IVANS, TAKE 2!

This weekend Ashley and I went to St. George (Ivans) to visit Josh and Candy and Summer and Christian and Seth and Skyler who was getting baptised! Oh it was sooooo good to see them again! When we first arrived (after a 3 hour road trip - nothing in the face of florida to utah) we went to the neighborhood swim center to get the kids. Skyler and Summer jumped emmediately out of the pool to and ran to us and they both (wet as can be) hugged me symoltaniously. I was kinda really surprised by how excited to see me! We all went home and hung out and watched Brian Reagen on DVD who made us laugh so hard that we cried out eyeballs red.
It was amazing and wonderful to be with Josh and Candy again - they are so entertaining and awesome! I was very surprised at how natural it all felt to be back there again. It didn't feel like the second time that I had been there, but maybe the 10th or 12th. I am happy to say I feel like I fit in there very very well. That night, momma and daddy Rodgers arrived and it was very good to see them! Momma gave me a huge hug and they both remarked that they really missed me a lot which I felt was very genuine. They are such a good family at helping you feel welcome . . . My family is not the very best at that. Meredith and her new boyfriend Ryan came later. At night Ashley and Meredith went and slept at Shaleen's and Ryan and I stayed at Josh and Candy's. On Saturday we went to the baptism early and practiced our musical # (it makes me so happy to do musical #s with Ashley and Meredith but really especially Ashley - it's so cool when we work together using our awesome talents.) The baptism was beautiful and went perfectly and smoothly. We hung out saturday afternoon and went on a scenic walk down this cool alley way with beautiful flowers in Ivans and then that night we watched a UFC match on T.V. at candice's sister's house. It was really fun and some strange primevil part of me that secretly wants to kill and eat a deer raw with my bare hands really enjoyed the spinning and the kicking and the hurting. We all made predictions on who would win and ashley and I were right all accept for 2 times. We decided that the more physically attractive fighter usually wins somehow - maybe it's intimidation? I really enjoyed myself.
That night we went home and I talked with Candice for like a half of an hour about what it is like to get married and what it is like to be engaged. The next day was sunday. I talked to Josh about what he thought about wedding rings and getting engaged. He skipped his primary meeting to come with me to priesthood. That evening we all just went on walks and made dinner together and had lots of fun! It was an incredibly great expirience! I just felt so confident in my relationship with ashley, to me we seemed so connected and peaceful! I loved it! I am greatful to my heavenly father for helping me grow up.
Today I went ring shopping for the first time and found some awesome rings that would cost me 3 grand!