If I could describe our love story in one word it would be, timing. Timing was a big part of the way things happened for us. We both believe that we are were we are today, because a lot of things happened its own time. People ask me if I'm bummed I didn't know him in high school, or right him on his mission, and I'm really not.
This is the short version of our story. There are lots of other details, that I feel are to be kept personal and not all over the internet. But I'm happy to share this little part of our story.
Part One// How we met.
Mckay and I met, In the winter of 2008, and things got off to a slow start, at least in the beginning. My best friend was dating one of his best buddies, Chan. One night she decided to invite me along. It was a super cold night, and them being boys wanted to go have a bond fire in late november. I didn't know any of these boys other then Chan. I was just excited to go hang out with Jess for the night.
Mckay's cousins actually have a little cabin up in Vivian Park, just up Provo Canyon. The boys all had their trucks at that time, and had them filled with wood, and blankets, chairs and food. They were as it sounds very prepared.
We got all set up around the fire in the back, be and Jess wrapped up in blankets as the snow kept getting thicker and thicker in the air. I started looking around and all these guys that were there. No one really stood out to me at first. I started watching these two guys start pouring gas onto the fire to get ready to start it, Mckay being one of them. They lit their matches they brought, and nothing. No fire. The match didn't even stay lit. "Freaking idiots. These guys seriously cant start a fire, with wood, gas, and matches?" This continued for a while actually. I knew they were a bit embarrassed. Mckay was really funny about it. Thats kind of what caught my eye with him. We all started packing up and headed back down to Chan's house. I was kinda surprised. These guys were actually kind of funny. I liked them. When we got back, Jess had to leave and she was my ride so I didn't really have a choice. They all thought we were leaving because they were all Idiots. But I was kinda bummed. I figured I probably wouldn't ever hang out with them again. Especially if things didn't work out with Jess and Chan. So that was that. I had hardly a conversation with Mckay, and from that day forward, he was always in my mind.
Part Two// Re Acquainted
At this time in my life I was a dental assistant at Stonehaven Dental in Lehi. It just so happened that one of the Doctors there was actually Mckay's brother in law. I actually remembered the night at the attempted bond fire, Chan told me that Mckay was family with these doctors. I really didn't think much of it at the time. But I ended up having a conversation with Dr Eric about Mckay, I ended up making the connection there. This was in early January, That Eric and I started talking about Mckay a little bit, but I still hadn't seen him since that night. Eric came over to me one day and handed me a paper with Mckays number on it. He told me that Mac wanted me to call him sometime. I was like "What? He want me to call him?" Well, that wasn't happening. At the same time, I didn't want to totally blow him off. I thought he was a really cool guy. So I decided to sent him a message on Facebook, and tell him that I lost his number and that if he still wanted to get together he could call me. I left my number and that was that. I never heard from him. So about February I get a text message from him while I was in salt lake, doing a youth fireside. I was invited to come and sing for some youth, and It was a saturday night. The text message said that it was Mckay, and that he wanted me to come to their game nights that they had every Sunday night. I was actually super excited. I was so happy that he finally got in touch with me and invited me to go do something again. So Sunday night comes around, and Jess and I head over to his friend Riley's house. There were a few other girls there and some more people I didn't know. It was so fun, thats when I really knew I had something for Mckay. I had never laughed harder in my entire life, then when I was with them. We get playing and a couple more guys come down stairs. It was Cameron and Dan. I remembered Cam from the night up at Vivian but not Dan. Dan was actually super friendly to me. We only played a couple more games till everyone started heading out. Mckay left and I didn't even know it. He had left to go take his nephew home and did't even say anything. Well, Dan ended up asking me out on a date. I wasn't surprised though I thought he was super nice and a cute guy, so I had no problem saying yes. I'd kinda felt Mckay lost interest anyway. And that was the last time I heard from him....
Part Three// Timing is everything
I didn't really know how Mckay felt about things, It had been 3 months and I hadn't really seen him. I was assisting Dr Eric in the office one day, and I asked him what his plans were for the weekend. He went on to tell me that they were all going up to Heber to meet Mckays new girl friend. I hand't felt anything quite like it before. I got annoyed, jealous, regretful, and sad, all after three words. "Mckays new Girlfriend."
Later that month Dan and I went over to the house to hang out with everyone and mckay was there. With her. His new girlfriend. Dan and I went and sat on the couch and as we did, I looked over an saw Mac and her getting cozy on the couch. That was it for me, I knew those feeling were there and very strong. And this point Dan and I had been dating for about 3 months. We weren't super serious, and I don't need to go too much into detail about our relationship. In May of that year I went to Hawaii with some girlfriends and my sister. Dan and I talked before the trip, because he was going on a Golfing tournament with his dad out of town as well. I just told him a little bit about how I was feeling about the relationship and that we would talk when I got back. I think he defiantly felt that things were pretty much ending completely with us.
After I got home from Hawaii, I was running around town doing some errands, and I decided to sent Mac a text, and yes, It was completely out of the blue. I just wanted to kinda see what was up with him. I cant even remember what we talked about at all, but I know the conversation was positive. Later that week I was home at my apartment and I get a phone call from Mac. He said that all the guys were going up to their friend Jason's cabin and that he wanted me to come along. I didn't know this but he actually called Dan to see if he was ok with it. Everything ended up working out great. I called some of my friends and we met all the boys at the BP. (Bachelor Pad) The funny thing, is that they were all actually living In Dans home. His family moved out East and let Dan and all his friends live there. Yeah....things got awkward a few times.
