So last night we went to the church to look at all of the classes that we have to take in order to get married in the church. It looks like we are going to be able to take two of them online. With the winter months coming just around the corner it will make it easier then me having to drive home at 9:00 on a road under heavy construction.
We also were required to take a 157 question quiz about ourselves, each other and our relationship. Some questions were a no brainier. Others made me think not so much about what it was asking but the wording. They wanted agree, disagree or uncertain. Statements like "I seldom..." made me stop to think. If I agree it made the question seem like I had thought about it. If I said disagree did that mean it was more or less than what was stated?
I had to laugh at questions like "My partner has to win." For those of you who don't know Dan very well he is very competitive and when we play games it makes it so much fun to watch him lose. I turned to the Deacon and asked if boardgames counted because a game of Pass the Pigs can really show the true colors of a person.
I know this wasn't the kind of win it was trying to get at but I only proved that the way you read it can change your outcome on the quiz. We talked about some of the questions over dinner and will wait to see what kind of results come from the interpretation of some of the things we were asked about.
I'll keep you posted...
Tomorrow we head over to a bridal show in Denver and I will let you know what things we discover!
Well hello dear friends.
I thought today I would tell you a bit more about Dan and how we met. Looking back 1 year, 2 years, 5 or 10 my life has changed drastically. I am 28 and just saw the passing of my ten year high school reunion. My love life has had its fair share of ups and downs but when I first met Dan I was finally at a point where I think I held my head up with pride and was in no way looking for love. That's the reason for the title of today's post. I didn't want to say I was in love with him right away but I knew.
When we met we spent a week or so of just emailing back and forth. One email I can recall I wrote at 2AM because I woke up to an email from him and couldn't wait to write back. We did those wonderful little intro details about family, life and our babies, Daisy and Cash. Soon I think I finally sent him my phone number and told him to text me. I got a message the next day as I was getting ready to teach. I was so excited. I told him to call that night at 6:00 and on the dot the phone rang. I remember sitting on my bed feet propped up on the wall talking to him. I hadn't been this interested in someone in a long, long time. Soon a week of three hour phone calls turned into him asking me out to lunch. I agreed and that work week couldn't have gone any slower.
I had a show to perform right before our date and I can honestly tell you I don't recall the event much because I wanted so badly to spend more time with him. When I finally got to the restaurant I could have cared less about going to eat and I think we may have had three bites of food. It was a joy to sit there with him and talk face to face. Holding his hand was something I couldn't believe and the thought of our first kiss still gives me chills.
We went for a walk and then down to see a movie but that doesn't seem to be what defined our date. It was the fact that we finally had someone whom we could talk with and have a great moment with despite all of those people being around. That was on August 8, 2009. Now almost 14 months later we are getting ready to celebrate a marriage.
I recall telling my friends I had met someone. I was scared to say something because the year prior has been such a roller coaster. Once I finally let myself fall for him I was beyond joyful. He is such a caring man. He looks at the world with a can-do attitude that I so love and he makes me laugh like only a few can.
I am sure I will tell you more as we go further on but I don't look at Dan as someone who completes me but makes me strive to be better, stronger and I am proud to say I am going to be his wife.
To be honest he still gives me butterflies. I hope they never go away.
