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I woke up to a text this morning that said, "Happy Conference day miss Katelin :) would you like to go on a little date this evening?"
(This would be our second date; our first date was last summer)
I agreed to it and asked if I'd need to bring anything specific. He replied, "Just bring your beautiful self and just some casual out door wear. We're going to go on a little ride that requires some physical activity!"
I was stumped. I had no idea what we could possibly be doing. A four wheeler ride? A hike? What else could it be? Well he said he'd come right after conference ended so to be ready shortly after 4pm.
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I knew I was in for a surprise when the doorbell rang and was greeted with a friendly hug. My date came inside and visited with me and my parents for a couple minutes and then finally we left. We walked outside and to my surprise, there was a TANDEM BIKE on my front lawn! I was so excited!
We hopped on the bike and peddled up the road. The sun was shining, the breeze would catch my hair and sometimes it would whip me in the face, but I didn't care. I was having an enjoyable time.
After huffing and puffing once in a while (from going up hills), and permanently grinning from laughing and catching up on each other's lives, we made it to our destination: The beloved (and my favorite) Lions Park.
As we pulled up to the park, I told him how much I loved this park. I explained to him that one of my favorite things to do when I come to Richfield is to bring a picnic there with my best friend after a fun bike ride or hike. He told me that this was his favorite park too! We parked the bike and hopped off. I had no idea what was going on so I just went with it. He was looking around as if he were looking for something in particular and I asked what was going on. He said we were looking for something, but he wasn't sure where it was. [At this point there were people at one of the pavilions and I noticed right as he looked over there, they pointed in a certain direction and he smiled and nodded. I'm pretty sure I wasn't supposed to see that, but I did anyways, ha ha] So we walked over to another area of the park and came upon a blanket that was set out with food set out on top of it! Along with the food was a beautiful red rose standing up in a vase tied with a red ribbon. I was in shock! It was such a fun surprise! We sat down to have a picnic and enjoyed our sandwiches and punch bags as we continued to catch up with one another. I swear we were laughing almost the entire time. He explained that he wanted to come to the place where we first met... that is why we were at the Lions Park!
(About four or five years ago, we officially met at the Lions Park during the summer because of a get together before the school year started. There was water balloons and slip'n slides. We just so happened to go on the slip'n slide at the exact same time-- however, he was going the opposite way as me-- to make a long story short, I ended up getting a concussion from our collision and I hardly remember anything from that day. Story has it that he even brought me chocolate chip cookies to apologize, but that memory is very vague. So anyways, that's how we met! We've always had a funny "connection" ever since then.)
Finally when we were finished eating, we packed up everything and road the bike back to his house where we were suppose to have ice cream cones but we were too full. We dropped off the bike and he drove me back to my house and then he left to go to the priesthood session.
It was one of the most thoughtful, fun, exciting, and surprising dates I have been on and it was lovely. I am so thankful for this great experience I had today. It will definitely be a memory I won't forget.
So like this cute saying, ya gotta keep moving to keep your balance. You'll never get anywhere if you don't start peddling.
Love,
Kate
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