Bear Lake!!! and... 15 DAYS!!!

I'm getting married in 15 days!!! WHAT?!?!?! Hey oh!!! I can't wait!

I just spent a week at Bear Lake with Landen and his family. This includes his grandparents, aunts and uncles, and his cousins which is about a total of 30 I believe. It started off kind of rough, but as we went on throughout the week I ignored the annoying things and just had fun. The first day each family chips in to pay for renting a boat. We took the Tsunami's out to drag behind the boat. (It's like a tube without the middle and you have like 8 handle bars you hand on to, it is extremely intense and tons of fun!) Anyway, I definitely gained a lot of muscle from that and the first day the only time I would fall off was when the boat stopped and I forgot to sit back on it so the water wouldn't get on top and start to sink it... It was a lot of fun!! Then Landen's family loves to jet ski. So, they rent a jet ski everyday for the family to use. It was my first time on a jet ski and I was a little nervous at first. Landen is a crazy driver!! I'm pretty sure at one point I got whiplash. I was freaking out a bit so I ended up driving it. OH MY GOSH it is SOOOO fun!! I now understand why he drove the way he did!! SO GREAT!! I loved it! Once I figured it all out I was ok with everything! The next day each family got a jet ski and so we all got to ride again and we had a ton of fun. We fell off it once and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, however, I now have a huge bruise on my leg and I have no idea what I hit when we were falling. I do know that it was during that fall though because before I fell off my leg was fine as soon as I was swimming to get back on I was... not so fine. haha. (Oh by the way... I got a sunburn on the first day... I even had sunscreen on... So from then on I wore a baseball hat, sunglasses, and put sunscreen on AT LEAST twice a day- I am not going to be peeling at the wedding!!) Anyway, the third and last day we rode the boat again and this time it was bit more intense then the first time! Our driver (Landen's uncle, Brad) decided that it was a good day to do sharp turns and go in more circles then before. So we are all holding on legs flying all over the place. There were a few times my legs were in the water but I was able to pull myself back on. We had the ropes cross at one point and almost gave me and his cousin nicole some bad rope burn (She definitely got it worse I was able to only have it rub for about a second). We fell off a couple times and there was one point my knee got stuck in a position and now it's a little bruised. Oh well though, it was all worth it!! I had such a great time and I am SO glad that this is something we do in the Kidd family EVERY YEAR!!! (No joke, Bear Lake is extremely important to everyone and you have to go or you are not part of the family, haha) It's the best and I can't wait until next year! (Landen and I will also be married by that point so we'll be able to be in the same room and no one can say anything!) Anyway, I had a great week and now I am excited to continue on with reality and get back to the busy-ness of life! :)

This coming week will be a pretty busy one! Sunday I head back to Idaho and Monday at 9am I get to do a walk through for our APARTMENT!!! and then I'll start moving everything in that I have! Then Tuesday I am supposed to go with my Grandma and Mom to go get some temple items! Wednesday I am headed to Utah for Sydney's reception and I'll spend the night at her parents because the next day is Stephanie's (Landen's cousin's) wedding and then I will be in Logan until Sunday when I will get my temple recommend and then head back to Idaho until the 19th.. Quick run through of that week.. crazy!! Sean, Andrea, and Owen will get to Idaho on Wednesday morning most likely and that day will hopefully be bridals and hair run throughs and what not along with a Mattson Family Dinner!! YA! Then Thursday I go through the temple!!! and Friday we head to Logan and set up the reception and Saturday I'm getting married at 9:15 am! Hey hey! So ya! These next two weeks are going to be a little busy, but they will be a ton of fun and very exciting!! I can't wait!!!

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New Happenings!!

Well, wedding planning has been going!
First off, Landen and I are getting married on August 20th, 2011!! We are both really excited for it! We've been working on plans slowly, but we are getting there. I think we have most of it done. I think we just need to start buying items! It's pretty fun! I don't think I ever want to be a wedding planner though! :)
School is crazy! My schedule is packed with a ton of different things! I work, go to school, then go to my internship. MWF I don't have much time to live, but that's ok. I was busy TTH as well, but Landen started back to work so now those nights until 10:30 I have some down time. (I don't think I mentioned this on any other post, so, I did get the internship at the Family Crisis Center... I don't even know if I wrote about it, haha.) Anyway, I keep myself pretty busy and it's good because it passes the time quickly, but it's not good because I never have free time.
My job right now is pretty lame, but it's a job. I work in the Child Development Department as a TA for a few teachers. Last week I got a whole 4.6 hours of work! Wow! ;) haha. I wish I got paid for the internship, I feel like I'm there all the time. The internship has been trying to make this semester be more exciting for the interns so we all have projects. I somehow have 3... So, one project is that I help maintain the shelter. I will be doing inside and outside work. My next is helping with the Board and organizing them. Last, I will be helping with fundraisers.
So, busy semester. I'm excited to finish this semester and be done with it! I'm excited for the wedding and there are only 109 days left!!! :)

I'm ENGAGED!!!!

