Our Story

We met at a tri-stake youth conference for our church in July of 2007 (which neither of us had planned on attending until we each decided at the very last possible moment, that we should go after all). I was 17 about to start my senior year of high school; he was 18 and headed for college.

We were doing a “getting to know you” activity where we had to walk around with a little booklet full of different statements or “facts” and get different people to sign their names underneath one or two that applied to them (things like “I am the youngest child in my family” or “I’ve traveled out of the country” etc. etc.)

I distinctly remember this moment like it was yesterday, and every time I think about it my heart starts to beat just as fast as it did way back then…

I was standing in a circle of people, talking to them, getting them to sign my book, when I received a tap on my shoulder. I turned around only to see the most glorious being I’d ever laid eyes on…This tall, tan, hunk of a guy with piercing blue eyes, and sun-kissed golden hair. He was magnificent. My knees literally went weak (something I’d only ever read about or heard people describe in movies…and never actually experienced myself in all my time of meeting guys and dating, etc.) and I felt like I was going to collapse. I couldn’t breathe, and almost didn’t even manage to speak when he’d asked me a question.

For the sake of this post, I won’t include every little detail of that youth conference (if you really wanna know what happened over the next few days…I’ll gladly tell you lol…such as the fact that upon our first actual conversation, we were so comfortable with each other that we’d felt like we’d already known each other forever)…Basically, after those 3 days at youth conference, I went home feeling like I’d met someone to be a standard that I needed to hold the future guys I’d date….Little did I know that I’d actually met my eternal companion!!