New Beginnings

I got MARRIED!!! :) So I suppose there really was something in the works in May and apparently I'm not a very good blogger, especially while I'm engaged and going to school.. haha, but I am going to try and catch you all up. First up in a long line of catch-up posts, THE story. Enjoy!

I am a Utah girl through and through, but this boy's love has turned me to a California girl for the next few years. I lived here once before, and that is how I met this man of mine. in 2004 I moved to Huntington Beach, Ca to swim and play water polo for Golden West College. There is an LDS institute of religion across the street from said community college where there was a group of fun people that I became friends with. Among this group of friends was a cute boy who just got home from his mission and we went out on a few dates. Yes. This was THE one. I just didn't know it then, and let him get away. However we did have some fun in the meantime.

This is the mini-golf place that we spent our first date. 

This is the foyer at the institute that we spent many hours laughing and hanging out

This is a broom much like the one he bruised my ankle with in broom-hockey for FHE.. haha 

Long story short, I was a jerk and kinda stopped talking to him because I didn't know how to communicate in inter-personal relationships. 

...Meanwhile

Seven years go by...

I went on a mission, he got his undergrad at CSU Fullerton, I came home from my mission and carried on with my undergrad at the U of U, he  got his masters at Argosy, we both went through a few relationships, and life went on as usual, until last march when I decided to go back to HB to visit a good friend for spring break. She and I went to ward temple night with my old(her current) ward the next night, and low and behold, guess who was still in the ward and present..? that's right, folks- Him! :) I had a feeling I should talk to him, so after the baptism session we were outside talking as a group and I snuck a moment or two with him out on the steps of the temple. He didn't seem entirely interested in talking to me, mainly because I was a jerk last time we talked.. but regardless we started emailing each other that night and the next day, which lead to texting the following afternoon, and me practically begging him to do something with me the following night. Needless to say, it took some dragging it out of him, but he was glad to go out with me that evening and offered to pick me up. He ended up choosing the place to eat, and it has become our favourite spot for dinner.. Tsunami Sushi! :) 

 We may or may not be going there tonight for date night, and we will most definitely be getting the cheesecake roll.. that's right people. drool away. ;) Anyway, we ended up at Tsunami for about two hours just talking away and catching up, then we walked along the beach for another hour and sat down to talk for about another two.. needless to say, we were having a great night. I went home that night and my friend tried to convince me that it wasn't a good idea to date him, especially with the distance and the history we had, but I still wanted to talk to him. The next night was another ward activity and I saw him most of the evening, and the following day was church so I saw him off and on all day. After I went home from that weekend, we texted off and on. Which lead to phone calls, and soon after that, skype calls. During this time I went on a trip to Europe with my parents for a week and a half and I hated not being able to communicate with him  easily. This made me realize that I didn't want to go another day without talking to him. That lead to three hour skype chats every night, until we decided it was time for a visit. He came up to Utah to visit me at the end of June/beginning of July, and yes, ladies and gentlemen, we went ring shopping. ;)

A few weeks later, I went down to visit another friend which was supposed to be a long girls weekend in Vegas, but changed at the last minute, landing us in HB. He hijacked that visit and stole me from my friend for the night to go meet his parents for the first time, or so I though.. we went the opposite direction on the freeway where he took me to the beach at sunset, and we stood on a cliff overlooking the view. He stood behind me with his arms wrapped around me, then as the sun was setting he spun me around, I nearly fell to my death- thank goodness he was holding on, and there he was kneeling down holding a ring. I was breathless for a minute or two, but at least he had his loving little speech to go through as I regained myself.

Of course I said yes, and here is the little beauty I wear on my left hand everyday. My husband picked out the best ring, that is everything I could possibly want, completely on his own! :)

 We were sealed on January 5, 2013 in the Newport Beach Temple for Time and all Eternity. Good grief I love my man! :)