Tagged...How it all began!

1. Where did you meet your husband?

While at Utah State I made a good friend Brian Williams. Throughout the year he would mention things about his good friend Drew. We even went to California with a bunch of friends for Spring Break with the intention of visiting Drew on his mission. Don't worry we never made it to Long Beach. Anyway, October of my Sophomore year (2003) Brian threw a party at his house. While there, Brian introduced me to some of his friends from home, one of them being Drew. It was dark and the guys were throwing a football so I really didn't get to see them. Later on we put it all together that I was the girl at the party and Drew was the guy throwing the football.

Later in the spring after I had moved home for the summer Brian asked me if I wanted to go on a road trip to California with his friend who was going to LA to go through the temple with a member he baptised. After promising my mom that this was indeed the last road trip I would ever take and I assured her that nothing would happen. She let me go. I ended up inviting my friend Lisa to come along as well.

We drove down to Provo to Brain's friends house. When we got there we started repacking the car to make more room when this tall, good looking guy came running out of his apartment. Lo and behold it was Drew. I count this as our first meeting.

So we made our way down to Long beach. The whole car ride was not so fun. I was sick and Drew was really talkative and sure of himself which was a little overwhelming at first. It's funny that bothered me at the time because it's one of my favorite things about him now.

We made it to Long Beach. The first night we ended up sleeping in a church parking lot. In the middle of the night the sprinklers came on. We were soaked. Me and Lisa ended up sleeping in the car while the boys slept out on the pavement. A night I wont forget.


The next couple of days we stayed in the Brulee's (the member Drew was going through the temple with) Camper trailer that was camped outside on their front lawn. The next couple of days Drew went to the temple, visited some other members and watched the Kentucky Derby. So a lot of the time during the day wasn't spent with him. At night we all had fun hanging out at the beach and playing games.

To make a long story short. After we got home I thought I might run into Drew a couple of times while I was home for the summer but didn't think anything else would come of him. Boy was I wrong. A couple days after returning home Drew called. We hung out a few times with his friends. The next week we went on our first date. We went up the Provo Canyon with another couple. While up there he kissed me (fast I know). From then on we spent everyday together. With the exceptions of my trips to Hawaii, China and Lake Powell.

2. What happened next?

In August I surprised Drew last minute by not going back to Utah State and transferred to UVSC. When I told him I was staying I said, "This doesn't mean I want to marry you it just means I want to give us a chance." The first of October we broke up. I thought I wasn't ready to get married and didn't want to drag Drew along. We were both devastated, I spent the next day at work crying. I'm sure the customers thought I was crazy. I ended up leaving work early and driving up to Logan to spend sometime with friends. Three days later I came home and after talking with Drew decided we would date other people. That never happened and two weeks later got engaged. 3 months after that we were married in the Salt Lake temple on February 12, 2005.

That road trip was the best thing that ever happened to me. Life couldn't be better.

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