1. Where did you meet your husband? At Bishop Vance's house - our first activity in a newly divided single's ward. I call it fate. Pace, he liked my shoes. I later learned he IS a shoe horse. :)
2. What was the first thing you said to your husband? I think he spoke to me first, really. He and Gavin were sitting next to us (my sister and I - we were crying inside about having to leave our old ward...) They were sweet. Seriously, Pace told me he liked my shoes (they were pretty cool. Ha!).
3. Where was your first date? This is where the story gets interesting... An entire year later (after Bishop Vance and a counselor in our ward BOTH told Pace he should take me out, plus other people commenting on how we ought to get together...) we went out as a group of friends for New Year's Eve. (For more details on this read the "Wow Stories" post further down the blog.) Later in the evening we were at my house watching TV and... he kissed me. :) That counts as our first date. The next night we went to see the movie Spanglish (gay). But, I was struck, for SURE. Before New Year's Eve I had had enough time to see how great of a person he is, serving in the ward, being sweet to EVERYONE. He had started to notice me more too (in his own time)... And we HIT IT OFF. :)
4. Where was your first kiss? On the mouth. :) Just kidding, read above #3.
5. Did you have a long or short engagement/courtship? Short on both. Allow me to reiterate, we had had a year to get to know each other as friends/acquaintances... Once we actually started dating it took only 2 months to feel like we may be getting married (each has admitted to that), and just 3.5 months from the fist kiss to be engaged. We were married June 17th (do the math - that's 5.5 months from our first date). Exciting, perfect, and RIGHT. That's all I can say. Plus, a BLESSING!! With Pace I really feel like I won the lottery!
6.Where did you get engaged? On top of South Mountain - it's his "spiritual mountain". Very special. :) The little dork tricked me though. On our way there (it was his birthday - I had hoped he would propose that day, but...) he faked a phone call from his jeweler saying, "Oh, ok... So that one's been sold? Well, I'll have to bring her in again. I'll call you later." He just wanted it to be a surprise. I was happy when he pulled out the "birthday present" box hidden in his backpack and asked me to help him open it (a gift from his mom, supposedly). Cute. :)
7. How was the honeymoon? Fabulous! A 10 day cruise through the inside passage of Alaska. We played basketball at midnight with plenty of sunlight.. ate a ton. Hot tubbed on the deck. It was AWESOME!! Thanks, Kim and DeRay! (Pace's parents)
So... Let's hear some of your bE-ginnings. :) I tag Alishia, both Jamie's (if your name's Jamie, I tag you), Rachel, Keri, and Kimmie. I suppose, Kimmie, you won't mind filling this one out. :) Love ya!
