Two years later here they are! Kendahl and Nate are together once again!
Elder Schott got home on July 18, 2012 after serving in the San Antonio, Texas mission.
He flew in at 12:50 p.m. and was greeted by his family at the airport!
Got released at 7 and became Nate again.
Kendahl's story went a little like this-fasten your seat belts...it is going to be a long ride! :D
July 18, 2012
Alright so as most of you know no contact was made from the
mish on the day of his return, I won’t lie that hit me REALLY hard. I would say
I only half expected him to show up after he got released-thanks to the
constant reminder from my mother who “assured” me he would. Well 7 came and
nothing. 8 rolled around and still nothing. About 8:30 I gave up and watched a
tv show. I will admit waiting to see him AFTER he is home is probably the
hardest time I have had the whole two years he has been out! I headed to be at
9:30 and could not get to sleep.
July 19, 2012
Woke up every hour during the night I swear to check my
phone (why I have no idea but I thought MAYBE he would have texted me) Ya no.
Instead I just lost sleep haha. Then came killing the day trying to occupy
myself. Went for an hour run which was awesome-gave me time to clear my head J Then I went and saw my
grandma (painted her nails-good time killer!) Then I texted my friend who was
actually due today so we’ve both been counting down, only my guy came home and
no baby for her-but I still hadn’t seen him so we were both still anxious. I
went over to her house and we sat and chatted as I did puzzles with one of her
kids. Then we decided we’d not mope around all day and get out and do something.
McDonald’s it is lol. Happy Meals for lunch and then we went bowling! I beat
all her kids (Ya sure they may be 7,5, and 3 but it helped make me feel better
lol) then we got back and we were sitting around chatting I get a text from his
dad. BUT NO it is Nate asking me to come over for dinner :D I cried. HAHA!!! I
waited a few minutes to respond (just because I didn’t want him to think I was
waiting around with my phone attached to my hip-although I totally was haha) So
in the meantime I texted my mom to see if it was ok if I go-her response “no
you can’t I already made plans for us” I cried harder!!! So I collected myself
and called her-I told her she better be kidding. She said she was-PHEW! Then I
headed out to go home and get ready (this was at 3:30)…on my walk home I got a
phone call from a random number-of course I had to answer it lol and YES IT WAS
HIM :D He wanted to give me his number and ask me how my day was, he teased me
about beating little kids (it was a bit weird but it was awesome to talk to
him) Then I hurried home and jumped into the shower, changed and got ready.
Picked my mom up at 4:30 then headed
home, dropped her off then headed to his house
So I had thought maybe I should text him to let him know I
was coming, but then I thought-eh I’ll surprise him. I pulled up and there is a
lot of family in town so I parked a bit away. Walked up to the house. Knocked.
Nothing. Rang the door bell. Still nothing. I thought maybe this was all a
joke. I texted him to come open the door. Then I realized there was an open
spot for my car so I run back and move it (figuring I would miss our moment
because he would have walked outside) Yup still nothing. So here I am freaking
out lol and I knock again…nothing. Finally I text his dad. Then about a min later
(that waiting is the WORST) The door opens-it is his little sister who jumps
into my arms as I see him walking down the stairs (not how I dreamed that
moment would go lol) But then he came and gave me MY HUG :D AHHHH I was in
heaven, I’ve missed those comforting arms around me! Then we went outside to
the back patio where we sat and talked for HOURS with his family about stories
from his mission. We started out sitting across from each other and I would
catch him glancing at me and I couldn’t help but smile. Then at dinner time his
dad gave me a cream soda…I had been drinking it and then went inside to help
his bro out with something and I look outside and he has it (I wasn’t even mad
ladies I was like HECK YES we are still good-baha) I get back and asked him if
he took mine-he denied it with his smirk. I go to grab it and it is EMPTY that
little stink drank it all!!! Then he
took the seat close to me..we still had the whole complete gospel doctrine
between us lol. And we stayed like that until he left with his dad to go visit
with our old Bishop. I got up to leave and they said to stay and they would be
back soon. OK :) So I sat and talked
with his family! Then he got back and the grandparents and his siblings went to
bed so his dad, mom, him, and I moved into the living room with couches. That
was weird lol we haven’t sat there since we were a “lovey dovey” couple lol. So
here we sit on our own couch cushion-which I am fine with since he needs to
adjust. He told a few more stories, got a little closer to me and then we
decided it was late and bed time was in order. So I started to walk out, he
didn’t have his shoes on yet and goes “hey wait for me”-which was so ironic
lol. So I did ;) And then he walked me to my car with his arm around me,
thanked me for coming tonight and said how beautiful I looked (I think I
couldn’t stop staring at him up close I wasn’t hearing much he was saying
haha!) We stood there and talked for a few minutes, it was just like old times.
He teased me about my height (by the way his first comment when he saw our
picture was “man you look like you could be my little sister!” –ya that is
EXACTLY what the girlfriend who waited two years wants to hear lol) He gave me
a nice long hug. Then as he walked to the opposite side of me he grabbed my
hand-pretty sure sparks flew or was that lightning…eh same diff (that is a BIG
deal for us if you read my previous story lol) So I drove home with a BIG smile
on my face! I got home and I texted him to say I was home and he said I love
you and then we chatted about our scripture reading for tonight which was
awesome to have him back to do that with J
Then he asked what I was thinking about-I told him his smirk. I asked him and
he said how beautiful you looked tonight :D I’m happy, it definitely isn’t the
fairy tale ending I’d created in my mind, but it is our own version of our
fairy tale!
