Summer Adventures

This summer has been amazingly awesome! It has been full of FUN, Weddings, Love and Laughter. In May, 4 of my closest friends and I got to do a road trip down to Portland. It was a Bachelorette roadtrip for my great friend Kristin. We had an amazing time at The Market in Seattle, then we went to see my sister and go to spend a glorious night at the Oregon Coast. Our beach front room was amazing and we filled the trip with many unforgettable memories!


After that in June was Kristin and Kevin's wedding and I had the utter privilege of being Kristin's Maid of Honor! It was such a blessing and such a wonderful time. How beautiful to see two people so in love make a vow of life long commitment to one another before the Lord, their friend and family. There are no words to describe how amazing and beautiful their special day was.


Next came my dear friend Laura's wedding in July and again I was honored with the privilege of being one of Laura's bridesmaids. Laura and I met at Briercrest and we instantly had such a deep connection. We soon became inseparable and the best of friends. At school I got to know her husband Jerad as well, so it was a blessing getting to see two of your really good friends marry each other. This wedding was also so beautiful and so full of love! How I love my friends and I love celebrating with them on such a special occasion.

I have also got to spend time with a lot of my family from the coast, which has been awesome as I don't get to see them all too often. Tara and the boys were here too and I am down with them right now. It has been an amazing summer. But I have to say there is one HUGE highlight, and I'm sure you've guessed it...Brad!

Me and Brad started dating again and it is the most amazing thing I could have ever asked for. I have always thought and known that Brad was an amazing man, but I always just felt unsure and it never felt right. It had been 3 years since me and Brad dated, and we decided it might be wise to give things another chance as we had been spending more time with each other and enjoying it A LOT. I am so blessed by him and so thankful that he has waited so long for me. He says he has always known that we were suppose to be together, but I guess it was never the right time. I am so thankful for the time we did have apart though because I know that we grew a lot and became better suited for one another. I can't begin to describe how amazing he is.

Lastly I have a funny story to share. Brad, his brother Brett and their friend Tim drove down to Portland with me because they went to Texas for fireman school. So when we were coming down we stopped at Cabela's, the hunting store. I felt totally healthy and perfectly fine. No concerns at all. The boys were looking at some "really cool" hunting stuff and I said to Brad that I was going to go to the bathroom and I would just find them when I was done. So I went to the front of the store where the bathroom was, still feeling perfectly healthy, and went pee. When I came out to wash my hands I instantly got SO hot and dizzy, out of no where. I had cramps and back pain too. It was like my muscles were having spasms. I went back to the bathroom incase I needed to do anything else. As I was sitting there I started to feel like I needed to throw up. I felt so horrible, but I didn't know what to do. I couldn't move because I felt so horrible, but I thought if I don't move then I can't get help and they'll find me passed out in the bathroom with my pants down! So after sitting there for 15 minutes and feeling awful I found the strength to get out of the bathroom. I can't even describe how horrible I felt.

I left the bathroom and I started to get tunnel vision and everything was spinning and starting to go black, so I just laid down on the ground. I never blacked out, but I knew if I didn't lay down I was going to faint and hurt myself. There was a lady right in front of me when I laid down. I was whiter than a ghost, apparently a little green I was told by Brett! So I managed to say, "I need help" Immediately a lady who worked there was with me and I said "I need my boyfriend, Brad Stickles". So on the overhead, as I'm laying there still feeling horrible I hear, "Code Blue main entrance" Repeated a couple times then "Brad Stickles would you please meet your party at the main entrance." I just remember laying there seeing all these feet of people just staring at this weirdo laying on the floor!

Well, Brad and Brett were in the upstairs of the store when they heard this Code blue at main entrance, so they are looking down and see all these people standing around staring at something. When Brad heard his name he just thought I was being silly cause I couldn't find him, so I called him over head. So Brad was looking for me around the front desk. Him and Brett look closer and realize that the people are looking at a girl laying on the floor....That girl is Malory!!! They finally realized. They ran down the stairs in their flip flops (apparently that is a challenge in itself), and were by my side so fast. I was so relieved to see Brad. He was so sweet and so concerned, I felt bad making him worry. Slowly I started to feel better, they called the firemen as their regular procedure and they came and took my blood pressure and heart rate and everything was normal. I don't think it was low blood sugar cause I had just eaten a couple hours earlier and I had a really good complete breakfast.

It was a little crazy and scary to say the least. I'm going to go get checked out when I get home. I think its a littler humorous too though, like what a thing to happen to me!

Ok, I'm done this HUGE post, but it has been forever so sorry!