I'm getting good at this... two posts within a 6 month period.. not bad ;) Well... to my three followers (haha) I'm engaged!! So here is the wonderful story of how it all happened! On Tuesday, April 12th 2011 Landen Kidd and I decided to take a trip to San Francisco. Our main attraction was to be a boat trip to Alcatraz because I had never been there. So we decided to head out on our journey at around 9:30 am. We got to San Francisco really fast so we had a lot of time prior to Alcatraz. So, with that time we headed down Pier 39. We walked around and decided to have some lunch at Bubba Gumps ;) I don't know if you guys have ever been there but they quiz you with Forrest Gump questions. Somehow, Landen knew almost EVERY answer! Crazy. Anyway.. so we ate our lunch and realized that our lemonades were approx. $4.50 each and we didn't get free refills.... so.... if you ever want to go there to eat, remember that because it was sad. However, the lemonade was delicious! Anyway, after we had lunch we headed on over to Pier 33 to wait for the boat to take us to Alcatraz. As we waited I kept joking with Landen that we had to keep all the papers that were involved for... "the scrapbook". I do not scrapbook. I just thought it was funny and I said something like.. "this is where it all begins" which freaked out Landen because he thought I might know something.. I didn't I was just talking and saying stuff... I guess in my head thinking that I had never been to Alcatraz, even though I have always lived in California and it was a new experience for me. We took the boat on over to Alcatraz and when we got there we walked around. I gave Landen a tour... I didn't know anything- he actually knew more then I did... but I gave him a tour anyway. This consisted of me pretending that I knew what each building was and acting like I wasn't reading the sign that said what it was as we walked past. :) We went on out to the yard aka "the prison playground" and walked out the back door that led down to the gardens. The gardens were right by a ledge that overlooked the Ocean and... the Golden Gate Bridge. I wanted to get a picture of the bridge so I went and took a picture and then Landen and I took a picture with each other. I turned around and asked him if he wanted pictures of the flowers... As I was about to take a picture of the flowers he comes up behind me and says, "Hey, question for you." So, knowing he says this all the time I say, "YEAH?!" all peppy-like and as I turn around he is holding the ring and says, "Will you marry me?" My initial response was "REALLY?!" then I stood there for like 5 seconds.. which felt more like minutes because I was just in shock because I had no idea he even had the ring and when I looked down at the ring again... it was ACTUALLY there! :D Once I realized this was real I said yes. I have no idea what my actual phrasing of "yes" that was used, but the important part is that I didn't say no ;) So there you have it. I was proposed to on Alcatraz, standing on prison grounds overlooking the ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge. I don't think I could have picture anything better. I find it hilarious. I think this was the perfect way for Landen to propose. I personally think it shows how we are... not really that romantic, it was more humorous :) Anyway. That's it! Now, we are getting married on August 20th, 2011 in the Logan, Utah temple! We are both very excited and I definitely can't wait until August 20th! :)

School, school, school...

Hey guys! :)
So, I obviously didn't try too hard to figure out how to use this thing, so oh well. I'll just have a boring blog with circles on it and try to write on this thing a bit more...
So, I'm almost done with my Winter Semester! I have two weeks left until "Spring Break" which is a 10 day break in between semesters... I have been busy with classes, projects, homework, tests and quizzes, and anything else that might be school related. I recently got an email from the professor in charge of internships reminding us all that we need to turn in our application by tomorrow if we were interested... I decided yesterday that I am, indeed, interested! So, I filled out my application and am now in the process of writing a 300 word essay explaining, "Why I feel the Family Crisis Center will help me further my education in the process of becoming a helping professional". I am also in the works of fixing up my resume'! There are many people that are applying and since my decision was last minute I don't have very high hopes for the internship, however, I can always try for the fall or winter... but after the winter I can't because I'll be a... COLLEGE GRADUATE!!! :) That's right! I'm pretty excited! Only three more semesters and I am done! Anyway, that is the news of my life. I will possibly write more exciting things down later or... I will be calling all those who I feel may want to know about my life. Bye!

Blog!!

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So, I wasn't going to get a blog because I have little to say, but I decided that I might as well start one up! :) Please be patient as I work on figuring this thing out and setting up my blog!