Well, the wedding plans are progressing nicely. We now have a venue: the old meeting house on highland. The lady was super helpful and the place looks really nice. Jessica picked out and purchased a dress this morning, the second one she tried on and it looks fabulous! We have a lead on invitations and the reception center provides a cake. We're looking at photographers this afternoon and should have one booked by the end of the day. All we have left is flowers, a honeymoon and a place to live after we're married. Piece of cake. I think we've decided on a cruise, which one doesn't really matter to me. If you've been on one that you really liked, let us know, or if there are cruise lines to avoid, that would be good to know too. Last I heard, Mark and fam is going to be able to make it for the wedding as well, so we are excited about that. Just seems like everything is fitting together swimmingly. On that note, I have a bunch of movies that I'm looking to get rid of. I'll include a list of them below. If you would like any of them, let me know, they're free as i'll just be throwing them away soon.
aviator, alex and emma, chasing liberty, charlies angels, casino royale, die another day, employee of the month, 50 first dates, fantastic 4, finding forrester, hancock, hot shots, hitch, just married, jaws, kickin it old school, liar liar, memoirs of a geisha, mask of zorro, mr and mrs smith, meet the fockers, quantum of solace, robin hood men in tights, roxanne, rush hour 3, starsky and hutch, so i married an axe murderer, talladega nights, taken, 21, 2 fast 2 furious, tomb raider, wedding singer, what women want.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Wedding
So, you've all heard that I'm getting married!! June 30th.... Draper temple. Set the date. So here's our story.
Jessica Clark and I have been in the same ward for around 2 years. She noticed me first, in fact, she "stalked" me for a year before we ever went out. Not the creepy kind of stalk, just that she noticed me in the ward. Anyways, last spring she got put in the relief society presidency as the secretary and so it was part of her job to track attendance etc and text the numbers to the assistant ward clerk.... aka me. This went on for a few months until July when our bishop announced a WAM (women ask men) event to be held at his house on the 1st of August. Well, after a LOT of coaxing from a few of her friends she finally called me and left a message (I think I was walking around walmart when she called and didn't feel it vibrate in my pocket) anyways, so she asked me out in the message and I called her back, got her voicemail so I accepted in a message and eventually she called me back (awkward) and anyways, both of us thought about calling it off, making up some excuse, but we didn't. The dinner was awkward to say the least. We didn't know each other, we didn't know really many people there. just a lot of people in a very little space. We went home early, but I had a good feeling about it. We just kinda got along. Anyways, I asked her to some other thing a week or so later, and she couldn't go, and I eventually asked her to a Bees game which she agreed to. It was kinda awkward at times (thanks kayla) but she broke the touch barrier and everything just felt natural. After that she asked me to walk around murray park with her one sunday and we've been dating ever since. We used to just walk for like 1.5 hours, just talking about everything and anything. It has been amazing as we've gotten to know each other how much we have in common and every time we've moved forward in the relationship we've both been on the same page.
I have never felt this way with anyone before. From way early on I think we both knew that we would be getting married. In fact, as a way to prove to the Lord that I was willing to move forward and take a leap of faith I decided to go look at rings one day at the shaneco.. and it turns out that Jessica, that same day, without any communication between the two of us, was also looking at rings online! And since then I've known that it was meant to be.
So a week ago we had another WAM event in the ward and I thought it would be a good time to propose, so I got her to think that I couldn't afford the ring until later, and went and paid it off last saturday. She and I went to the jordan river temple and I had the ring with me but was mostly looking for confirmation that I should propose. We went out to dinner after and went for a drive. We parked at a park and were talking about our families and getting to know each other better and I asked her to marry me. And without hesitation she said yes, and of course. So that's when I pulled out the ring she didn't know I had. She FREAKED OUT!! Like she had just seen david copperfield make a jet disappear!
I'm so grateful for her. I can't imagine someone that would complete me more fully or love me more completely. She helps me be a better me. She's helped me be a me I have never known I could be. She's given me confidence. She's given me someone I can rely on and someone I can trust completely. I'm looking forward to you all getting to know her better and also getting to know her better myself. She truly is amazing! Thank you all for supporting me and for accepting her. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Jessica Clark and I have been in the same ward for around 2 years. She noticed me first, in fact, she "stalked" me for a year before we ever went out. Not the creepy kind of stalk, just that she noticed me in the ward. Anyways, last spring she got put in the relief society presidency as the secretary and so it was part of her job to track attendance etc and text the numbers to the assistant ward clerk.... aka me. This went on for a few months until July when our bishop announced a WAM (women ask men) event to be held at his house on the 1st of August. Well, after a LOT of coaxing from a few of her friends she finally called me and left a message (I think I was walking around walmart when she called and didn't feel it vibrate in my pocket) anyways, so she asked me out in the message and I called her back, got her voicemail so I accepted in a message and eventually she called me back (awkward) and anyways, both of us thought about calling it off, making up some excuse, but we didn't. The dinner was awkward to say the least. We didn't know each other, we didn't know really many people there. just a lot of people in a very little space. We went home early, but I had a good feeling about it. We just kinda got along. Anyways, I asked her to some other thing a week or so later, and she couldn't go, and I eventually asked her to a Bees game which she agreed to. It was kinda awkward at times (thanks kayla) but she broke the touch barrier and everything just felt natural. After that she asked me to walk around murray park with her one sunday and we've been dating ever since. We used to just walk for like 1.5 hours, just talking about everything and anything. It has been amazing as we've gotten to know each other how much we have in common and every time we've moved forward in the relationship we've both been on the same page.
I have never felt this way with anyone before. From way early on I think we both knew that we would be getting married. In fact, as a way to prove to the Lord that I was willing to move forward and take a leap of faith I decided to go look at rings one day at the shaneco.. and it turns out that Jessica, that same day, without any communication between the two of us, was also looking at rings online! And since then I've known that it was meant to be.
So a week ago we had another WAM event in the ward and I thought it would be a good time to propose, so I got her to think that I couldn't afford the ring until later, and went and paid it off last saturday. She and I went to the jordan river temple and I had the ring with me but was mostly looking for confirmation that I should propose. We went out to dinner after and went for a drive. We parked at a park and were talking about our families and getting to know each other better and I asked her to marry me. And without hesitation she said yes, and of course. So that's when I pulled out the ring she didn't know I had. She FREAKED OUT!! Like she had just seen david copperfield make a jet disappear!
I'm so grateful for her. I can't imagine someone that would complete me more fully or love me more completely. She helps me be a better me. She's helped me be a me I have never known I could be. She's given me confidence. She's given me someone I can rely on and someone I can trust completely. I'm looking forward to you all getting to know her better and also getting to know her better myself. She truly is amazing! Thank you all for supporting me and for accepting her. We look forward to seeing you all there.
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