It's our {2} year Anniversary today!
I've been wanting to write our story down for 2 years now.
I finally did it.
Sorry to bore you- but obviously... I never want to forget it!

{Our Story}

Sometimes I wonder where and what I would be doing if this and that wouldn't have happened. Let me tell you a little something about me. After I graduated from H.S. (2000), I moved away. I was "away" for 8 years. Orem, Europe, Tour buses, Florida, South America, Provo, Hawaii, Cruising, California, United States. I feel like I went/lived everywhere and dated everyone. Life was amazing and I was living it up! Let's fast forward to summer of 2007. I had been living in California, Huntington Beach to be exact. I was getting sick of it. (which is what I do, I get sick of things). I decided to take my dog and move home to St. George for a nice relaxing summer. The fact that my parents had just moved into their resort-like home helped with my decision... I needed a vacation! So- I moved. Home. Where I haven't "lived" in years. While living in St. George I decided Salt Lake would be my next move. It felt right. I had been talking to my good friend Marci, who I love to pieces, about getting a house together and it was going to be great. So the decision was made, and it was only a matter of time before the house was finished being built so we could move in. I felt good about it- and I couldn't wait to live with my Marcella again!

Fast forward to December, 2007. The house was taking forever!!! It kept getting pushed back and pushed back. By this point I was soooo ready to just be up in SLC. Now they were saying mid-January it would be ready. Yay!

December 29, 2007
One of my besties Lisa, was here visiting me from California. We were trying to decide what 2 single girls were going to do in this fabulous town, when Bryce Winward called her. I had no idea who Bryce was. But we happened to be driving past "Craig King's" house the second he called her, which is where Bryce was. So we pulled in, and there we were! Sitting on this Craig guys couch, watching a football game (Craig was in a t-shirt and sweats). How I had never met or even heard of this Craig guy, I have no idea. But he was cute, and he was funny. We ended up at my house just hot tubing and hanging out. I have to admit- I was impressed! This dude seemed pretty cool, and bonus >>> he was cute!

December 31, 2007
Craig called Lisa to see what we were going to do for New Years. We decided to bring him along with us. We went to Outback with some friends, then walked around downtown at First Night for awhile. It was FREEZING!

So we hit the party scene. Lame. I'll leave the drama out- and just say- it was a pretty dramatic night for both of us (separately). So... we realized we actually knew a lot of the same people... which is so weird because I had never met him before!

January 1, 2008
Happy Birthday Sleez! Lisa was still in town and I wanted to celebrate her birth- because she's amazing, so I invited some of our friends over. We included Craig and Scotty Gubler because I still thought he was cute and cool and funny. So they came over for Pizza, Puzzles, and a movie. Apparently sometime during the night I touched Craig's back as I walked passed him. (and he will never forget it) Our first intimate moment! Then while watching a movie, all in separate chairs, I laid on the arm away from him. (woops) In his mind- I wasn't into him. And in my mind? He wasn't into me.

January 2, 2008

Salt Lake City, UT. I had planned to go to Salt Lake to finalize my house, sign the contract, and just hang out with Marci love. I met with my landlord, she gave me the contract, she ok'd my dog.. everything was looking great. I took the contract with me and told her I would fax it to her- for some reason I just didn't want to do it right then. The next stop was the house. Marci was there to take me through it and explain everything. It was so cute!!!! But I was sick. I couldn't get excited about it and I didn't know why! I called my Mom and told her I wasn't feeling good about it, that I couldn't get a good feeling. But decided maybe I was just nervous. Craig and I were texting a little bit while I was there. We decided we'd do something when I got back. If you talked to him he would say I told him I'd call him on my way home the next day. But I SWEAR he told me he'd call me. So.....

January 3, 2008
I got home from Salt Lake around 5 or 6. Showered, got ready, ate dinner, and waited and waited and waited. I never do this! Why hadn't he called? I never worry about stuff like this. I was bugging myself. I even put my phone in my room so I wouldn't continually look at it and wonder why he hadn't called. On the other hand.... Craig was waiting and waiting and waiting. He even worked out and went running to take his mind off it too. Finally he caved and texted me "How is Salt Lake" which really meant, "why haven't you called me yet?". It was too late to really do anything so I went over to his house to hang out. I sat on the love sac, while he sat on the sofa- and we talked. For hours. I told him I had a crush on him. (He'll never forget that one either). I think it was about 4 a.m. when I finally left. After a short dance to "You've got a way" (hence our wedding song) and no it wasn't cheesy- I thought it was amazing. He walked me to my car- hugged me- and I left. On cloud 9 that is. The next morning I casually said to my Mom "I think I'm going to marry that boy". How did I know that? I guess I really didn't... just dreaming.

January 4, 2008
Two of our mutual friends were getting married. We went to their reception -separately. He went to dinner with his friends after (I was bummed). But he invited me over later to watch a movie with them. We watched 300. But when I say watched I mean talked. We cuddled and talked through the whole thing. That night I knew. I knew I wasn't moving to Salt Lake. I knew I'd never felt like this. I knew he was amazing. And I knew I didn't want to live without him. That night was our first kiss- and then I REALLY knew...

Game over. Within a couple weeks we knew we were in love. We were together every chance we got. We talked every night all night. Yes- he said it first- and yes, I said it back. It didn't take long for wedding talk. Ring talk. Date talk.

It just felt perfect and amazing and wonderful! He asked me to be his forever on April 3rd, and we were married June 7th.

There were times I thought we were crazy. This type of thing would NEVER happen to me. (Ya right) I'm not one of those girls who falls in love after a couple weeks- and married less than 6 months later??? Well guess what- I am. And I am ok with that. The best part? We are living our happily ever after. Oh and did I mention we made the coolest little girl ever? She is amazing and we love her and she loves us. Life doesn't get any better than this...

Happy Anniversary Love... I'm so glad I'm yours forever!