My Favorite Elder Tucker

Just an hour after Nathaniel and I got engaged, my brother, Eli, opened his mission call at his dorm down in Provo.  He was kind enough to wait for me to come to Utah so I could see him open it in person because he actually got the letter a few days before that.  And THEN he was so kind as to wait for us to get to his dorm because we were 20 minutes late after I promised we would be 15 minutes early.  I will blame that on Nathaniel for taking so long to propose ;)

Literally as soon as we walked in the door he opened the envelope and started reading.  It was slightly hilarious that my family was on Skype (and had been for the 20 minutes they were waiting for us) and then five seconds before he read where he was going the internet connection was severed and they didn't get to hear it.  Oh boy.  I'm sure it wasn't funny for them but all of us in Utah thought it was!

So where's that handsome brother of mine going?  Santa Cruz, Bolivia!!!!  AND he gets to go to the Peru MTC for his training!  I'm soooooo excited he gets to go to Peru even though it's not like he'll get to go everywhere (or anywhere for that matter) that I went.

A Formal Engagement

Everyone wants to know the story...so here it is (in an abbreviated version...).


Nathaniel and his parents were planning on coming to Salt Lake for the LDS General Conference last weekend.  They were getting into town late Thursday night and I planned to meet them there Friday morning.  Little did he know, I got off work and skipped class so that I could come surprise him at the airport Thursday.  Surprises are the greatest!!!  I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, me surprising him, or him being surprised by me.

Friday we ran errands, walked around Temple Square, and then went for a walk.  The walk of a lifetime.  We chatted about the last three months and how it felt like so long and yet once we were back together it was like we'd never been apart.

Finally, we stopped at a small park for a few minutes and sat on a bench.  He was a little disappointed as there were no swings at the park like he was counting on (the internet told him there were swings).  Swings are kind of our thing as we've been swinging since senior year of high school and his plan was to propose on one.  Nevertheless, he couldn't wait any longer and decided to pop the question whether we were on a swing or not!  And I sure am glad he did...I don't think I could have waited much longer :)

It's EXACTLY what I would have picked out for myself.  That boy knows me well.