Norman got into town and I got his parents to agree to let me pick him up and I was so excited! But then I was late picking him up. I was talking to my dad and he called saying he had landed. Crap! So I hurried and drove to the airport and picked him up. He flew right next to a huge thunderstorm and had the coolest videos of lightning! The weather geek in me loved it!
The next morning, I picked him up and he came to church with me. All my little beehives were so excited to see him. After sacrament, we got up and went to go see my bishop because my bishop had my comments to me along the line of don't commit yourself too early and such so I wanted him to meet Norman and see that he was a good guy and was willing to come to church with me. We went and found him and he goes, "Let's go into my office for a second." Uh oh...but it ended up being fine. He got to know Norman better and he even joked around with him a little bit saying go to her Young Women's lesson and then afterward we have this little ceremony thing where you dress in white and get in some water but it's not a big deal and don't worry about it haha. It was pretty funny! That night we went to the Cheesecake Factory with his parents and the food was really good. Then we went and visited my friend Larissa who ended up being really sick so me and Norman came prepared.
We went to Color Me Mine the next day for Norman's birthday. He just moved into his own apartment for his internship so Norman, Delaney and I went there and made plates and bowls for Norman and his new apartment. I had to work that night so that's pretty much all we did that day hahaThe next day, Norman's roommate Eric came to Utah for a few hours on his road trip back to New York. He had come through earlier in the summer and I meant to give him this amazing tour of Utah but it was rainy and miserable the whole night he was there so this time we finally got to take him on his hike and then we went to Hire's so he could have some traditional Utah food.
Afterward, we went to the young men/women pool party for my ward haha. Hey, it was free food! I think that night we stayed up and watched the meteor shower which was really amazing!After work the next day we went to dinner and a movie. Asian Star! My favorite restaurant! His mom doesn't like it though. She doesn't think it's real Chinese food. And it's probably not but I still love it haha. On our drive back to my house we saw a rainbow and a secondary rainbow which was pretty cool!
Funny People is a great movie! I can't even describe it. It's not a comedy but it's not a drama. It's just great! It was a pretty perfect night!
Friday before work we went to pick up our color me mine creations and they turned out incredible! Norman wins for the most artistic but Delaney and I did pretty well too
Sunday night we decided to make dinner for our families and things kind of got out of hand. Norman and I had so much fun cooking. Norman did more of the cooking I have to admit, but I learned a lot haha. We just made a lot of food. A lot...Salmon, stir fry, mashed potatoes, salad shrimp, pot stickers, egg drop soup, cantaloupe, and brookies!! Josh could not believe we were really making all that for dinner when he called but we did and it was all delicious!! Norman's parents were in shock with Norman's cooking. He's an amazing chef! We'll make a really good dinner whenever Norman gets his butt down to Lake Powell with us
The next day we decided to go swimming and we had so so so much fun! I haven't gone swimming all summer minus Lake Powell and we had so much fun swimming with Bill!
After swimming we went to the U to buy my books. They didn't have half of them and then they confused me by making me think I needed my ID card when really I still could have bought them. But oh well not that big of a deal. We walked around and looked for where my classes are going to be and went exploring a little bit. It was really fun!
On our way home we stopped at the beginning of a hike right off Wasatch Blvd. up to the top of a mountain. We were looking at the trail and we were like oh it won't be that big of a deal, it's only 3 miles-ish, but then we looked closer and it was an elevation of 4000 ft. Maybe we'll do it next year...haha
For the last day, we picked a little bit of an easier hike. We drove up to the Doughnut Falls hike and had a lot of fun. We got mixed up on the trail and went exploring off the trail and had to be true mountain men to get out and then we found the end and there was an amazing waterfall at the end! It was at the top of this crazy wall of boulders that I...yes me, Mandy Oliver...climbed up! It was crazy! But I'm so glad I was able to do it! It was beautiful and totally worth it!
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After the hike we went to Cafe Rio and were barely able to finish one salad between the two of us haha it was kind of sad. We then went and visited our friends who all just got a house together and they got a little puppy. So cute! We went to dinner at a restaurant that Norman's mom had told us was American but turned out being quite Italian haha. It was really really good but I went to go take a drink out of my water and there was a fly in it! GROSS!! And then the chef came up to talk to us and it was kinda awkward. We met our friend Tina at Spoon Me and then I made Norman his birthday cake and watched some big brother haha (so glad Jordan won over stupid Natalie!). Then we went outside and laid down in the boat and listened to Jack Johnson and looked at the stars. I was starting to get sad because Norman was leaving the next morning. The whole week had been so perfect but the sooner he leaves the sooner I get to see him again I guess. We went to breakfast early the next morning before I had work but we were both so tired I don't really count it haha. Norman's promised to try his hardest to come down to Powell next year so everyone cross your fingers it happens!
