Grandpa

I had the opportunity to visit with my grandpa this week.

He told me and my sisters stories.

He took us to the pool.

He took us to lunch.

He made us eat a lot of cake.

He laughed.

He cried.

So did I.

He's a great man and I can't wait to go back and see him.

Hopefully at Christmas time.

I can't believe I didn't really know much about him.

Before now that is.

But I suppose even now, I don't really know him that much.

I just know him better.

I'm so glad that I know families are forever and that

when we lose the people we love, we'll see them again. I know that.

I'm Engaged (Not Really)

So I got engaged to a wonderful young man this evening. His name is Joey and he is a fabulous man. This was our conversation....which we wrote down. :)

J: Do you love me?
Me: (I circled yes). Can we get married?
J: Please and thank you! Our colors can be teal and gold!
Me: I was thinking olive and lilac.
J: Chartreuse and honeydew?

There were some other words exchanged but they are private and to be shared between Joey and myself only. ;)

Okay but really? It's a joke. I love Joey but sadly he's been snatched up. :( Tonight was all good fun and I'm glad I have friends who'll play along with my flirtatious antics. :)

New Spice- Study Like A Scholar, Scholar

This Says it All. :)

Weekends are Happy Things.

So in the office on Monday mornings, the question that is asked the most is, "How was your weekend, what did you do?Well, here is what I did.

Friday Night:

I was invited to go to the BYU outdoor movie.But I turned it down to have some alone time. Well, I turned down the offer so that I could finish season four of this:

Thanks to Jackie, I've been addicted to this show. (5 YEARS after the series finale.) I must say that season 4 was the best season. Mainly because Marissa wasn't in it! YAY!

Then there was a thunderstorm! I mean, a real thunderstorm in UTAH!
It rarely happens. The cool thing? I've been homesick and the thunderstorms there are so AWESOME.
So, when there was a thunderstorm here, I knew that Heavenly Father was giving me a little piece of home.
On Saturday...
I woke up to a text reading, "Banana Pancakes at my place, be here in 10."Banana pancakes? Heck yes I'm there! My visiting teacher is wonderful. I love her. After pancakes and a little chatty-poo I went home to figure out my budget. But then I get this text. It says, "Hey are you coming to float the Provo River with us?" I responded saying that if I could afford it (ironic that I was working on my budget...) I'd be there in a heartbeat.
The a phone call, "Caitlin, we've got the money. Just come."
I love friends that really show that they want you around. I really do.
Well, we floated down the Provo river.
No.It is not a lazy river ride.
Yes.
My abs hurt.
Yes.
I have bruises!!!!
After the river there was pizza-swimming-movies-games and then BED.

Sunday morning...
Came too soon. WAY TOO SOON. But I love church. So 8:30 came
and I peeled myself out of bed, made sure Jackie (who has been sick) was okay
and then headed to church. My day didn't end until
10:30p.m. I must say, I love Sundays. :)

So that was my weekend. I had a good time.

San Diego.

So, sometimes I go on vacation.

This time it just so happened to be to San Diego, a place I have never been. :)
After a long day of driving we made a basic plan of attack for the rest of the weekend.

Wednesday consisted of SEA WORLD!

(Somehow all my Sea World pics got erased. Or put into a different folder on my comp...I can't find them.)

Thursday was Beach day!


(This is La Jolla Cove or something like that. We saw seals and cool looking birds but we didn't swim here. We swam at La Jolla beach and Coronado beach.)

Friday was The Zoo!
The San Diego Zoo should have it's own zip code. I think it actually might.




1-I was excited because all of these ^ animals were awake. The tiger is falling asleep but he wasn't quite there yet. Mr. Panther (black) was a show off and Mr. Jaguar (spotted) looked hungry. It was great.
2-The "Big Cat Trail" was my favorite!
3-That zoo is huge and goes up and down...so much walking and I wore sandals. Bad idea.
4-It really bugs me that I can't find a lot of my pics....GRRRR!
5-After the Zoo we went back to La Jolla beach and played for an hour or so.

Saturday we left.
But before we left entirely, we visited Point Loma.

(I can't find these pics either...looks like I'll be searching my computer for them. Hopefully I'll find them so you can see how pretty the light house is.)

A feeling...

This will be short but I wanted to share it. So, the other day my roommate and I were over in the chapel by our apartment complex. She was playing the piano as I was singing along. It was kind of late, about 9:30p.m. but we'd gone later than that before so neither one of us thought it would be a big deal. As I was singing one of the songs, I started to get nervous and sweaty. I felt like we should leave but I thought I was just being paranoid because of how late it was but I wasn't afraid we would get into any trouble. So I kept singing. But the sweaty, nervous feeling I had just got more intense. I stopped mid-song and told Jackie that I felt like we should leave. She turned around quickly and said "I feel like we should too." We didn't even turn off the lights in the room. We just left through the outside door that is in the room we were in. I can't say why we both felt that way but I can say that I know that it was the Spirit telling us to get out, telling us that something was wrong. I don't know what would've happened had we stayed but it doesn't matter. We were protected and I am so grateful for that.

*My adventures in San Diego will be posted sometime this weekend, I promise!*