The History of US!

1. Where did you meet your husband?

We met in a Parenting class at Utah State.

2. What was the first thing you said to your husband?

Well, it was on the first day of class we had to get into groups of 3 and me and this other guy were standing there, my back was turned and I hear Chris ask if we needed another person for our group. So I turned around and hear angels sing and honestly, I was dumbfounded! Seriously he was the only guy that EVER made feel tongue tied! So the first thing I said was probably, "Uh, Yeah!"

3. Where was your first date?

Well, he came over to my apartment a little before finals to as he put it, "catch a flick and chill." And then he drove down to Ventura that Summer and we went to Disneyland. But our first OFFICIAL date was to Los Hermanos in downtown Provo and then we went up to his parents house in Draper and had had rented Life is Beautiful which I had been saying I wanted to see! And he got some of my favorite Ice Cream! It was so cute. This was right before Thanksgiving break so I was going to the airport early in the morning. I just stayed at his parents house since it was half way to the airport. I was going to meet my sister at the airport in the morning. Chris set an alarm clock and was going to wake me up but he slept through it so I missed my plane. I was like, "eh, whatever I'll catch another flight." He new then that I was the one!

I knew I would regret not doing my hair before this picture! This was taken when Chris came down to see me and go to Disneyland. It was right before he was leaving to drive back up to UT. Thanks Mom for taking an embarrassing picture!

4. Where was your first kiss?

It was that date night at Chris' parents house in their basement after the movie. We stayed up SO late just talking and getting to know eachother more!

5. Did you have a long or short engagement/courtship?

Well, we have an interesting story. When we met I was absolutely obsessed with him. My roomates and I would drive by his apartment, if he wasn't in class I would leave, EVERYTHING! I basically stalked him! We were both dating people at the time. So we were friends. But we both wanted more but never said anything. I told the guy I was dating at the time that I wanted to date other people but he wouldn't have it but whatever! That's when Chris came over to watch a movie. Then after our finals, Oh we always walked home together! Cute! Anyway, after our finals we walked home and said goodbye and I seriously almost started crying! It was crazy the way I felt! I was just so depressed that I would never see him again. I came into my apartment, laid on my bed and then the phone rang. It was Chris! He asked for my email so we could keep in touch. (Example of me being tongue tied and stupid - I was giving him my Dad's email because I was thinking since I was moving back home it would change! I had a hotmail account!) Anyway, then we kept in touch over the summer. I had broken it off with that guy and Chris wasn't dating who he was dating. That's when he came for disneyland. Then my psycho ex broke into Chris' email and sent me an email saying that he (Chris) was going to go bar hopping! So obvious turn off and shocker for me, him being a return missionary and everything. I replied back to the email but my ex deleted it before Chris saw it. Then he sent Chris an email from me saying that I had a boyfriend and blah blah blah. Chris said it was just real cold. Anyway, so we started to loose touch. Then we saw eachother again up at school and I kept calling him. He didn't return my calls but I kept calling...I knew what I wanted! Anyway, we finally talked. I asked him about that email, he had no idea what I was talking about. We figured it out and it was like a high! We stayed up almost the whole night talking! It was like we both new what we wanted but their was the false side that was holding us back! So then that weekend was the weekend we went to dinner and to his parents house! EXCITING! Then we were engaged on January 19th and then married in May19th!

6. Where did you get engaged?

This was taken by us right after Chris proposed!

Chris took me back up to Logan (where we met - we had both transferred to different schools) so I could "meet his sister" and he proposed to me on the "A" (for Aggies) platform just outside where we had our parenting class. Then we took our walk home! Then we went to Fred Meyer to get some cash and this psycho girl that was his neighbor and who was obsessed with Chris was working there and Chris was all excited and introduced me and said we just got engaged and her face was hilarious! She was so disgusted! Ha Ha! Ho!

Our Engagement Photo

7. Where did you get married?

We got married in the L.A. Temple and it just so happened we were sealed in the same sealing room as my parents! We were sealed by my Grandpa's twin brother! So neat!

8. How did your reception go?

It was fun. We had it at the college gardens. They were so perfect! It was where the agricultural dept does their stuff so they were SO pretty! So we had our line in through the gazebo and then tables and chairs all around with lights and tulle! It was fun. We had the BEST fruit ever! It was during strawberry season and Ventura has the best strawberries! Chris' Dad still talks about them! We left a little early from our reception and my Mom was mortified! We were like, whatever...no one else is coming, we've talked to everyone...let's go! We did have the reception the day after our wedding so it wasn't completely about that, we had a long drive ahead of us too!

9. The Honeymoon!

We went up to this little beach town called Avilla Beach. It is this little cove just below San Luis Obispo. It was so cool. They had these natural hot springs that were spaced all around the mountain side and each hot spring was private and secluded! So you just rent on for like an hour or so. It was SO much fun. We stayed a week there and then we went up to Chris' family cabins up by Jackson Hole WY. So we hiked and went shooting and did some dinner and shopping in Jackson. It was so fun! We had NO WHERE to be so it was great! We just got to enjoy eachother!

Thanks Heather, Lyndsee, and Colleen I guess it started with Heather! That was too fun and now I am staying up way later than I planned but I had to find pictures! It was so fun to go down memory lane! Boy am I a lucky girl to have gotten such a catch! I love you more than anything Chris! You are and will always be my best friend!

Who's turn is it next? YOURS!! I would like to know how all my friends met the love of their life