I guess it's been a long time since I have posted the rest of the story. So I will get right to it!
Part Ten
After coming into the house from being out too long in the car, and the lights going on and off, I knew that the lecture would be coming. I came in and lucky enough Mom was the one that approached me with--" Never stay in a parked car with a boy for a long time! What will the neighbors think?" So now I had to worry about what the neighbors were thinking? I had already noticed the curtains moving when Alan and I were in the carport. Who else was spying on us? The lecture didn't last too long and I was thankful for that. I didn't let the lecture dampen my spirits about my evening "with the most wonderful boy there ever was." I flopped on my bed on my back and went over the evening in my mind, trying to keep to memory everything that had taken place. I couldn't help but smile while I was recalling. My first real kiss. Girls always dream about who will be their first kiss. Now I didn't have to wonder anymore. My date with Alan was the best time I had ever had I thought, right up there with the evening when Alan had first taken me home from the dance, but tonight was better because I had kissed the boy of my dreams. The euphoria lasted for a few weeks, but then it began to wane because I hadn't received any phone calls or contact of any kind for weeks. Then my mind began to wonder if maybe my time with Alan had just been a one time shot, kind of like "kiss 'em and leave 'em," kind of thing. The summer moved along and was very boring and uneventful, and soon school would be starting. I felt very deflated, sad, and a bit angry about not hearing from Alan the rest of the summer. I was worried about how my first day of school as a Junior would be and what my reaction would be when I ran into him.
I went to school feeling very apprehensive. As I was walking the halls (by myself as usual) before school started, I saw Alan surrounded by all of his football buddies, the popular crowd, in the student lounge. I walked by and we made eye contact, but I just kept on walking. There was no way in heaven I was going to walk up to Alan and start a conversation with all those football players hanging around. I was just too shy to do that. First period went by, my stomach was in knots. After first period the school had planned a student assembly to start the new school year. After first period I went to my locker, I was by myself, then all of a sudden he was standing there right beside me. "Oh my gosh," I thought! Alan asked if I would like to sit with him at the assembly. "Are you kidding," I thought to myself, "yes, yes, yes," my mind was saying. We walked to the auditorium together, I was so nervous my heart was pounding. We watched the assembly, I remember that I hardly paid any attention to what was going on in the assembly. I was thrilled to be sitting next to Alan and then --he took my hand.
Dad and I had a great time in sunny Arizona for Seth's birthday and his special ordination to a Deacon. Our visit was a short one, but a great one. We arrived in Arizona on Saturday morning/afternoon and took off to a restaurant for lunch. A family tradition with Heather's family. Whether Heather comes home to Utah or we go to AZ, we visit a restaurant for lunch or dinner. We chose to go to Chili's for lunch. Cade said that he didn't like it there. He asked if they served pancakes there. No. No pancakes Cade. What's funny though is that Cade cleaned his plate. After lunch we went to Heather's home to relax a bit before we went to Cade's baseball game. When we arrived, the kids followed Dad and I everywhere we went. We loved it! The weather was really nice, a bit warm, but nice for the game. Cade had two hits during his game. He's a great player. Sunday was Seth's big day. I made him his own special breakfast of french toast, hash browns, and scrambled eggs. Everyone else had cold cereal. Then we went to church. It's so nice that their church is just minutes away, before they got their new church building, it took over twenty minutes to drive to church. My are we spoiled, I've never been less than five minutes away from any of my ward buildings. It was such an honor to raise our hands to sustain Seth to be ordained a deacon during Sacrament meeting. After church was Seth's ordination by Ryan, at first in the prayer Ryan said,' Elder' instead of 'Deacon.' I had to smile to myself. He gave a beautiful blessing. Heather and I prepared the food for the BBQ that we were having later in the day with Ryan's family. Before everyone showed up Dad and I gave Seth and Matthew their presents for their birthdays. Heather decided to celebrate Matthew's birthday too because we were there. Seth was surprised at his gift, I think that he liked it. We gave Matthew a singing card, he went crazy with it. The card was a lot of fun. Everything was 'sweeeet' according to Matthew. He got tons of action figures from everyone for his birthday. He considered that he was five since we celebrated his birthday. We had a great time visiting with everyone. It was great seeing our niece, JoLynn, when we visit, and all of her children. Monday morning all the boys took the motor bikes out to ride. The girls stayed home and did girlie things. I painted Leah's toes and fingers, braided her hair, and we put make-up on together. Oh, what a pretty girl! When the boys got home from riding we got ready to go out for lunch. We went to another family favorite, "Hometown Buffet." Hey, you can get what you want! Then off to the mall to shop or whatever, mostly just killing time till we needed to go to the airport. Dad had forgot to bring his cell phone with him so we had to really be careful not to get so separated from each other at the mall. Dad got Seth and Cade cool survival kits for scouts. I think that they will really like them. We were dropped off at the airport at 4:30 p.m. It was hard to say goodbye. It seemed like we just got there, and in reality we did. I find it really hard to say good-bye to Heather. With not being able to really communicate with each other, I miss being able to talk with her, and I miss her face, but I am so thankful for Skype. What a wonderful invention, especially for me and Heather. See you in the computer Heather, :) Till our next visit together.
