August Fun

August was a fun month, full of firsts for both of us. Our first date was Aug 1st, but we have already gone over that, but the rest of August was a blast! Here are some Highlights. August 2nd, we went on a hike up Butterfield Canyon, it was a lot of fun, and we had a chance to talk and get to know each other a lot more. We tried to find a waterfal that a random Jeep driver told us about, we either took a wrong turn, or the guy needed to look up the defination of a waterfall in the dictionary. Either way, it was a fun hike. August 5th, we went and saw Cirque Du Soleil at the E Center, the show was Saltimbanco. It was awesome. I really liked it. its a crazy acrobatic show. they are popular in Las Vegas, and I always want to see one when I am there, but nobody else wants to. What stuck out to both of us was that we were really close the whole time, and apparently, we wanted to hold hands with each other, but it never happened. On August 8h, we went up to Bear Lake. This was a scary day for me. We went up to bear lake to go boating with some of his family. I was scared because Im normally really shy when it comes to meeting new people, but his family is wonderful, and I didnt feel all that shy, they were all very welcoming. We went boating, played on the 4 wheeler, played soccer in the yard, tossed the football, and it was the first time we held hands. On the way home, we learned how the other person can sing. the first song I heard Rob sing was Everything by Michael Buble, and I totally melted. I sang a Carrie Underwood song, and the first song we sang together was Destiny by Jim Brickman (I never knew I would find someone with the same random music taste as me, but i did!) On August 9th, we watched a movie at my house, and Rob Kissed me. I thought it would NEVER happen, I half expected it to happen at the Lake. On Auguest 11th it was Robs birthday. We went to his parents house and had dinner. I got to meet his grandparents, and his brother Brent. It was fun, and I learned that his brother has a really funny personality. On August 14th, Rob and I had an off day. I got home from work, and on my front porch was a rubiks cube with writting on each side. But the cube was messed up so I had to figure out the message. I went to a wedding reception and asked EVERYONE to solve the cube so I could figure out the message, but I couldnt get it figured out. By the end of the night, I ended up showing up on Robs front porch and told him I needed it solved. By the time it was finally solved, most of the Marker had come off, so I had Rob just tell me what it said. one side said "when Im with you, Im not so blue." one side said "the grass is always greener when im by your side" one side had a heart drawn on it, and the other were lyrics to a song, I believe it said "I wanna be the one" (a song by Lonestar that Rob sent the lyrics to) and "now all I want to do is take your breath away" (another Lonestar song, this is the one I had Rob listen to) On Auguest 23rd, we went on a hike up Silver Lake, it was here where we took our first picture together, atleast that I can remember. On August 29th/30th. I had fallen asleep on the couch watching a movie (a walk to remember) It was a weird sleep, Rob says I was totally out of it, "unconcious" well, while I was sleeping, I thought I heard him say something, but it wasnt in english. and i was so out of it that I fell right back to sleep. the next day we were driving to my nephews baby blessing, and I couldnt take it anymore, I had to ask Rob if he said something in spanish, or if I had dreamt it. I started out by asking him what "Ti Amo" meant (I had a pretty good idea what it was, but I wanted to make sure) Rob had his glasses on, but I guess he was pretty embarassed. He asked why, and I asked him if he said that to me last night while sleeping. He laughed and said "that all the things I could have heard while unconcious, thats was it." Later that night. it was said again, while I was awake. It was in english, and we both said it. That is August in a Nut Shell. it was full of firsts, and new expreiences. The month went by in a blur. I think we saw each other everyday (except maybe 1 or 2 days) and we text or instant messaged constantly.

