Thursday, January 26, 2012

100

Do you know what today is?

In history, January 26th was celebrated as Australia Day. It also marks the 20th anniversary of when Boris Yeltsin announced that Russia would stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.

Today is also my gorgeous and amazing cousin Rachael's birthday!
One of my friends should date and marry her because this girl is AMAZING. Happy Birthday Rachael!

But besides those very special things, today I have something else special in mind. 

Today January 26th, 2012, there are only 100 days left until I get to marry my best friend! That's 100 days left until the rest of my eternity! AH! Can you tell I'm excited? That also means that today is the last day in the 3-digits! 

SO, in honor of the next 100 days, here are one-hundred things I love about Trevor:
100. He thinks I'm funny 
99. He ALWAYS gets my door for me
98. He is spontaneous
97. He likes fish
96. He will always try new things
95. He knows how to fix cars
94. He can sing really really well
93. He loves good music 
92. He loves his niece, and already loves his new niece and nephew
91. He was an amazing missionary
90. He loves the gospel and is not afraid to let people know it
89. He is extremely down to earth
88. He always seems to know when it's "that time of the month" and buys me chocolate :)
87. He respects my hate for feet
86. He loves the out doors just as much as I do
85. He's a morning person
84. He's not much of texter- if he wants to get a hold of me or anyone else for that matter, he'll call them
83. He knows how to play video games, but never plays them because he'd rather be doing other things
82. He drives me places
81. He is SO supportive of all my goals and dreams
80. He can ice skate
79. He knows and loves the scriptures
78. He reads the scriptures with me and explains things I don't understand in a way that makes them exciting and easy to relate to
77. He'll go shopping with me even though he HATES it
76. He puts up with my moodiness 
75. He calls me in the morning to make sure I'm awake if he knows there's somewhere I have to be
74. He knows exactly what to do to make me laugh
73. He knows how to cook
72. He sets his standards really high and keeps them
71. If he says he's going to do something, he'll do it
70. He knows medicine
69. His memory is unbelievably good
68. He has high hopes, goals, and dreams for our future
67. He's very VERY smart and keeps very good grades in school
66. I can't remember one day that he hasn't told me I'm beautiful
65. He's athletic
64. He likes biking and hiking
63. He's never embarrassed to be with me, even if I'm acting crazy and twirling around the aisles when we go to the store. 
62. He always thanks me for the little things I do for him
61. He always says he likes the food I make even though I know it's really not good sometimes
60. He loves my family
59. He loves his familiy
58. He is never judgemental
57. He likes to step away from the norm sometimes and do things his own way
56. He knows how to cook
55. He follows sports and is always keeping me updated with scores and recent game updates
54. He knows more about biology and anatomy than i do and he hasn't taken one of those classes since high school
53. He takes his mistakes and learns from them so can become a better person
52. He is always willing to help when his or my dad needs help with stuff
51. He has so much love and respect for his mother
50. He idolizes his father
49. He can shoot and make a basket from really far away
48. He really listens to me when I talk to him
47. He LOVES skiing and teaches me something new every time we go
46. He loves camping
45. He is extremely good at compromising with me when we have different views about things
44. I can talk to him about anything
43. He has 100% trust in me
42. He'll try on anything I want him to when we go clothes shopping even if he doesn't like it
41. He tells me he loves me every day and I know he means it
40. He is a good role model for his four younger brothers
39. He is extremely charismatic- he can get along with nearly anyone
38. If ever we get in an argument or have a misunderstanding, he is always willing to talk about it and we can always work it out together
37. He likes animals
36. He loves the temple and has prepared all his life to take me there
35. He brushes his teeth every morning and every night
34. He loves my friends and understands that I need girl time sometimes
33. He can write with both his left and right hands
32. He puts up with my nagging every day
31. He knows a lot about personal finance and budgeting
30. If he doesn't understand something, he'll research it out until he does
29. He is extremely humble and selfless- he is always thinking about others
28. He LOVED his mission and always has an amazing story to tell from it
27. If he decides to do something, he won't waste any time, he'll just get out and do it
26. HE DOES DISHES!!
25. He has a gorgeous smile
24. He takes good care of the things that belong to him
23. He can drive a stick shift
22. He's a good kisser :)
21. We can always have fun and be crazy together, but he know when it's time to be serious
20. He likes sushi
19. He wants to learn Spanish with me
18. He is always willing to give advice when someone needs it
17. He's very tall
16. He always makes me want to be a better person
15. I am always happy when I'm with him
14. He lets me cut his hair
13. I know he will always be there to take care of me
12. He can sew
11. He hates drama and is very good at avoiding it
10. He is always honest with me
9. He has really good friends
8. He gets along with my entire family
7. He is really creative- he has lots of fun ideas for designing our future home
6. He knows how to build things and fix things up
5. He never complains about his personal responsibilities even though they are very hard to handle at times
4. He buys me ginger ale and holds me whenever I don't feel good
3. He loves traveling
2. He can't beat me at card games :)
1. He knows I'm a competitive person, so he picks his battles and says, "yes dear" when he knows it's not something he needs to argue about

I could go on... and oon. Haha but I'll just save that for another time. Man, I love this kid so much! Wish us luck in these next hundred days! I am SO excited!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Our Story Part 1: How We Met

It's about time I put mine and Trevor's story up... there's been a lot of requests for the detailed version so before you read on, go grab some popcorn and find some place comfy to sit because I promise you, it's a LONG one!

