8 Weeks

8 Weeks...that's what I have to plan a wedding :) Luckily, I have the BEST fiance in the whole wide world and he is so supportive and understanding of my craziness and random crying and emotional roller coaster rides. I just thought I would post a little about the engagement for those who were not there....

So he planned a movie night to watch The Avengers on a projector in his parents backyard and facebook invited a ton of my close friends (and his) and he invited my sisters (and his family). He was super stressed out about the party saying he "just wanted to make sure everyone was going to have a good time". I foolishly for the most part bought into this excuse for his frantic behavior and him not letting me come help him set up. So I get there early, and Calvin and his family are just hanging out. He's normal. People come. We all chat. Everyone is in PJs by the way...it was a pajama movie party...and the movie starts.

So the movie is going along, and he and I are sitting on the lovesac and I'm like, "your heart is pounding...you need to relax!" and he's like, "oh, sorry, I guess I'm still stressed from before". Right. So the movie is having some explosions going off and everything, and then it kind of stops and I'm thinking, "something is up with the movie" and no, "Fix You" by Coldplay (our song) starts playing, and I turn to him and I start saying "I hate you, I can't believe you're doing this in front of everyone!" lovingly and smiling of course...anyway, he had been in A LOT of contact with my parents and got some pictures of me when I was younger for a slide show of him and me and us growing up and then pictures of us dating, and at the end, it said, "Morgan...I have a question for you..." and then it stops and he gets up and pulls me in front of everyone and proposes to me. I was emotional...but no tear fell...I got distracted by my FRIENDS and his family crying. hahaha. Anyway, I said yes. SURPRISE! ha. And he got me the most beautiful ring. He designed it and had it made for me and it fits my personality perfectly. So after he proposed, someone handed me an iPad, and he had my parent

s skyping in on the iPad!! So I got to see them and talk to them for a bit then talk with my friends and family and then we actually did watch the rest of the movie.

Anyway, he's wonderful, and I cannot WAIT to marry him. He is the most wonderful, patient, loving, caring, person on the planet and he understands me more than anyone else. The timing of our relationship has been PERFECT and I can't believe that it's happening, but I'm getting married! Just thought I'd gush for a bit and just...relish the moment. :)

Just One of the Guys

Ross: What is that?

Joey: That's fire. It beats everything.

Phoebe: Oh really? Does it beat water balloon?

Summah time!!!!!!!!! Kinda...but not really. But I'd like it to be. I just got my tan on in California for a few days on a random road trip. Me, and 3 boys in the car on the way there where we met up with a married couple and another guy. See the above picture for an example of how it was every day of the trip. I have decided a few things about taking road trips with all men:

1. I LOVE IT.
2. No drama.
3. Constant teasing and sarcasm.
4. Sports...all day every day.
5. I laugh...A LOT (see #3).
6. It doesn't matter if you have a camera to record anything funny, because it happens all day long and it
    just becomes normal to have people randomly yelling in restaurants.
7. Although it is hard to catch those found in #6 on camera, it's very easy to catch snoring people on
    camera.
8. Sleeping in a garage with two other guys...seems totally normal.
9. Even though they are guys...they still know how to behave around a woman...for the most part...see #s
    3, 5, 6, and 8...
10. I LOVE IT.

All in all, road tripping is the bomb.com and road tripping with guys was pretty much exactly what the doctor ordered. And we didn't talk about boys the whole time...weird...

This just makes me happy. This...and the fact that I will be in Disneyland in 2 days. Holla!

Let's Talk About Buckets

OK. So...I've started and deleted and started this post a million times...just because it keeps coming out...weird...

Could be lack of sleep...could be I am not good at sharing my emotions...could be I just don't want to blog...who knows.

So the past few months of my life have been...interesting, stressful, and emotional. A friend of mine recently asked me to compare each thing in my life to buckets in a room with a leaky roof and asked me how full each bucket was. The hard thing is, trying to figure out which bucket I need to focus on so I don't explode trying to manage all of them so they don't overflow. The more I think about the analogy of the buckets, the more I think about Fantasia and Mickey Mouse and the Sorcerer's Apprentice. All the buckets that Mickey had to bring up and down the stairs and back and forth. So I'm sure we all have seen this so let's get down to the nitty gritty. Rather than Mickey taking the time to move each bucket of water on his own, slowly, he tries to use magic to get it done and just makes matters worse. Could the Sorcerer not have done that on his own anyway? Of course he could have. He could have had the brooms or whoever doing whatever with the buckets of water. But he had Mickey do it so he could work and LEARN from what he was doing. You all know what I'm getting at. Obviously Heavenly Father can fix anything in the blink of an eye. But luckily, we have the Atonement and the love of our Savior to learn ON OUR OWN and make our own decisions in determining how to live our lives. Would I like some of my leaks to be fixed so the buckets aren't so high? Of course. Would I like to be able to just fix everything on my own anyway and control the decisions of everyone involved in my buckets? Duh. But can I? Of course not. We had Stake Conference a few weeks back and a Seventy said how funny it must be for Heavenly Father seeing us SO upset about the things that we don't have or that we have in our lives when He can see how much is ahead of us and the blessings that we have in store for us.

So basically, this is me vomiting out my feelings but not really my feelings since I don't like sharing much. Basically, the buckets are full and some are overflowing, but there is hope for the future and for the blessings in store for me. BREATHE ON.