OUR LOVE STORY

Short Story... 

We lived in the same apartment complex.
He hit on me. I flirted back.
We fell in love.
He proposed.
I said yes. 

Long Story....

Devin and I first met on Friday, August 24th, 2012. 

We both lived in an apartment building that housed single college students. Our building was buzzing with energy as everyone had just moved in that weekend to start Fall semester. People were trying to get a feel for who everyone was and what their neighbors for the next 8 months would be like.  Our building hosted a social meet n greet that night and our apartment had graciously offered to have everyone over afterwards for treats and drinks... and duh, to meet the cuties....!

What a great night! I talked to a ton of cool people and had a lot of fun! In fact, I was in deep conversation with a guy I had just met when someone caught my eye. 

You know that awkward eye dance you play with someone across the room when you think they're cute? You are both looking at each other, but trying not to get caught... Well that about sums up 60 straight minutes of that night. 

Then something amazing happened. He made solid eye contact with me, waved, and invited (yelled across the room?) me up to his apartment to watch a movie with some friends. I went up a little later, and walked in.  I watched a little bit, chatted a little, and then left after the movie got really intense. I'm not that into action/blood/fighting......

Sunday, September 2nd

Well, the week went on without any more of hottie mystery boy. At this point, I still had no idea what his name was...  But I did know where he lived. Awesome.. Well, our building had another social activity that weekend. I spotted him instantly again. What the heck? I felt like an awkward stalker. Anyway I was determined to talk to him for at least a second. As I was leaving I made some brillian comment to him about the snowman mug he was holding in his hand. Great job. Great. He'll probably associate you with fat snowmen now. 

Sometime the Next Week (Wednesday?)

Our building had another social activity. Can you tell they liked them? Well, this activity was inspired by the movie Cowboys and Aliens. Ha. Surprisingly it was a great night! There was food, games, music, and lots of socializing! I stayed for the movie at the end and was helping put away chairs when hottie mystery boy came over to help us. We started actually talking and having a real conversation. It drifted to running and how Devin (I had now learned his name) wanted to run more. I told him we could run together in the morning if he wanted to get my number. (I know, I'm so sneaky!)  Well, we set it up to run the next day.

The Following Day (Thursday)

Waking up wasn't as hard as usual. Weird - because it was the freakin' crack of dawn.  But I was excited. I sent Devin a text asking if he was ready to run.  I didn't get a response. After about 10 minutes I was about to head out on my own when he called me and said he was "soooo sorry" but he had slept in and wanted to go the next day. At that point I was skeptical. Real promising... 

It's Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday!

We went running. Really! With another guy. Devin + Me + Sean. Sean had gotten my number and wanted to go running too. Why not? Devin seemed a little flakey anyways. :) We chatted while jogging, and then I really started to like Devin. He was funny. Not just funny, as in he tells good jokes. He was funny, as in "Hey girl, I get you. Now I'm gonna make you laugh till you pee." 

Sometime the Next Week Again (It was all a blur)

Devin had texted me a few times. He asked what I was doing that weekend and sadly I had plans Friday and Saturday. I saw him on Sunday and we chatted for a few minutes but that was all. I didn't hear from him until Wednesday. He texted me asking if I wanted to play basketball with him. I was soooo down. 

Wednesday.... 

He hustled me. 

Literally. Not even kidding. (But in a good way.. kind of)  We started by playing Horse and bet that the loser had to buy the winner ice cream. I totally won. Then Devin upped the stakes. He bet that the loser had to take the winner out on a date. Guess who won... err.. creamed the other person.... err... that time? So I took him out on our first date!

1st date (two days later)

We went to Brick Oven Pizza for dinner and then headed to a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin! I made him carry the biggest one we could find! We took a hay ride, went down a huge slide on hay sacks, and even stumbled our way out of a maze! We took the pumpkin back to my apartment and carved it! Boy did it smelll....

Sometime days later....

We had been seeing each other every day after that first date. I was intoxicated. We were making up silly excuses to hang out or sit by each other in church. We couldn't get enough of each other! It had been over a week and he still hadn't kissed me though! What the heck. We threw a little party at our apartment later that week and of course Devin was there. Afterwards, we went on a walk to cool down outside (it gets pretty hot when you cram 30 people in to 20 sq ft of an apartment). We sat down on a rock and ended up talking about how we only wanted to date each other. Then he kissed me.

It was magical. And perfect. There were fireworks :)  

A gazillion days later.... HE PROPOSED

Devin and I were serious, and we both knew we wanted to marry each other, but I had no clue when he would pop the question. Over Christmas break he flew home to Arizona to see his family and go on a family reunion cruise. He told me he would be home on Saturday. I was counting down the days! At the time, my best friend Whitney was planning to leave on a mission and told me she wanted to get some pictures with her best friends at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. and see a production going on that night She told me to look realllllly cute and we met half way to head down town. We were walking around outside freezing our bums off. I was getting really impatient and wanted to go inside when Devin called me. For some reason he asked me 5 times, "How are you?" After I was thoroughly confused he said "turn around." He was down on one knee, had the biggest smile on his face, tears were brimming up, and he was holding the prettiest shiniest ring ever! 

I couldn't believe it! I had no idea he was going to be there. It was THE coolest surprise of my life. I said "YES yes yes YES" after asking what he was doing home so early and kissing the crap out of his face!! 

Extra Credits

Apparently, the reason we were out in the cold for so long was because Devin's flight had been delayed.. Why? Because a cat had peed in the plane on the previous flight.  Does it get any funnier? He was planning to land at 6 and propose at 7, with a calculated driving time of 30 minutes in between. His flight was delayed and then scheduled to land at 6:50 pm. He kind of freaked out.  He had no cell phone service on the plane and couldn't get a hold of anyone to tell them he was going to need more time. He walked to the front of the plane and talked to the the three mid-twenty year old flight attendants. He told them he was planning to propose to his girlfriend that night and need to be there earlier... The three girls freaked out and started brainstorming.....

One of them talked to the pilot, and he sped the plane up. Apparently Devin said you could feel the plane pick up speed dramatically. Another flight attendant gave Devin the WIFI code so he could get a hold of my friends and let them know he would be a little late. And finally, when the plane landed one of the flight attendants welcomed everyone to Salt Lake City but told them to stay buckled. Her friend Devin was going to be late to propose to his girlfriend and he needed to be the first one off that plane, or so help her. She told everyone to stay buckled as Devin awkwardly ran to the front of the plane while everyone clapped and cheered him on. "You go Devin!" "You can make it!" "Get the girl!" 

And he did. 

Wedding Day - Saturday, April 26th, 2013

We were married in the Salt Lake Temple with all of our closest friends and family supporting us. 

We had a ring ceremony at the Hidden Valley Country Club and a beautiful reception as well. We spent the night in Salt Lake and flew to Miami, Florida the next day. 

We spent two nights in Miami and boarded our cruise ship for the Bahamas!

We visited Nassau, Grand Turk, and Half Moon Cay. It was incredible. I will never forget it! 

We returned from our cruise ship to Arizona and had an open house that night. We spent a few more days in AZ and loved every second of it! We finally flew home a little burnt, a little tired, but more in love than I ever knew was possible.

And that is our story!