them and deni's family has met her in person already, So i promise i'm not trying to show her off or anything, just trying to make my parents happy. so here we go

Elaina Lynne Duvall, Born dec 31 1989 in her house, the mid wife got stuck in another town and couldn't get there to catch her when she came out. she is the youngest of three kids, the oldest being a boy named wayne, he's 25 married and has a little girl. and her sister Erin is 23 and married and is currently expecting a little boy. She grew up on a farm and kinda turned out to be a tomboy. she loves the outdoors and camping. i can't figure out this part. she's a germ freak with things like eating of of another plate or sharing a straw. yet she has no problem eating things off the floor or completing dares if money is evolved which would include such things as liking the floor on a school bus, sucking on someone's toe, etc, etc. So as you see i won't get that one for a while. She played baseball when she was younger, but where she really excelled was in band, she plays the trumpet and is extremly good. she went to nationals several times. She's scared to drive a big rig for parking reasons. don't get it but what ever. she has trouble seeing while she drives at night like dad does. she doesn't need makeup to be pretty. and she hates the color pink and swears that when we get married our kids won't wear it. (we'll see) She doesn't cook much but wants to learn. She's shy when you first meet her, but once she's comfortable she comes out of her shell and is very playful. She is 5'5" and a 132 lbs. with grean blue eyes. She likes computers and games. her family plays cards ( even her dad does.) so she kicks my trash at any kind of speed game. but i never was really that fast. which is kinda sad on my part but what can i do. We share many common interests and points of views, She loves seafood so you can take her to eat with you when you go to red lobster. I think i'm about out for right now.

Swimming

One thing i love to do is play in the water, And lately i've been doing that cause my apt has a pool. and people like to go swimming with me when i go. it's a lazy excuse for exercise but it works. Elaina and her roommates like swimming too. way fun

The Question

I'm Pretty Sure my whole family knows that i'm planning on getting married on the 22nd of August. we've already had to switch to the Spokane temple because the Columbia river temple will be in cleaning from the week before to the week after the date we chose. The funny part in the whole thing is that her mom is already planning things and it was her mom that called the temple and found out it was closed and then booked us with another temple. I think i don't have to worry about impressing the parents or end up like the protagonist in all those comedy movies where they meet the parents for the first time and barely escape with there lives and family jewels. anyways planning brings up tons of questions you had never thought about before like. for instance where will we live what will we do when this happens, when, where how and who. this instance it was who. I wasn't exactly sure so i called my dad. I know that the guy buys the girls ring. but does the girl buy the guys ring. As far as i know it's still debatable. These are the winners we've picked.


I'm enjoying the feeling of being needed, and spending all y spare time with Elaina. we've even managed to score some classes together for next semester. So things still look good and great and amazing.

Stress

I Love how there are just moments in life that catch you off gaurd, or that there is just so much happening at once and so many things to worry about and take care of that you want to scream and ripp your hair out( not that that would do me any good any ways)
Today was my day off so you would think i could sleep in today. guess again. not that i'm complaining, so don't think i am. i went to the bank deposited money. filled out forms for my student loans that i'm paying off( clear as mudd to understand those sheets, and mentally frustrating) Mailed it, went and selected classes for school that i'm gonna take. drove to Idaho Falls to put money in deni's bank money on dad's Home depot account, and the remainder of my paycheck in my account. now i'm checking up on my class schedule and books before i go cover someone elses shift at work for some extra cash in my wallet. but such is the life of an adult and i think i'm coping just fine. If i can make it through april i think i'll be sitting pretty and have fewer worrys. but i know that this is where i'm suppose to be and for that fact a way will be provided if i do my part.

Less Stress

Well since the whole plasma thing. things have been alot less stressful to think about, or deal with. Things with Elaina are still going amazing. I've never been more sure about something in my whole life. Work is still cutting back on people's hours. i guess i should be thankful i still have a job. but anywho. My roommates recently have thought it a fun game to attack me while i'm relaxing and try to wrestle me into submission. which usually doesn't last long cause i usally end up hurting one of them in someway or another. i'll just say they're kinda scared of my strength. I think it came from all that wrestling with an older brother. had to tuff quick or.... Suffer more i guess. lol those are some favorite memories i have with Cam. even tough i usually was on the recieving end of things. i still got him a couple times. Still love him. but like i said. not much happens here thats interesting. maybe funny. but not interesting.