74 Days

In 74 days I will be married to the coolest person I know and my life will change dramatically. Want to know how? I can stop making a countdown for every little thing I have to look forward to!! I can't wait to actually lose track of time and complain about it going by too fast. This has been my life for the past year:

Kellan's game 3 Days  

Denver for Easter/Days left of sophomore year 15 Days  

Bridals 23 days 

Utah Bridal shower 24 days 

Move home 25 days

Cal bridal shower 38 days 

Kellan comes to CA 44 Days 

Kellan comes before wedding 68 days

DAYS UNTIL THE WEDDING 74

Look how close it is getting people!!!

I have learned more in the last year than I can comprehend and I am grateful for the challenges I have gone through and the added strength that has come from them. I am blessed to have such great people in my life who have dealt with me in my not-so-glamorous moments these past couple months. I have always considered myself a generally patient person but after this year my patience has been tested unlike ever before. This video describes what I have learned this past year:

I have often felt like the child at the table with the marshmallow sitting in front of me that I couldn't eat. I have asked many times why we chose to wait so long, however the closer June 18th gets the more Kellan and I understand and realize the blessings that have come from our patience and long suffering. 

74 days seems like an eternity away but when that day comes I will be glad we waited and our reward will be far greater than an extra marshmallow!

Long, crazy, cold, awesome, wonderful WINTER

This blog post is supposed to cover the last couple months of my life which have been crazy so here is the summary of everything:

1. I GOT ENGAGED! 

I was so excited for Thanksgiving and relieved that Kellan had played his hardest but still managed to lose in the NCAA tourney because we were going to actually be in the SAME place for longer than two days! So the plan was that I would fly into Oakland after class on Monday and he would fly in later that evening. He was acting funny the night before and told me he was so sick and just wanted to go to bed. I was so stressed with school and did not think much about it. However when I flew into Oakland I was ticked off because Kellan had not been texting me all day. My dad and sister picked me up from the airport and took me up to the Oakland temple because my dad said he needed to do something up there. I did not think it was unusual because I was so mad that Kellan was so not texting me and calling me letting me know where he was. Anyways we got there and my dad and my sister wanted to go leisurely walk around on the temple terrace, which if you know anything about Brook and my dad it is sooo not like them to do that. When we got up there we were staring at the view and someone tapped me on the shoulder...you guessed right...it was Kellan. He got down on his knee and proposed to me. The rest of my family showed up and Bradley had been recording the whole thing. Kellan was so nervous that he forgot what he was going to say and almost put the ring on the wrong finger! It was absolutely perfect! I never thought Kellan would be able to pull that over on me so I was mainly shocked because he had planned something without me finding out! 

2. I spent Christmas away from home!

Instead of traveling to California I stayed in Utah for Christmas with the Christensen's and had a blast. I am marrying into an awesome family (who makes ever more awesome food by the way) and look at all the cute nieces and nephews I get to claim! Shout out to Maren, Hallie, and Chloe...GIRLS RULE! It is really a blessing to have Kellan's parents and little brother Eric in Utah with me, they take good care of me and make me feel loved (I know Eric loves me even though all we do is punch each other)!

3. We went to Mexico!

We went on the Mexican Riviera cruise with my family the day after Christmas! It was a blast! Kellan drugged himself on sea sick medicine so he didn't quite make it to midnight on New Years Eve. I still have never had a new year's kiss and I thought for sure this would be the year for it. Now I will just have to wait until next year and Kellan will not be allowed to touch any medicine that night! We love my family so so much and Kellan can never get enough of teasing my siblings. At times I think my family loves him more than me (almost all the time) but I am very grateful for that! 

Thanksgiving! Come now.

Okay so this year was a complete failure with the whole pumpkin carving thing! First year I have never carved a pumpkin. I was looking at my pumpkins I carved last year and was way bummed.

I love fall so much, and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the whole year but it feels like it is taking forever to get here! I leave to go back to California next Monday and I can't wait. Kellan is supposed to be flying into California that same day but we will see how his NCAA tournament goes. I hope he does well but I also wish more than anything to be with for the best holiday in the world. But nonetheless I will be cheering for Denver and I really do hope they win!

Okay so I have a couple funny stories from this week:

1. Last night I was at my aunt and uncle's house and my sweet cousin Madi did my hair complete with lots of little clips and ribbons. Ok so I completely forgot she had done it and I left their house with my masterful hairdo and went to drive over to my friends house. They didn't answer their phones so I just drove back to my apartment and went about my business. I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and realized I had been walking around with my cool hair do and had no idea! Good thing they didn't answer! haha
This is Madi and Andrew they are so awesome and I am so glad I live close!

2. I am in an elementary education physical science class and we are doing lessons at a local elementary school and I needed to fill a couple pans with dirt. I didn't know where I was going to get the dirt so I grabbed the pans and left my apartment to explore and found some very high class dirt at the bottom of one of the trees at our apartment complex. I was so embarrassed that I was digging up dirt/scared I was going to get in trouble. So I hurried as fast as I could and filled the pans. I looked around to see if anyone was looking and started to sprint back to my apartment. When I stood up I whacked my head on the tree branch and fell. I stood back up and kept running. As I was running I looked back and saw a group of people who obviously had their days made! So embarrassing!

Where in the world did Brianna GO?

Aloha friends and family!

Yes, it is official, Brianna Swisher is a blogger!

Update with my life:

1. Halfway done with first semester as a sophomore at BYU

2. Still working at Justice and am loving it

3. Making frequent trips over to Denver

4. Started tutoring at Orem family support and treatment center

5. Me and Kellan have been dating for 7 1/2 months now...HOLY COW!

When I drove over to BYU at the end of August after being home all summer, I was nervous I was going to have WAY to much free time. Funny how life always gives you exactly what you were not expecting. LIFE IS CRAZY!

By the way...72 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS!

Kellan and me on February 27th 2010