It was August 2011 just before Fall semester had started when I first saw Trevor. A friend and I had decided to go to an FHE activity for a pool party to get to know some more people in our ward. I got there a little late and quickly caught up with my friend who had already seemed to have made a million friends. We hung out for a bit, met a few people, but one boy in particular came up and started talking with us. He was flirting with my friend (obviously attracted to her, she's GORGEOUS), and we talked casually a couple times, but I didn't think much of him. I had never seen him before and quickly assumed he wasn't in our ward- I thought he had come with a friend or something.

I probably would have forgotten about him if I hadn't seen him again just a week or so later after a big YSA stake fireside. I was talking with a big group of my friends and there he was again! He seemed to know EVERYONE I knew, yet how come I had never met him before? Anyways, we talked a little bit more, he seemed nice but again, I didn't really think much about him.

Another week after that, Katie and I made our weekly trip to Top Hat when I recognized this same boy. He was there with his little brother, picking out a movie. He quickly recognized Katie and I and we started talking and actually getting to know each other. I found out his name was Trevor, he went to Woods Cross, graduated in 2007, knew pretty much EVERYONE I knew, except we never knew each other. Weeeird. Anyways, he mentioned that he had been working at Olive Garden and I-being the polite person that I am- promptly asked him if he could get me free food cause I LOVE that place :) his next line is great bahahaha and he'll never live it down: he said he could get me free food "Only if you go on a date with me!" Well, I'm not one to turn down meeting someone new (I'm also not one to turn down free food for that matter) so I agreed and we got one of his friends to go with us making it a double date. So, we exchanged numbers and just like that, Katie and I walked out of the store with a good movie to watch and a date for the weekend. Pret-ty good deal if I do say so myself!

Sooo Sunday rolled around and as I walked in to the chapel, much to my surprise, there was Trevor. Yep, ladies and gentleman, he was in my ward. Good thing we weren't "dating" we were just going on A date right? Cause I'm not really in to the who wardies dating thing.... yeeeeaaaaah... ANYways he pulled me to the side after sacrament meeting and we reminded each other of our names as he made sure I was still on for the date that weekend.

After church he texted me to see if it was alright to call (side note: this was a definite turn on! I hate boys who can text and text, but seem to have a problem with talking to you on the phone. And I wasn't about to start a "texting relationship" - been there, done that). So he called me and said that he would love to see me before our date on Friday. He knew I liked watching Psych (something we had discovered we both liked when we were at the movie store), so he suggested that we get a group of friends together and have a Psych movie marathon at his house on Monday. Well, I was down, it would be nice to get to know him better before the date anyways, so I gave Katie a call and it was planned.

Psych night started out being really fun! It was great to get to know Trevor and his friend better, and it's always fun when Katie and I can hang out and be our crazy selves together. But the whole night, I was a little uneasy about how I should act around Trevor. He was way nice, suuuuper flirty, and I could tell he liked me, but I didn't know him well enough to really decide how to be around him. As soon as the shows started I could tell he wanted to hold my hand- and he had his arm around me before I could really decide if I should let him. I really didn't want to start this friendship off with the wrong impression, and I really didn't want to lead him on. Needless to say, I knew he liked me from that point on which was greeeeeeat, but I really didn't know how I felt about him yet. I had just met the guy!

Thus began all the loops and back and forth emotions that occupied the beginning of me and Trevor's relationship and make it a funny story! I'll refer to it again and again... and again later :)

That pretty much sums it up for "How We Met!" I'll have Our Story Part 2: The Dating Life up sometime soon... then the proposal, THEN I can get on to the fun stuff like wedding plans: cake flavors, bridesmaid dresses, flowers, colors... are you as excited as I am??

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

News!

Well bloggy friends, I decided that it was pretty important I share with you a little okay, HUGE piece of change that just showed up in my life. 

Remember this guy from my last post?
Weeeelllllll...
... he was my boyfriend until last Thursday (December 29th) when he proposed and I said YES! 
We're getting married!!

You're probably thinking what?? Who is this boy? And why haven't I heard much about him until just now? Well get ready, because my blog is about to be bombarded with stories... I just need to find the time to write it all.

All you need to know now is that I'm completely smitten and utterly in love. :). I cannot wait to start our life together!

*Don't worry, I'll have the meeting and proposal stories coming soon! I just wanted to get the news out there before too many more people find out through some other source.

Can I gush for a moment? Just LOOK at those eyes! I love this picture.
 I love you Trevor!!