So here's a quick update, I was able to talk to my soldier on Valentines Day, that was great!!! I then went to his Uncle Jeff's on Sunday for a Mardi Gras Party. On the way down there Brady's mom Val, told me she had something for me from Brady. It was a Valentine's Day Present... So she gave it to me. It was a real Ruby in the Shape of a Tear Drop, it's Beautiful!!! She then gave me the CUTEST purse for my BDAY the next day.
From the sound of his letters and his voice Brady seems to be doing great out at Fort Leonardwood MO. He is doing great and progressing through training Wonderfully. When I talked to him on Saturday he had a cough and a cold which means his immune system is down. I mention this because they are having a health concerns and safety cautions going on, on the Fort right now. A couple men have gotten sick and died within only a couple weeks of each other. I ask you all to pray for him and his health to improve. I know how he is and he will just say, "I'm doing fine and I'll be OK." He will just push through it. However being his fiance, I'm allowed to worry lol so with the health concerns and stuff I just worry that his immune system is already low and vulnerable it does somewhat concern me. So I am also going to be doing a fast on Sunday, not only for him, but the loved ones of the men who died as well as everyone who is currently located at the Fort, and for all of their health that they will all be ok.
So the next thing that has happened was that I had my Birthday on Monday. And my parents and grandparents went to the Draper Temple open house with me. It was a very neat experience for me as well as an important spiritual experience that I have had concerning not only Brady and I's plans of marriage, but also the career path that I have chosen to go with for now. I know that the directions that I am taking my life, with getting married as well as becoming a cosmetologist is where I need to be.
On Wed. His Battle Buddy(Not named just for safety cautions, he knows who he is though.) :) showed up to my school to make a special delivery. You see he had his wrist broken a short time ago, so he was sent home on a medical leave until it heals and then he will return to training. Before he left, Brady wrote a short letter, and took one of the pictures that I sent to him and wrote me something very special on the back of it. He gave this to his Battle Buddy with a map to my house. His Battle Buddy told me he would have come on Monday, on my BDAY however his car was having problems. So he and his wife and daughter drove down on Wed. during the day. He got to my house to realize that no one was here. So he sat there for a few mins thinking and raking his brain to try to remember anything and everything Brady had told him about me. He finally remembered that I was attending beauty/cosmetology school but he couldn't remember the name of mine. So he called 6 different schools in Utah County until they finally said yes she is a student here. :) a relief for him, and then they gave him directions to our school and they came there. When they walked in I heard one of my classmates as she walked towards me (I was at the rinsing bowls learning something new) she said Kim there is a Special Delivery for you, and at first I thought that he was just someone who worked for somewhere, until I seen the cast on his wrist and his wife and child. I automatically walked up to him and shook his hand. He then proceeded to hand me a gorgeous vase with a dozen Beautiful roses in it, along with some other flowers. I then noticed the note that was in the middle of all the roses.... I read it and the picture and it just continues to show me just how amazing this man that I'm planning on marrying is. He has taught me that it really is possible to love someone more when you feel your heart and soul couldn't love them more. He never seizes to amaze me, and he is continually treating me even better than people treat queens. And more often then not I feel as if I don't deserve it, however when I tell him that he always just smiles and says, "yes you do, and that is the way you should be treated and you will always be treated by me." That is one promise I know that he will never break, then again I've never known of any promise that he has broken. So technically all the promises he's ever made me are just as strong and likely to be kept since the moment he chose to make them. It's just how he is.
As far as the wedding plans are going, they are going great. I'm trying to finish putting together my own wedding planning binder, and it's coming along very well and I have it all separated and all the different sections I need to have to help me more efficiently and productively plan Brady and my wedding to the best of our abilities and make it Perfect! It's going to be the Best day of my life I know that for sure!!! To be able to marry the man that I love more than anything and know that I will be with him and sealed to him no matter what for time and all eternity will be the best gift that I will ever receive. And with our date being December 29th that's right after Christmas, and honestly I know that it's going to be the best Christmas EVER!! What' better Christmas than one where you not only join another family, but start one of your own, as well as getting a new last name. The one that belongs to the man that you love. :) Sounds pretty great to me!!!!
So yes the date is going to be the 29th of December of 2009. We are hoping(I still have to call and reserve a spot) to be sealed in the LDS Mt. Timpanogos Temple. I'm very VERY excited!!!!
Something new that is going on in my life other than everything in school going great, was that my Bishop called me in for a meeting last Sunday, and it was to receive a calling, a Relief Society calling. He wants me to be able tot be more involved with the other women of the ward as well as the blessings of having a Relief Society calling, not only just to bless my life and help me learn from so many others, but to also help me to get ready for marriage and help to bless my future family. :) I'm very excited and I will be set apart next Sunday. :) I hope that everything goes well and that the Lord can help me to do the best job that I can do.
Well I am off to bed now and I will post again when I get the chance and have more information for you. :) Prayers and love to all who read this!!!
~Kim
