The Summer Before Third Grade

My mom had been trying to get into Wymount Terrace Apartments. We had been on a waiting list, and well, Mom was going to marry that Coach from Snow College? Well, She backed out of the marriage and just a couple weeks before going to marry. So, we were in an apartment for a very short time in Roman Gardens. Mom met a guy living in King Henry. Mom eloped when we moved to Wymount and when we came back from Vacation, they were married. This was a shock to me and my sisters. Mom has a different memory of her elopement and somehow thinks us girl were involved with the eloping bit, but that is what happened. Eloping means going off and getting married without anyone knowing, and so mom did that. But, you can talk to her and get a different story if you please. D says "Mom remember the time you sent us to Disneyland so you can take off and get married behind our backs?" but for some reason she never got in trouble for saying it that way. I get reprimanded when I say anything about it. So, I don't. Not to mom anyway.

Now, it is not a big deal. As a matter of fact, I quite love the guy. Back then though, I thought why is my mom marrying him? 

 I tried running away, on my bike, but got as far as 1250 North when my new dad pulled me over and caught me and I told an elderly couple I was being kidnapped. That, looking back was so bad. But, a the time I thought this guy was stealing my mom. 

 Well, the couple did not know what do to, and eventually I went home with my new dad. 

 We moved out and into King Henry for a couple of months until my dad could find a place. 

We moved to Logan where my dad decided to teach. Logan and USU was good, and it was a nice place to live, but I tell you, I missed my dear friend, Heather. 

My mom would allow me to go on a Gray Hound bus to Provo, from time to time to visit my dear friend. 

But, it was a hard time for all of us.