We all piled in Trucks. Jess, my other girlfriend, and I went with 2 of the guys, and Mac went in his Truck with some girl. I was a little bugged. He was the one that invited me and now he was taking up some other chick. I brushed it off, and actually took advantage of the opportunity to ask these two of his friends, about him. I wanted to see what I could find out. I wasn't too worried about the fact that they were going to pick up the hint that I was into him. They told me about his last few relationships and everything that kind of happened there. I knew then that I had a shot, and this weekend was probably it. If nothing happened while we here then its not going to happen at all. It seemed like we always had the timing off, either he was dating some one, or I was. We didn't talk or see each other, then we did. So it was now or never.
Part Four// Were it all began
It was such a fun night! We started playing some games and thats when everything started changing. I would catch him staring at me, he would catch me staring at him. Just giving off that vibe of, "K lets just say what were both thinking, and stop wasting time" But it still didn't happen. I remember during the game that I had to take a phone call, and it was an upsetting phone call. But I cant remember anything about it. Mac could see that I was a little annoyed when I came back. We continued the game and I looked up at him a cross the room, and he just asked if I was ok. Just moving his lips. I nodded that I was. I ended up going to sit by him and we started having normal conversations for the first time since I had met him that night in November. He had this way of making me laugh till my whole body was in pain! I LOVED IT! The night went on and we all turned on a movie. I was down on the floor on a bean bag by my self when I heard him say "He ash come here" I resisted for a bit till I finally decided to go over to his bean bag.
PAUSE ||...
K I know how this is sounding. Total typical cliché lets snuggle and live happily ever after, but honestly thats how it was and It was perfect. I don't know how else to put it. I know people want a "non typical" story to kind of be different I guess. For us, after we finally got there, It all fell into place for us. We stayed up the whole night talking and getting to know each other. Making up for times we could have but didn't.
We got everything packed up to go home and he took me back. On the way I asked him what his plans were for the rest of the weekend. I really didn't want things to fizzle out. Some one had to get aggressive to keep things goin. He told me that he was up for doing something and that he would call me with plans. We went out to dinner at Chilis, It it was the best experience I had at Chills ever! Haha.
Mac and I had an incredible summer together. I've never felt anything like it. I had some one who actually treated me like they gave a damn. I'd never had a relationship like that before. I had some one who was always making me laugh, who genuinely had the best interest in what happened to me. 2 weeks into it came the I Love You's....shortly followed by an engagement ring, which was then followed by the happiest moment of my life. We were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on September 24th 2009.
And it still continues. January 16 2012 came our sweet angel. We love being parents, and wouldn't trade it for anything, not even to be by ourselves again. The story of the two of us was just a little part in the story.
To be continued........
After I got home from Hawaii, I was running around town doing some errands, and I decided to sent Mac a text, and yes, It was completely out of the blue. I just wanted to kinda see what was up with him. I cant even remember what we talked about at all, but I know the conversation was positive. Later that week I was home at my apartment and I get a phone call from Mac. He said that all the guys were going up to their friend Jason's cabin and that he wanted me to come along. I didn't know this but he actually called Dan to see if he was ok with it. Everything ended up working out great. I called some of my friends and we met all the boys at the BP. (Bachelor Pad) The funny thing, is that they were all actually living In Dans home. His family moved out East and let Dan and all his friends live there. Yeah....things got awkward a few times.
We all piled in Trucks. Jess, my other girlfriend, and I went with 2 of the guys, and Mac went in his Truck with some girl. I was a little bugged. He was the one that invited me and now he was taking up some other chick. I brushed it off, and actually took advantage of the opportunity to ask these two of his friends, about him. I wanted to see what I could find out. I wasn't too worried about the fact that they were going to pick up the hint that I was into him. They told me about his last few relationships and everything that kind of happened there. I knew then that I had a shot, and this weekend was probably it. If nothing happened while we here then its not going to happen at all. It seemed like we always had the timing off, either he was dating some one, or I was. We didn't talk or see each other, then we did. So it was now or never.
Part Four// Were it all began
It was such a fun night! We started playing some games and thats when everything started changing. I would catch him staring at me, he would catch me staring at him. Just giving off that vibe of, "K lets just say what were both thinking, and stop wasting time" But it still didn't happen. I remember during the game that I had to take a phone call, and it was an upsetting phone call. But I cant remember anything about it. Mac could see that I was a little annoyed when I came back. We continued the game and I looked up at him a cross the room, and he just asked if I was ok. Just moving his lips. I nodded that I was. I ended up going to sit by him and we started having normal conversations for the first time since I had met him that night in November. He had this way of making me laugh till my whole body was in pain! I LOVED IT! The night went on and we all turned on a movie. I was down on the floor on a bean bag by my self when I heard him say "He ash come here" I resisted for a bit till I finally decided to go over to his bean bag.
PAUSE ||...
K I know how this is sounding. Total typical cliché lets snuggle and live happily ever after, but honestly thats how it was and It was perfect. I don't know how else to put it. I know people want a "non typical" story to kind of be different I guess. For us, after we finally got there, It all fell into place for us. We stayed up the whole night talking and getting to know each other. Making up for times we could have but didn't.
We got everything packed up to go home and he took me back. On the way I asked him what his plans were for the rest of the weekend. I really didn't want things to fizzle out. Some one had to get aggressive to keep things goin. He told me that he was up for doing something and that he would call me with plans. We went out to dinner at Chilis, It it was the best experience I had at Chills ever! Haha.
Mac and I had an incredible summer together. I've never felt anything like it. I had some one who actually treated me like they gave a damn. I'd never had a relationship like that before. I had some one who was always making me laugh, who genuinely had the best interest in what happened to me. 2 weeks into it came the I Love You's....shortly followed by an engagement ring, which was then followed by the happiest moment of my life. We were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on September 24th 2009.
And it still continues. January 16 2012 came our sweet angel. We love being parents, and wouldn't trade it for anything, not even to be by ourselves again. The story of the two of us was just a little part in the story.
To be continued........
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