st george. where magic happens.

the last week of december, daws and i went to st george with his parents, his brother steve, and steve's wife sue. this trip was amazing and it was filled with so many fun times. spending five straight days together was a really good experience for me and daws.

on this trip, we all played games together (steph and al destroyed us all in cranium), we went out to eat, watched inception, went hot tubing every night, the girls went shopping while the guys went golfing (if you're unsure of how to bond with your boyfriend's mom and sister-in-law...a five hour shopping trip would do the trick), hiked, rock climbed (my first time ever and i loved it), and just had so much fun.

before this trip, dawson and i had started using the "L" word. he had also told me he wanted to marry me, but i avoided talking about it because even though i was pretty sure i was going to marry him, i was a little scared and wanted to take things slow. while we were in st george, the things we did together were the things i want to do with my husband when i'm married. we spent time with his family, worked out together, started reading the book of mormon together, went to the temple to do baptisms together, and i crossed rock climbing off my bucket list and he was able to be my belay and coach me through it. the more i was getting to know his family the more i wanted to be apart of it. dawson would come into my room every morning and cuddle with me. i guess what i'm trying to say, is with all these things we did together, i fell deeper and deeper in love.

the last night that we were there, dawson and i sat in the hot tub and talked. we talked about everything. we talked about the best things and we talked about the hardest things. i felt closer to him than i have ever or will ever feel to anyone. 

and we talked about getting married. we were going to get married.

 

so i kinda love st george. i mean, i loved it before but even more so with this boy.

i couldn't be more excited to be heading down there tonight. dawson's whole family will be there for the weekend because steve and sue are getting sealed in the st george temple!

i also couldn't be happier to be going anywhere else after we get married. 

-kandi