The 4 year battle!!!

Today is one of those days where I kept looking at Trevor and thinking to myself "Man, I am so dang lucky." Lucky because, he could have given up the battle of 4 long years to win me over.

 I dont think many of you know our "Story." So, for just a fun recap to pass the time I will fill you in!

In 2006 I graduated High School. There was a Special EFY that was being held in June after I graduated in Showlow and Snowflake! I was told by my parents that this would be the last time that I would be able to attend EFY (I had only been 1 time before) so I decided to attend! My sister was going to be a counselor for it so I figured it wouldn't be that bad! I was going to be rooming with my cousin Mary and I was thrilled for that chance to spend time with her! I went to this EFY not expecting or even hoping to find friends from it because A: I was way older than anyone attending because I had already graduated High School and B: Why make friends when you get to go away to college and meet cute college guys right?!?

NOT....

The first day was nothing that I can remember but then the second day... oh the second day... there was this skinny blonde headed kid that was super cute but who knew if I was older than him! Maybe I will become friends with his little brother who was in our same group and see what happens from there. ......... I really cant remember details but all I remember is that by the end of the week we were together constantly and he was "Interested" in another girl in our group but still acted like he liked me a little. By the last night, with the last dance we dance every slow dance together... we had a blast and laughed so much together! The morning we all were checking out we said our goodbyes and I had this thought in my head of "dang it. I will probably never see this guy again because he is from Snowflake, In High School still and I was moving to college in a month."

BOY WAS I WRONG AGAIN.....

He emailed me the following day and asked if Mary and I would want to come meet him and his brother in Holbrook at the fair grounds. After some discussing with my parents I had the keys and my heart was racing and I couldn't contain my happiness! We went to to fair grounds, to Dairy Queen for Ice Cream and then to a park. We even held hands for the first time at Dairy Queen because I was so star struck by this guy and wanted too hold his hand... haha. Yes, I made the first move... :)

That date ended and then time went by. We "dated" the rest of the summer, which consisted of 24th of July festivities in Snowflake and a movie date in Flagstaff with a picnic at a park up there... it was so much fun but I couldn't continue to date this guy that I was falling head over heals for because I was moving off to college and he was going back to High School (yuck...) and it just wouldn't work out. So after him trying to convince me a couple times to stay around and go to school closer, we ended our "dating" and I went to school in St. George Utah.

WE kept in contact a little by email but nothing serious that whole year! The following summer we picked up where we left off a little and I just thought, "Oh you are going on a mission... I will be in Utah(the land of people getting married), who knows if I will be around when you get home." He tried giving me a promise ring but I laughed at him and told him my hate of boys asking girls to wait... and off he went to Serve a Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Russia.

Russia.... yeah right! Like I will be around when he gets home!

MAN I REALLY AM WRONG EVERY TIME.....

2 years passes and yet, I am still single (Thank You Mom for kidnapping me when I dated "Puke Boys") His younger brother (the one I met at EFY) emails me the week before he gets home and invites me to his homecoming. I work things out so I can come and I show up with Mary again!

OH MY GOSH... LOOK AT HIM... HE LOOKS SO GREAT, MATURE, AND SO HANDSOME.

My heart melted.. I couldn't keep my eyes off him. When our eyes first met, I think that same spark happened for both of us. To tell you the truth I seriously dont remember a word he said in his homecoming talk because I was probably thinking about wedding colors or something. haha :) After Sacrament we met out in the hall and he gave me a hug for the first time. Yes, I melted in his arms too.. :) I am so strange.. I know! I Brought my camera so we got a picture of Mary, Me, Him and his brother! The whole time we were taking pictures he had his arm around me and kept trying to tickle me like it was before his mission. (I hate being tickled and he knew it... but I loved him tickling me and he knew it) We went home after that picture and I came back a few days later and we sat on his parents front porch on their swing and talked. We talked about how the feeling were still there between us... and how much we wanted to make a relationship work. He kissed me, liked it was the first time (It wasn't the first time... the first time was at the movie in flag sorta and then at the 24th of July celebration back in 2006) We are now in 2009 people. 3 years later and these feelings for him were still there! I went home after that porch date and we lost contact. He got home in July and I didnt hear from him till September. He wanted me to meet him at the WInslow VS. Snowflake game in Winslow... I went even though I was annoyed at this Snowflake Boy that broke my heart by telling me he loved me and then never called me. Other details happened and I ended up moving to Utah to date another guy because this guy broke my heart and I was not gonna give him another chance.

YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE OUT THERE WAS MAKING HIM WIN ME OVER EVERY TIME.... I DIDN'T GET IT...

He some how one night got the impression to call me late one October night after I had gotten home from a date with my boyfriend in Utah... I answered... all those feeling came flooding back to me.

After 2 weeks of every night talking on the phone with what I told my boyfriend was "A friend back home that was having troubles and needed my help to talk too to get over the problems." After those 2 weeks I realized that the guy I was dating was nothing I wanted in a future spouse and that dating was going no where and so I talked to my parents and decided to move back home. I moved home during the middle of the week and by the weekend was going to be having a date with him again. We went on our date and those feelings were there. We had already told each other that we loved each other and wanted to date. There was no way I was gonna let him forget about me again....

I moved back the week after Halloween. We were engaged January 23rd, 2010 and Married April 23, 2010! After 4 long years of this back and forth battle to win him over we finally sealed the deal!

Back to the point of the post.... I look at him and realize how lucky I am that through 4 long years we finally were sealed for Time and All Eternity and now I get to spend the rest of Eternity looking at my best friend and eternal companion and realize how lucky I am that he chose me.