After the DaBells came home from their vacation, the girls have been nothing but adorable! They have gotten attached to me! Which means I must be doing my job :) ha They really do like me and they will cry when I leave for an activity, and are more than excited when I get home and get to play with them! They've met Adam a couple of times, the girls are slow to warm up to anybody, but Sophie is hilarious! She just stares at him, won't talk to me or Paul if she can see him! Sadie has warmed up to him, she will talk to him and play around. I just hadn't realized when I met the girls, we instantly started playing! Diana said that they never warm up to people that quick, and she was right!

Adam and I have seen each other every day since we met nearly a month ago. It feel like I have known him for months! We have been a couple for two weeks now, scary to think about. It really has been different. I am so used to being independent, having my guard up, taking care of my self. Adam comes in and just wants to take care of me and protect me. He told me how before, he would only date short girls, like 5'4''! That's tiny! He argued with friends promising he would never date a tall girl, ever! And here he is, with me, 5'10''! And everything just feels so natural. Are hugs, when we lay together, even just walking together is so comfortable. I just melt when I'm with him! There have been a couple times that we will be hugging, and he will say something so cute and mean what he says, and my knees will just lose feeling and I just fall for him! (Multiple meanings there)
I met his family when we first started dating, and they are just the sweetest people! His parents are so kind and so cute! They way Adam talks to his mom is so cute! He is always saying how adorable she is and points out things he loves! Always talks about her service and how she is just the sweetest lady! And she is! His dad is funny! It's funny to be able to see his personality compared to Adam's! They are so much alike! They know everything about each other and connect really well! Even their laugh is the same! Adam's little 14-year-old sister Grace is adorable! She has really warmed up to me and we get along really well! In fact, we are going shopping on saturday! Just the two of us! :) Jennan on the other hand, decided she hated me before she met me and won't give me a chance to prove that she and I would get along. She acts nice to make Adam happy, but she avoided me all night and won't even try. Her and Adam argue a lot because we are dating.. Of course it feels like my fault, and it shouldn't. According to Adam, she is always like this. But I can't just shrug it off like it doesn't bug me. The rest of his family likes me! His niece, Sarah, would never let me leave, if she had a say in it! She is just too darn cute! Adam's older sister, Eva, has 7 kids! Katelyn, Kyle, Emma, Sarah, Jacob, Lizzie, and one more.. I'm surprised I remember that many! haha but they are cute, cute kids! Play very well together and I just fit right in! I love it! :)

It is weird to be in a relationship. I have never felt this way. It scares me. But Adam reassures me that he will protect me. I just wish I knew what to do. Is he the one I will marry? Will my family like him if they get to meet him? Will he be a good husband? Everyone tells me to look for these red flags, and I guess I see where they are coming from, it's just hard to find them! Everyone else judges second hand, they only hear stories and jump to conclusions without seeing or experiencing what I do. I don't want to feel like I have to choose between my life and my relationship. It would be so much easier if we were in Utah, he could meet my family and my friends and then they could judge everything. Everything would just be easier if I were at home..

What a week!

So last Saturday, I dropped the DaBell's off at the airport. They flew to Colorado and Spokane for the week for one day of work, and the rest to visit family. While they have been gone, I was home, getting paid to watch the house and feed the dogs. So much has happened this week! I have some of the most amazing friends in the world! I have been to volleyball 3 or 4 times this week, and hopefully again tonight! I have gone out with the girls! Had some alone time with me, myself, and I. And just had a freaking awesome week!

