7/2/07

Subject: ich liebe dich
Dear Elder,
i accidentally sent that email w/out finishing it. as you can tell, i finally got a Gmail account this morning before i leave for Washington. I leave on Sunday, so i decided to write you now (Saturday night) in case i don't get to write tomorrow at the Watts. I'm busy trying to pack and get everything ready for WA. and I'm somewhat nervous. i don't know if it's just that I'm going to be gone for 5 weeks or if it's just that I'm just nervous that i might miss my flight again. so when you write to me, you might want to send it too this email that would be great, it's real easy --- beckyrhoden@gmail.com. on Monday, July 2, i start EFY, there is a possibility that Carli might be my counselor. I doubt it but it would be funny if she was. I'm not sure if I'm going to play All of Me for the Variaty Show. I don't know if i have it perfected as i want it, to sounding absolute perfect, i can play it, but it's about 75% memorized. but i really do want to play it, just not to embarrass me though.

this week was really busy, we had Annie (my shadow) for the first 3 days. i didn't mind too much. it just made me practice some patience sometime. she's growing really fast and is only about a head under me. She's also really dramatic, so when we watched movies, she would always make huge gulping noises and wipe her eyes and would begin to cry. it was cute. we went swimming and i had a good time with Oma. she even went swimming. we had too hold her down on the pool steps b/c she would begin to float away. when she was talking to me later she told me that she was proud of me and thought that i was a beautiful christian girl. i guess she thinks that I'm christian, or that i live a christian life. which is very good. the other days of the week, me and mom sewed clothes for trek, read, swam, babysat a lot, played the piano, and i did some service for the YW at the church building.

I'm sure mom and dad will tell you all about our water heater leaking and the mold in the garage. we were talking about all of the trials that we had the other day withe dad's truck breaking down twice w/in the same month, this, and our air conditioner always seems not to work very often, when mom made the comment that you must be a very good missionary. i thought it was funny, but i guess it was true. you must be a good missionary if the adversary is having to come up with a lot of opposition for mom and dad.

Mathew and Zach both called and talked for a while. Jim and i are probably going to meet Mathew and his mom when I'm out their w/ Jim, and I'm going to be spending some time w/ Zach every now and then. dad and i have been talking more often. he took me out to get a t-shirt at Bass Pro-Shops and then we were going "over the guns". he's so funny and passionate about some things. i decided watching them at dinner tonight how lucky i am to be the child to get mom and dad to myself for 4 years. Jim only had them for 2! they're turning into really funny old people.

i also got my haircut, and for the fist time got some blond highlights. don't worry, it was on an impulse and i was so scared that i wouldn't like it because i never have the nerve to do anything. but sis. whitney did a really good job. they look really really natural. just hte way i told her over and over again. all it did was brought a little bit of the blond that i have in the front (from the sun) to more places. nobody notices it really, i had mom take a picture, but you really couldn't tell anything was different so i guess it doesn't matter.

Kevin White reports to the MTC on July 18th, and I'm going to be there for his farewell on the 15th. anything you want me to tell him??? oh, and Emily told me that she saw Bryce Betteridge holding Alison Birds hand. i wonder what Jordon would think??? you should probably inform kory too, that you and Alison won't be together if the betteridge boys keep attacking her, who knows, maybe Anthony will be next.....

i love you. you are such an example to me. i love your emails. i hope all goes well, I'll write you later..

w/ much much love,

Becky
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Subject: you're such a beautiful christian girl

Mom sent some pictures and I couldn't help but think how pretty you are. I love the highlights also.

Kory is going to be jealous when he sees you at BYU in two years so watch out. I still want to do the best friends- and their little sisters dating activity then (you and kory, ryan and eric scott's lil. sister, Eric S. and Natalie, jordan b. and someone, and me with ). But you can't mention it to anyone. It is a secret. haha. I think it would be hilarious tho.

I hope you have a wonderful time in washington. I'm glad you began a gmail account. What was your final decsion on facebook?

I'm sure Anne had a wonderful with you. How old is she now?

I've also heard about that christian film. It sounded quite good.

Make sure to send greetings to matthew and zach from me.

I know mom and dad are really going to miss you! Remember to call home and talk with them.

Have a wonderful 4th of July. I'm going to have to write Jordan and tell him to watch out for Bryce. Luckily, Jorday will be home from his mission two years before then. Has anyone been married you've heard of. You'll have to catch me up on the news from my friends my age and whats new at CHS.

Love,
Your brother!

DISCLAIMER

I've been a little blog happy. But I've realized what a great way it is to record down the things that I KNOW I WILL forget. Not only now, but the things of my past as well. Especially high school. For my first two years, I didn't really keep up in my journal and I definitely didn't have a facebook. But for the last two years I wrote my brother weekly on his mission. These emails are a bit of my life. I cherish them. I'll start posting them from time to time. I know A LOT of my friends think I'm psycho because of my relationship with my brothers. Just take it at face-value that it is abnormal and that I like it that way!

P.S. I loved our subject lines, so you'll be seein them too. I think I always tried making my subject lines more thrilling than the rest of my family.