10 years ago..............

I have always thought that Wes was just the cutest thing. We were always really good friends in high school and we hung out together often. He was hilarious back then, wearing his latest find at the arc or just walking down the hall in a wife beater (I think that's what those white tank tops were called). We lived across the street from each other all during high school and we were in the same sunday school class all through those years too.

Wes has always been very sweet, when we were 16 I went to stay with my dad for a few weeks during the summer out in Ohio. He thought I was staying there permanately so he sent me flowers and a letter telling me that he wanted me to come back and that he wanted to take me on a date. I had no idea that he wanted any sort of realtionship beyond friendship. When I returned home, we did go on our first date, although the second date didn't come until much later. I was a difficult teenager, not always seeking after the best things and I felt that Wes was just a really good friend. He was more like a brother type to me then and I always felt somewhat protective of him.


A few days before Wes went into the MTC, my cousin Karen told me that he was leaving and that we should go see him before he leaves. I had not seen him for a while and I think he was a little surprised that we had come. It was really good to see him but even then I didn' realize that this would be my eternal companion someday.

A few months after Wes came home from his mission,  I had just moved back from Cincinnati, it was the beginning of December and I was coming out of my mom's house and walking to my car when he pulled up behind me. I heard he was home from his mission but I had not seen him yet. He walked up to me and gave me a big hug. He looked so different to me, I had always thought that he was cute (how can you not?) but it was the first time that I really thought he was HOT!. We visited for a minute and then he left and I could not stop thinking about him. I didn't think that he would want any sort of realtionship with me because surely he had girls waiting in line for him. But, a few days later he called and asked if I wanted to go to the luminarias at Berg Park. Um, YEAH! That was our first date 10 years ago...and everything fell into to place after that. I am so grateful for him. He works so hard for us and I just love him. I truly feel blessed to have him as my eternal companion.