Another Month

 This month has gone by so so so fast. I thought that August had just started. I am a little weirded out about that fact but it is okay. I know why it has gone so fast. It is all because of friends and family and Cody. Yes I am dating Cody. You know that guy I went out with and we went to the demolition derby. Well, he is very very much a part of my life. It has been a whirlwind of different things with him. I have pretty much seen him everyday this month. When we miss days of seeing each other I call it the "miss you days." A lot can happen when you miss someone. I understood that I love him and that I want to continue to date him. Although I don't only want to continue to date him I want to marry him. We have talked a lot about it together and we can see each other together forever and it is just exciting to be with him. He is a completely different person than I thought I would be dating but everything about him is just great. He is on the quieter side like me but we can talk and talk and talk to eachother about anything. He loves me and I love him and it is just a great feeling. We went ring shopping last night. It was very super fun to do. I found this ring online at Zales and I pretty much fell in love with it.

Isn't it pretty? We went to Zales to try it on but they didn't have the exact same ring but one close to it. Then we went to Jared and I found the prettiest ring ever. It has the same concept as the one above but it was a little different. I fell in love with that ring. I don't know what is going to happen quite yet with everything but I am excited to be engaged to Cody. Life is just wonderful.

Cody and I have gone mini golfing, went to a movie called the Lorax, went to a skating rink (so interesting to see all the kids there), going to dinner, picnic, him teaching me how to long board, many many walks, putting a jigsaw puzzle together...lots of stuff. It is fun.

When I am not with Cody I am doing things with school and work and friends. At the beginning of the month there was a family reunion for the Ralphs. I was grateful to have my mom, dad, brother, and sisters there. It was a fun day and I was glad to spend time with everyone. The best part was the face painting. My cousins got a little carried away with the face painting at times hence my arm and Tori's face. It was super fun though.

 

 

Another time this month I was able to go see my Aunt Norma and go hiking with her. It was so much fun to go hiking even though it was not quite like the normal hikes I usually go on. We went up a canyon and instead of doing one hike all the way we went on several hikes for twenty min. So going up ten min and back ten min. It was not as bad as I thought  it would be. I got some cool pictures by doing that. I loved this flower that I saw so I took a picture of it (the purple one).

I was very interested in this log. I don't know what made these patterns on the wood but I thought it was neat.



 

 I took this picture of this butterfly. I was surprised it turned out so well.

 

 I thought this sign was super funny. 'Dogs must be leashed on all trails on even numbered days.' Why not on odd number days? What is happening on even numbered days that is not happening on odd number days? It does not make much sense.

We had a little picnic while there. It was a good picnic. It hit the spot. I was super hungry which is probably why. 

 

Pretty much the prettiest temple I have ever been in is the Oquirrh mountain. We went to that temple right before we went to the reunion. It so pretty inside.

 

So that has been my life a little bit anyway. Oh, I also went out with a friend and we did pedicures. It was so nice to do that. I love pedicures. We are also going to  be going to the Jon Schmidt concert at Thanksgiving Point and I cannot wait to go. I am very excited for that. Life is just wonderful. :)