Our Dating Story Continued and the BEST Summer ever!

When Mike and I got back from Utah, we were having fun hanging out, going on dates and just enjoying one another. My Birthday rolled around and we went to the Magic Castle......which was SOOO much fun! It was fun dressing up and getting carded. The Magic Castle was so cool inside. It was so old fashioned with cool magic decor everywhere. On my birthday, I knew I was in love with Mike; however, I didn't want to be the first one to say it. I was hoping he would say it for my birthday. He didn't But he was such a romantic. I woke up in the morning and there was rose pedals all over my car. He was so sweet.

That summer of 2005, we had a blast. (Even though my circle of friends stopped hanging out with us) It ended up being Mike and me and our third wheel Wes Anderson. We would all just hang out an have fun. I was taking a PE class at COC when Mike had his football conditioning in the morning. So every morning we would wait for each other and walk together for a few minutes. Then I would go to my strategy class while Mike would be at practice. When I was done with my class, I would go and do another session of PE and wait for Mike to be done. I had fun waiting for him. Then we would sometimes get lunch. There were sometimes when I would skip strategy and we would go boating with Mike and Wes and a few of their football buddies. I swear that summer was the best. I fell in love with him even more!

Sometime in July Mike told me we needed to talk. I was so nervous! Those are the forbidden words you don't say when dating someone seriously. I told him that he better not break my heart.....He said that this talk was good. I heard him out. He said that he wanted to be sure of something. He said that we shouldn't kiss for two weeks. He wanted to make sure he wasn't "in lust" with me. Those two weeks were a lot of fun. We went on fun and different dates. We had picnics at the park, went to concerts in the park, movies, and just talked. It was fun. After two weeks of not kissing, Mike took me to the Santa Monica Pier Beach, laid down a towel and said some things that I don't remember and then said the three words I have been waiting for ALL summer. He said I Love You Anna. i of course said it right back. He said that he was nervous to say it, and that I made it easy for him because I said it so fast after him. After that we went up to third street and ate at California Pizza Kitchen.

The next day we went to Laughlin, Nevada with my family. It wasn't a fun trip like ones I have had in the past. It was overcast and monsoon season. We were only on the lake for a half of a day. We drove home my parents truck and sea dos, because my mom and dad took Jessica to EFY and then they went to the Grand Canyon. That week while they were gone, Mike and I had SOO much fun. We went down to San Diego and went to the Zoo. The ride down was fun. Mike asked me if I was totally set on being Allysa's roommate up in Provo. At the time that was our plan on transferring up to BYU and go to school together. My plan was to be Allysa's roommate. I said no, who's roommate would I be? He said I don't know maybe me.......I got where he was going. Once we got to the Zoo, we walked around and had lots of fun. After the Zoo we went to this AMAZING restaurant that was beach front. I don't remember the name of it. All I know the food was awesome and the Volcano Chocolate Cake was even better. During dinner Mike started talking about our future together. He asked me if I liked where our relationship was going. I said of course! I knew what he was hinting at......