Well for the beginning of this little blog of ours I guess I will answer the most commonly asked question of, "How did you guys start dating?" It was quite random and not particularly in "the plan" for either of us. Bryce and I had gone to high school together and vaguely knew who each other was, but that was the extent of it. We were friends with different groups of people and surprisingly enough for as small of a school that we went to, I don't think we ever even spoke.
A few years passed, Bryce served a mission, I attended college, blah blah blah. Bryce returned from his mission this past summer while I was currently living at home finishing up my bachelor's degree. We both went to institute one night and a group of us ended up talking outside after. And okay, well, I have this thing where I like to tease all of the returned missionaries who were super awkward around girls and ask them if they want to hold hands or something. So I was doing my usual teasing and went and stood by Bryce and tried my hardest to make him squirm being so close to a girl, but to my dismay he was completely at ease and I was not even bothering him in the slightest.
After that night we kept talking at ward activities and he eventually got my number (from the bishop I might add) and we started texting. Every time we would text it would just be small talk and get to know you stuff. I guess you could categorize me as a somewhat impatient person, so one Saturday we were texting I was sick of waiting for him to ask, so I finally asked him first if he wanted to do something that night. He insists that I had barely beat him to the punch and he was going to ask right when I did. I guess I will give him the benefit of the doubt :) We went to a football game and then watched a movie at my house after. While we were watching the movie I was getting nervous and fidgety and wondering if he was going to make a move or anything. A little ways into the movie he looked at me and said "Hey can I trade you spots?" I was slightly confused and asked hesitantly "Umm...sure? Why?" He gave a suave reply of "Well, I kind of want to cuddle, but it's easier to watch the movie and cuddle if I'm on that side." I laughed but agreed and I guess that's where it all began.
I was genuinely surprised at how much I liked him. I definitely had no plans for a relationship in my near future, but it just kind of happened. We started seeing and talking to each other every few days...which quickly turned into every day. This went on for a few weeks and at this point I kind of started having a freak out...if you know me this isn't really that surprising. All I have to say is poor Bryce. He was so patient with me through the whole thing. Once we started seeing each other almost every day I got scared. I think I was scared of how right it already felt and how much I was liking him. In my head this wasn't good because I wasn't planning on this happening to me for a few more years...(like you really get much choice in the matter anyway, but I thought I did haha). So I got scared, freaked out, and....I broke up with him :( Not a proud moment for me, but it was a good learning experience. I was able to figure out my feelings and where I could see things going, and I surprised myself at how much I missed him. Four days later we went for a drive and then had a...dun dun dun...DTR (define the relationship) where we decided we were officially "dating." BIG step for me. After this, obviously there were still a few bumps and kinks to work out, but things just sort of fell into place. We were engaged on Christmas (that story will come in a later post) and are going to be married in the bountiful temple on March 10th. Hooray for us :) I am so excited and couldn't be happier!
-Kami
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