I hope you're comfortable because this is going to be a long one.
My visit at home ended last Wednesday. Can I just say that the Portland Airport is the best airport for people watching? Portland is home to many interesting people (the motto is Keep Portland Weird, so it makes sense) so it's like heaven to someone that loves people watching. Also, there were so many Asians. I was like, my people are everywhere! Haha. Too bad none of them were really cute or on my flight.
I usually buy something to eat for breakfast at the airport, but it took so long to check my baggage and get through security that I didn't have time. They started boarding right as I got to my gate. This flight was also later than usual for me so I was more hungry than I usually am. I figured I would just get something later, but I didn't know just how long later would be. I got my bag and headed out side to wait for my ride. She was at the park & wait at the airport. I texted her that I was ready to go and she called me with some news. She was out of gas and her dad was bringing her some. I waited for two hours outside because the weather was so nice. The security people kept walking by and looking at me. They probably thought my ride forgot about me. I didn't make myself look any better when I decided to lay down on one of the benches. There wasn't really anyone else around so it wasn't like I was taking up space.
Ally picked me up and her dad followed us to a gas station. I'm not sure if that was his original plan, but he followed her from the park & wait because his sunglasses were on her car, caught in the trunk. I got to pump gas for the first time. It's a pretty big deal for us Oregonians since we don't have to pump our own gas. Once we got back to Provo, Ally let me stop at Cafe Rio so i get get some food. I knew I didn't really have any at home and I didn't want the first thing I had put in my body all day to be fast food. The thought actually grossed me out. Cafe Rio's salads are huge and delicious. I basically ate the whole thing. It was definitely the most I've ever eaten since I was so hungry.
When I got home my beautiful green KitchenAid was waiting for me. Best homecoming present EVER!! On Friday I made cookies because I really wanted to break it in. This was after I had basically cleaned the whole kitchen because it was dirty and there was no way my new baby was going to be on display in a messy kitchen. My roommate felt bad that I washed her dishes and cleaned up after her, but I'm NEVER in the mood to clean so I told he to just go with it because it will probably never happen again. oh yeah, the cookies turned out great and my mixer is amazing. Can't wait to make patriotic cupcakes for the 4th of July!
On Sunday I got to see the new bishopric. Our ward's stake high councilman became our new bishop and we got a new 3rd counselor from Sri Lanka. Our second counselor didn't change, but he will be leaving soon to move to Italy. His family is so cute. He's got the cutest wife and adorable 4 month old daughter. once they leave I'll pay better attention in Relief Society. Ada (the baby) is too distracting.
Last night for ward FHE, we played soda pop baseball. Yep, baseball with soda cans instead of a ball. I was skeptical when I first heard what we were doing, but it was fun! The cans were shaken before being pitched, co they exploded when hit. It was awesome. To get people out there were water balloons to throw. It was so much fun I think I want to play it the next time we have a family reunion. I think all the kids would love it. What kid wouldn't want to get covered with sticky soda? Plus, it's not as dangerous as it sounds. Unless you get hit in the face with a water balloon or someone lets go of the bat and almost hits someone in the head. Since we were sticky, a group of us decided to go swimming to wash off.
Tonight we had a ward activity. There was hot dogs, watermelon (yuck! I seriously need to start taking my own fruit to summer activities that involve food so I can enjoy some fruit too) and water balloons. We were supposed to play some games with them, but it ended up being just a big water balloon fight. The guys even went after the bishopric. It was fun. I'm loving all these fun water related activities.
I'm so excited because Saturday is the Stadium of Fire!! DAVID ARCHULETA!!!! AAHHH!!! Can you tell I'm excited?
I think I'm pretty much caught up now. I really need to learn how to count in other languages for future post titles. I've already used up Spanish and I used French today. Actually, I should be fine as long as I don't need to keep writing catch up posts.
