I'm writing this blog post about 4 months after my last one.  Boy, when you talk about change that's what's happened in my life!  Right now I'm engaged to the most wonderful man I have ever known and I couldn't feel more blessed.  I waited for what seemed a long time but it was very worth it.  I wanted to tell you all our story of how we met and fell in love.  He fell in love quicker, but for me like the saying goes it came a bit more softly.  I love him very, very much and I wanted to start our story at the very beginning when we met.  I hope you all enjoy.  Disclaimer: this is MY side of the story. :)

It all started on the night of July 18, 2014 when I decided, reluctantly, to go to a campfire with my friend Miranda.  She had been invited by an old mission friend to his late birthday party and she asked me to go with her.  I was reluctant because it was late, I wasn't in a good mood, and I wouldn't know anyone there except her and a guy friend we were taking as well.  Finally I agreed to go and we jumped into her car and took off.  We got there about a half hour later and I was a bit nervous to go there since, again, I wouldn't know anyone there.  Of course, Miranda loves to mingle so I was left talking to other random people.  I heard several conversations while I was mingling and talking to different people, though there was one particular conversation that grabbed my attention.  There was a group of guys talking to one particular boy about his beard and how he should get a beard card when he went to BYU in the fall since his beard was way too amazing to shave off.  I thought it was a bit silly but didn't say anything about it.  He did have a rather large beard and I noticed he was wearing a do rag, a hat over that, and a t-shirt and jeans.  I didn't know what to think of the conversation only that I though it a bit silly.  I moved on though and I ended up talking to one boy (I don't even remember his name) about our missions.  The boy with the beard ended up in our little conversation and not too long after he did the other boy wandered off to another group.  I started talking to him and we intr
oduced ourselves.  This boy's name was Joshua and he was from a place not too far away in a tiny town called Firth.  He had come there because he knew the guy whose birthday it was from his mission as well.  We started talking about our missions and that's pretty much all we talked about. I was surprised by how comfortable and easy it was to talk to him and even give differing points of view without hesitation.  We talked for what didn't seem like a long time when all of a sudden Miranda is telling me it was time to go.  As I was about to leave I wondered if Joshua would ask me for my number since we had talked for quite a while and I had definitely enjoyed it.  I hoped he would and as I was about to leave he rushed over and he asked me if he could get my number.  I was glad he did and happily gave it to him.  Soon we left and took the half hour drive back home.  I had no idea then how much that bearded boy would change my life and how it would never be the same again.

The next segment will be our first date.  Stay tuned for more to come!