Winter Retreat, Non-Conference and Community Clean-Up

So... as I spent more and more time at this new Mid-Singles ward... I always looked forward to seeing Don at various activities... along with a bunch of other girls all hot on his trail! One of these activities was the annual Winter Retreat, which was the first activity that Don attended several years back after moving to San Jose, where sweet Merridon made him feel welcome. THANKS MERRIDON! :) At the winter retreat, we played games, I went snowboarding, since I like to do that... and needed to play 'hard to get' I think... that thought crossed my mind at that point! We had church services up there. It was a fun time! :) I only have one picture from that weekend of Don playing games with a bunch of friends... OH!! That was the first time Don made me an omlet... and boy was it yummy! I don't think he made anyone else an omlet! tee hee
Next, the "Non-Conference". This was Don's brain child. One of the reasons he didn't go to the Vegas Singles conference is because, how are you supposed to meet anyone when you are sitting listening to talks all day? So Don came up with the Non-Conference. We did several service activities such as writing testimonies in Book of Mormons, tieing quilts, speed dating, where you could actually meet people and talk with them instead of listening to speakers all day. I was AGAIN, excited to see Don there... but at this time, I was dating a guy. A guy who was waaaay interested in me and told me he loved me very quick. He was handsome, ran two of his own businesses, but I just didn't feel the same about him... he was way too mushy and something just wasn't right. Don crossed my mind a lot when I was dating that guy. Oh well. So there is one picture from the Non-Conference... guess who is sitting next to Don... all the girls HOT ON HIS TRAIL are surrounding him... but who is right next to him!?? ;)
Another activity where I looked forward to seeing Don was the Community Clean up activity. I think as I walked side by side with him during this activity, people started forming opinions about us... word started spreading.