Last Friday, my new best friend Paige invited me to go play volleyball with a few people in our ward and a group from a spanish speaking ward that met in the building we were playing in. When we first started, it was completely segregated, but the game was the same no matter what race you are. We had a total of 3 teams, 2 from the Rio Vista ward, and 1 from the Spanish speaking. Which ever team lost the game would sit out and the team sitting would come in. As the night went on, we started to mix up the teams quite a bit. It was such a neat experience to see how the gospel is true to every race, in every language. To see that just from a volleyball game! It was incredible. Everyone got along so well! Even though the majority of what they said was not English, we still communicated and understood each other! They are just the funnest people!
About half way through the night, while I am sitting out, in walks this guy. Check him out, and yup! He is a hottie!!
I recognized him from FHE earlier that week, he played on my frisbee team and we hadn't talked much. More of an introduction and a hand shake, that was it. I knew after the game I was looking for him, high hopes of getting to talk to him. But of course, the hot guy is surrounded by women. I shrugged it off and went out with my friends.
So he walks over by Paige and I, since he obviously knew Paige. Now Paige and I were on drugs or something! We were laughing our heads off ALL NIGHT! Making all these inside jokes and just laughing at everything. Then he turns to me and introduces himself, his name is Adam. Mmmmhmmmm. haha. He just immediately jumps into our conversations and tries to make jokes with us, and we wasn't doing so well. When our team was up to play, he played with us. We started out next to each other and we made a great team! Just an instant connection. :)
As the night goes on, we play forever and just have a blast the entire time! Adam always made sure to be next to me! Like made someone change him spots! It was funny. But we did, we worked really well together! Plus he is a hunk! Can't resist that! haha
When everyone else decided it was time for them to go home, Paige and I sat there and watched Adam and Nate play a little basketball. Nate was in charge of locking up the building. None of us wanted to go home yet, so we were deciding what to do. As I am talking to Paige, a ball was coming right for me! But Adam steps in, catches it, and says "I just saved your life" haha and strangely enough, it happened a second time! When we were about to leave, Nate was throwing the ball just above my head to bounce off the wall and make me twitch thinking it will hit me. Adam laughs and says, "There are two ways to flirt with a girl, saving her or teasing her". He admitted to flirting with me!! AH! Hahaha! So we are finally leaving, heading to a Circle K. Nate had walked, and Adam rode his bike, where as Paige and I both drove. Adam insisted on riding with me, and I couldn't argue. As we walked to my car, he opened my door! Even though I was the one driving! We get to the Circle K, right after we park he turns to me and asks, "Can you do me a favor and wait for me to come open your door?" and he holds his hand out for me, but won't let me just like touch it as I get out, he makes me sit back down and use his hand to pull myself out of the car! Adam and I agreed to just share a drink, and I was in the mood to experiment. I got some sprite and mixed in the raspberry stuff and BAM! Best drink ever! Ha and then this incredibly drunk woman walks in, walks through our group and just talks with us and is waiting for the bathroom. She was so funny! Then Adam asks what the blue stuff in my drink was, and before I could say anything! This guy that works at the gas station, who is not even facing us, he is on his knees putting cups in a cupboard just says, "Drugs." BAHAHAHA!! Just out of no where!! I almost died laughing!
We all head over to Adam's house and start watching 'How I Met your Mother'!! I FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW AND I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL MY FRIENDS WATCH IT!!! Adam had gone upstairs to shower, Paige and Nate sat on the long couch, leaving me alone on the other. But by the time Adam came down, I had to go home. He walks me outside, and we hug. This was a long hug! He is so strong! OO! haha and then I leave. He texts me and says, "That was the best 37 seconds of my life!" haha he is just so cute! And so good to me!
The next day, after I dropped off the DaBells, he came to the giant slip and slide with me. When I got there, everyone around us was hugging and saying hi to everyone. So he cuts through the circle and picks me up and hugs me as he spins me around! It was fun! We raced a ton down the slide and I just couldn't win!! Ridiculous! Paige came after, she made me cookies! Which Adam and I ate. :) Then we helped clean up the tarps and stuff and everyone left but us three. We tossed my frisbee around for awhile, it was fun! And we just made some funny jokes! I loved it! Paige had to go home for dinner, so Adam and I went to his house and jumped in the pool! Then I would float on my back and he would just twist me around while we talked. Then we hugged in the pool and started swaying, and he just starts to sing that song from The Notebook, "I'll be seeing you" and I just melted!! He is one heck of a singer!! AND he is singing from my favorite love story of all time!! Finally we get out, he gets me a change of clothes and I stuck mine in the dryer while he is upstairs changing. He shows me some songs he wrote on the piano! Incredible!! So I show him some of the ones I know. He then starts playing songs his old band covered. He was the lead singer in his band haha. He is really good! Then we have Paige come over and we watch How I Met Your Mother again! :) I get so tired, when I start to fall asleep, I decide it is time to go! Paige and I talked for awhile outside, then she left and Adam gives me a big hug. We kind of start slow dancing, but there was no music! haha So he starts to sing again!! It was so cute! Then it is the half-pull out of a hug thing, and he just whispers that he wants to kiss me! So I simple just pull back into the hug haha only for him to pull out and kiss me!
I never believed people when they said the felt fireworks during a kiss, only because I had never felt it. (notice I said had, get it? Ya know, because I felt them? Get it now? hahaha) It was breath-taking! We end the night with another long hug, and I take off.
The rest of the week was filled with YSA activities and hanging out Adam, Paige, and Shannon. Sometimes other friends as well, but mainly just those 3. I have now seen Adam everyday for the last week. Which is a lot! It will be nice to see how things will be when we both start working again on Monday. He is starting back up at this Infinity car dealership. He worked there last year, but left and worked in Chicago this past summer, so now he is going his old boss as I am typing with to confirm his job. It will be interesting to be busy and see how much we see each other and how that effects the way we feel. He is just so handsome, and I can't get used to it! And his manners and perfect! He is so protective of me! I love it! :) I am excited to see how this goes. But I am headed to the airport to pick up the DaBells.

