It all started in Provo, when I was hanging out with some friends at the apartment complex where Nate also lived. We were out in the parking lot sitting around a little firepit when this tall guy with short shorts walks out and my friend Courtney tells him to come have some cobbler with us. Courtney and my other friends Chantelle and Sarah had been friends with him for a while and told me all about how funny he was. They called him Grizzle, and I would always hear stories about how funny this kid was. So I'm wrapped up in my blanket sitting by the fire just watching this guy. He starts to tell this story about a girl whom he nicknamed "The Lagoon Creature" that he had met at a UVU dance a few nights before. Yep, I immediately knew why my friends thought he was so funny... but I didn't really think much of it or him at that point. A few weeks go by, and this same boy adds me on facebook. I thought, awesome! We start talking on the chat a little bit, mostly just jokes. He would tell me some random story and I would laugh. Awesome relationship ;) I can't remember when we exchanged phone numbers but we did, and we texted sometimes. Again, random stuff. I started thinking he was a cool kid, I wanted to get to know him more. A few weeks of texting later, a few friends invited me to go to the movie Avatar. I showed up, and Nate was there! I wanted to go sit next to him, but he was sitting next to one of my friends.. alone. I thought they liked each other, and I was a little sad. But I still was my flirty self all night, and I found out later that they were only friends :) A few weeks more pass, and we hadn't really been talking as much. I kind of moved on, thinking he must not like me very much. I went over to Courtney's one night, in my work uniform, looking beautiful (NOT). We were all really hyper and all the sudden Nate walks in with his friend Jeff. For some reason, I didn't know why, I saw him and immediately thought... I bet I marry that boy someday... True story.
Summer came, and we were talking again quite a bit. We were both moving back home (Sandy and West Jordan), and he said he wanted to hang out! I was so happy, he was finally wanting to hang out with just me! We arrange to hang out, but he brought his friend. At first, a little awkward. I thought it would just be me and him! I tried to entertain them as best as I could.. but I didn't feel like they were having much fun. I tried to be my flirty self, and it must have worked on Nate, because they came over again the next night! And the next night, and the next night... I was pretty sure at this point that Nate liked me. I finally decided that we had better set up a double date so that Nate and I could at least pair off at some point! I set Nate's friend Wes up with my friend Whitney. Nate's friend Jeff also came... still don't know why, haha. They came over, and we just played and went to the park later that night. I finally got Nate alone at the park, when I pulled him away from the group. We were "hiding" for like an hour, all the others were trying to find us because they didn't even know Whitney, it was pretty funny watching from the sidelines... and fun to cuddle while we watched! I wanted him to kiss me so bad! But.. of course he didn't. (Later he told me he wanted to but was too scared.. :)) The next night Nate FINALLY came alone. We went to the park and I massaged his back while he told me scary stories. We went and sat on the bench and he held me close and told me all about his mission. At this point, I was really falling in like with him! I just hoped he felt the same and wasn't another one of those guys who just want the action..
I waited and waited for him to ask me on a real date.. and he FINALLY did! I was ecstatic! We went to Iron Man 2 and Olive Garden (This has been one of our favorite restaurants ever since :) ). He finally kissed me at the end of the date, and we've been ALMOST inseparable ever since.. I'd better tell that story since I know you're all DYING to hear it ;) So after a few dates, I was wondering when we'd finally be exclusive. After a little while, one night he told me that maybe we should just be friends... you can imagine how I felt. I was so mad! I thought that I had been dating a jerk this whole time and that he was just like every other stupid guy. I was livid. We went like a week without talking and he finally called me and told me he wanted to hang out. Even though I held a little anger towards him still, I really wanted to see him! :/ We hung out one night and we just were flirting the whole time; it was obvious we both still wanted to date. We hung out every night after that and on Sunday, June 13th 2010, he bashfully and adorably asked me to be his girlfriend :) He later told me that the reason he said he just wanted to be friends before was because he was afraid of having a commitment (He had never had a real girlfriend before).. But then he realized how perfect I was and that he just couldn't live without me ;)
Since then we've had our ups and downs, but we were inseparable. I knew I loved him early on, and I knew I needed to marry him after several months. He proposed on March 26th, 2011 and we couldn't be happier with our lives together! I know all of you REALLY wanted to hear all of that in detail, but hey. This is a blog about us, and I'm going to talk about us. Proposal story to come...
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