Emily's Side of the Story

My cousin Amie had a crazy idea to set me up with her co-worker, Rob Carter. When she first mentioned it, i was reluctant to say yes, but after a day or two of thinking it over, I said yes. After I agreed, i asked Amie what his name was, when she told me it, I decided to see if I could find him on facebook (Rob says I facebook stalked him, I wouldnt call it stalking, more me being curious.) After that, I had questions about Rob, so I kept asking Amie. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Rob finally text me. After that, we talked via text almost all day, everyday. We had a blind date set for August 1st. on July 28th, I was at the lake at Day Break reading my book and texting. I said "why havent we met" and Rob said "I dont know" then I said "so, whats up" and Rob said "what are you doing" and then I said I was at Day break lake, and Then Rob asked if I wanted company. after what Rob says was a half hour (I dont think it was that long) I said yes. (Now- I hate to mention this, but its funny to us now. After I said yes, I text my friend Trish and told her I was about to meet Rob, I told her where we were meeting, and what I was wearing, in case I ended up missing. yes-that is a true story) When I first saw Rob, I thought he was cute. His smile took me by surprise, I instantly felt more comfortable than I even expected. We sat on my blanket and talked. There was an overly friendly goose that I thought wanted to eat me alive, and Rob was ok letting it peck at his fingers. We ended up getting ran out of my spot on the grass because of the sprinklers, so we ended up walking around the lake and talked. we probably talked for about 3 or 4 hours. It was comfortable, and I remember laughing a lot. When we said goodbye, as we were driving home, we began texting each other again. We continued to text and my anticipation for our "blind date" was getting out of hand. I was really excited. When Saturday came, I was a mess, and had the worse case of butterflies I had ever had. I was a total mess. We were supposed to double with Amie, and her husband Joe, but plans fell through. Rob and I decided to keep our plans for our date. We ended up going minature golfing, it was fun, even if I did lose. After Mini golfing, we met up with Amie and Joe and had dinner, then went back to there place and watched a movie (accepted) I remember there was a lot of flirting and laughing (at least on my end) I wanted Rob to hold my hand, but he didnt. After the movie he took me home, and gave me a hug. 10 minutes (if that) we started texting again. Since then, it hasnt stopped. It was, and has been the most unexpected and exciting ride of my life, as its said, the rest is history.

Robs Side of the Story

So this is how it all started on my end. I was sitting at work when Amie (Emily's cousin) came up to me and told me that she wanted to set me up with her cousin, but that she was pretty sure she would say no. She mentioned that Emily had never been on a blind date and had refused all previous "blind date" offers. Well, I said ok to the plan and then that was that. Nothing else was said about it. A couple days later, Amie came over and said that Emily had agreed to the blind date. I said ok, and we started talking about things that we could do for the blind date. During this time I guess Emily and Amie were texting back and forth cuz Amie would IM me every once in a while to ask me a question the Emily had asked her. Then Amie told me that Emily had looked me up on facebook and was stalking me. lol. After a few more questions from Amie I thought it would be better to just get Emily's number and text her myself. I text Emily almost immediately and we started our "text" relationship. We text everyday and pretty much all day just asking questions about each other. If I remember correctly, we started texting a little over a week before our "Blind Date" was supposed to take place. Well, to make a long story short, I felt we got along through text quite well. We talked about everything, in fact, Emily learned a lot more about me than she probably wanted before we even met. Then the wednesday before we were supposed to me, I couldn't take it anymore. Emily mentioned that she was at a lake near my house so I asked her if she wanted company. She reluctantly accepted, so I went and met her at Day Break lake. My first impression was that she was way cute. Then we just talked all while fighting off a very feisty goose. It was nice. Until the sprinklers came on. So, the first meeting went well. I think for Emily, she was just relieved that I wasn't a serial killer. Although I think she was still nervous around me for the next couple of meetings. Anyway, a couple of days later we went on our first official date. We went minature golfing. I usually hate mini golf but I had fun this time. Then after that, we met up with Amie and her husband and finished off the night with dinner and a movie. It was the first blind date I had enjoyed ever and the first time in 2 years that I wanted to see a girl again after the first date. So, I would say it was a good first date.