My does time fly by!

Well it has been just over a week since I updated. So forgive me if I scramble as I tell you about everything that has happened.

Last thursday, was nothing special. Neither was Friday or Saturday. I don't remember doing anything out of routine.

On Sunday, I went to the Deer Valley YSA ward. Now Deer Valley is a wealthier part of town, so all the members in this ward are popular and dress amazingly and kind of seemed a bit up-tight. I didn't feel welcome and I knew I was out of place. I thought I should go to my ward because that is where I live and maybe that is where I was meant to go. BUT! I was thinking backwards! I had gotten lost for a reason, and my family gave me the address to the Rio Vista ward for a reason! I feel at home there and already have tons of friends! We have the same humor and have fun all the time! So I decided that I am attending the Rio Vista ward from now on. Plus they already have my records.. :)

This week has flown by, yet it isn't Friday! I painted the girls' toes for the first time and they just love it!! Paul wasn't too happy.. idk why. Then Diana came out and saw it and just swooned over it! Nailed it!! hahaha get it?? hahaha!

Monday night was stake FHE, so both the wards I had been to would be there. We were playing ultimate frisbee in the dark! It was intense! There were so many people there!! Some attractive ones as well! I played with the Rio Vista ward. And we'd be playing a game, and a guy from the other team that was defending me would stop, turn to me, and introduce himself! hahaha it was so weird!! It happened FOUR times! hahaha I just sayed hi, and that I am Kara, then kept playing. haha I am to in love with frisbee to get distracted in a game! :) After everyone was done playing, me RV friends and I went to Denny's! Now I had already made enchiladas and ate before, so I was not hungry. Instead I just had water and this flavored sprite drink which was delicious! Total, I had four glasses of water and five of the sprite stuff!! I was so thirsty! After I had this huge gut full of liquid! It was hilarious! And the while time we were there I was just laughing at everything! My friends are so funny! I love it! :)

On Tuesday, I went out with my Aunt Hannah! We went to Pheonix and got a mani/pedi! While in massage chairs! It was so relaxing! She needed to get out because she has some horrible family issues. She is divorced, but still lived with him for the girls. But she caught him with drugs and now they are in court fighting for custody of their two girls. It is a mess. So it was great to get out of the world and just relax. We went down by the Diamondbacks stadium and walked around for awhile, then ate at Whataburger before her curfue at this shelter she is staying at. It was fun to be with her, but at the same time I was ready to come home..

Then last night I went with some of my friends at the Rio Vista ward to play Volleyball with another ward. We were goofy and competitive, so it was a lot of fun! I suck at serving, but I get some really good digs! :) -said by this girl who plays for college! OH YEAH! haha But we were playing until 11:30 last night! I did not get enough sleep! It was so much fun though!

Tomorrow I drop the DaBell's off at the airport. They will be in Colorado for the next week while I stay here, and get paid $500 to feed the dogs twice a day! I don't know what to do with all of this time!! Saturday I will most likely go to this gigantic slip and slide! They are using SIX tarps!! That's ridiculous!! I am pretty excited! Then the rest of the week will probably be spent doing nothing. Watching movies by myself. Yup, that's the plan! I'm really hoping that Mitch asks me out, or to go boating like he said.. And I just sit here and wait. Waiting to see if he will talk to me, let alone ask me out! It is torture!! UGH!! haha oh well. I can't do anything about it. He doesn't know that I am going to the Rio Vista ward though.. and I won't tell him. It will just be a nice surprise when I show up. :) Just watch and see that he is out of town that week or has to work! He won't show, I know it! I don't have good luck with guys. But I am sticking to my guns!