A piece of our story!

Dallen left for school today.  I am incredibly bored!!! What did I do before I had Dallen to spend my every free minute with? Stare at the wall, take long naps, did I have friends that I hung out with? I'm not really sure but I've decided to fill some of this time with a blog update…after all I am getting married and I'm sure you all want to read a mushy gushy post about how much I love him. Besides that, Becca told me she checks my blog everyday to see if I post anything new…which I haven't in a loooong time! So here we go! 

Where do I even start? Where do you start a story that ends in forever? How did we even get to "forever?" 

When I was younger I guess I always imagined I'd marry a "tall, dark and handsome." Every girl does right? So imagine my surprise when I started falling for a "a slightly shorter, but none the less very handsome" man!

I think I'll start by saying, I don't think Dallen and I ever expected we'd fall in love with each other.  I know that may sound a little odd, but if you know us (assuming you do if you're reading this) you know I am about 2 inches taller than Dallen. I think most people would have walked away right there. Now I don't know why Dallen didn't ha ha but as for me, and it may sound cheesy but after I heard him bare amazing testimony of the Gospel I was hooked! There's probably nothing more attractive in a man than a love of God and the Gospel!  And more than that I knew he meant it! 

And that…that is how it all started for me. 

As far as dating went I have to admit I think I chased Dallen way more than I was being chased…at least at first. I mean the poor kid had just got back from a mission and I had no pity ha ha. We spent a lot of time around a campfire with my brother, (because young people are in short supply in the winter it was usually just us 3)  until Clint felt like he was a third wheel and then I was on my own :/ Dating was pretty stressful, I was on an emotional roller coaster ride! Its like that for everyone right? Of course at the time I was sure no one went through so much grief. We were dating, then we weren't, then we were dating each other and other people, then we weren't. Then of course you both ask million questions but mainly, "Is this right?" You hear people say "When you know you know"…May I quote a very good friend of mine... "That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard!"-Amberlee-

I concur! I so wish that is how it worked, that I had some big AH-HA moment of revelation that YES! you should marry this person and maybe for some it does work that way but this was not my experience. It took a lot of prayer until I came to the conclusion that this was my choice to make and mine alone. But once we both made that choice and felt good about it…so long roller coaster!

Dallen is my best friend! When I am frustrated, stressed, happy, sad or just need someone to talk to he is my go to guy.  He makes me laugh all.the.time.  I'll never forget the time he carried a couch on his head because apparently thats how they do it in Ghana. Oh and if you ever get the chance to see him dance…don't pass it up! There's definitely a candle being hid under a bushel there! :) Oh and there was once an incident with a pearl necklace that made my sides ache! These and so many more that are special to me! I love Dallen because there is so much good in him and he is someone I look up to! He opens my doors, reaches for my hand, kisses my head, sends me messages that make smile, will do anything for me (within reason…he still won't let me paint his toes or wax his chest, what? ha ha) These and about a million more are why I am choosing to marry this stud! 

I don't know what I ever did to be so lucky as to get the opportunity to spend eternity with such an amazing person but I am extremely grateful that I do! 

Heres to Forever! <3