Better Late Than Never

So, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had been going out with a cool guy, and since it hasn't hit the fan yet, I'm going to write about it. :)

In June, my friend BJ, who is in my PhD carpool called and said his friend Kory wanted to take me out. I said that would be fun, and we doubled with BJ and his wife Camille. We ate at Costa Vida and hiked the R mountain to watch the sunset, then had ice-cream. I was kind of caught off guard because I had so much fun and that really doesn't happen all that often to me.

It was a couple of weeks before I saw Kory again and this date was a little unusual. When he called to ask me out, his phone was cutting out and I said, "I heard dinner tomorrow night. But I didn't hear the rest of it." He said, "What I said was, would you like to go to dinner with all of my siblings and their spouses tomorrow night." I said, "What the heck." So, it was a very eventful date. I won't go into all the details, but I did meet his parents, four or five of his siblings and their spouses and three of his eight kids. We also stopped by the Idaho Falls Temple visitor's center and met my parents for a minute. When they introduced him to the sisters, they started freaking out and wanting to get their cameras, because apparently their names are Sister Cory and Sister Kunz and his name happens to be the same and they are in his stake and everyone keeps telling them about him. So, here's some pics with the sisters.

Our next date we watched a softball tournament for his work, because we were having a hard time getting our schedules to work together. That was fun because we got to chat a lot.

I took him out for his birthday on our next day. Kory loves shrimp so I took him to Chiz's and then we went on the zip line at Heise, which is a blast, if you haven't ever done it. After that some friends met at my house for ice cream and presents. (Love how attractive harnesses make me look.)

I was taking off to travel for a few weeks, so I didn't know if we'd be able to go out before I left. When he didn't call, I was kind of bummed, but then he called me at the last minute and we went golfing. Kory LOVES golfing. I said I would love to go, if I got to drive the cart. It was a perfect summer night and we had a good time chatting and golfing. Whenever we were backed up at one of the holes, I would mess around and try to putt. After that we ate at Cafe Rio and then walked around the green belt, which was really pretty and kind of romantic :). Sorry about all the smiley faces....I can't help it.

So, I was gone for three weeks and I figure he'd either blow me off or look forward to seeing me again. Luckily, he still wanted to see me when I got back and we have been spending A LOT of time together and have had a TALK and are DATING seriously. So, I'll leave it there for now. I'm a happy camper. Here's a better picture of him, not taken with my phone, with a few of his kids.