8 years ago, today...

Brian asked me to marry him. We had been officially dating for about 9 months, but had been good friends for much longer. That day we had driven up to SLC to watch The Testaments movie at Temple Square. While watching the movie I was cold, so I asked Brian for his coat (normally he would just offer it to me right away, but he was a little hesitant...come to find out, the ring was IN his coat pocket!). After the movie, we decided to walk around Temple Square and find a quiet place to read scriptures together. We walked and walked... and walked, I couldn't understand why just any old place wouldn't do. It was FREEZING!!!!!


We finally settled on a nice quiet place, and Brian pulled his scriptures out of his bag (well I thought they were his anyways). He proceeded to hand them to me and tell me it was my turn to read. I was soo cold and really wanted it to be his turn, but when I looked down at the scriptures he had handed me, I was in shock! They had MY name engraved on them...only with HIS last name!!! At that point I was so confused and just trying to comprehend what was going on. When I looked up at him, he was down on one knee with a beautiful ring. It took me a minute to realize that I really wasn't dreaming and that this really WAS happening! I never waivered in my answer...YES!

Here is a picture that I drew for Brian for Christmas, just 5 days before we were married:

This is one of our engagement pictures (Nov. 2000): I am so grateful that Brian found me, because I wasn't looking at the time. I really didn't know that someone so wonderful even existed. He is such an un-selfish person, a hard worker, and an INCREDIBLE father. I'm one LUCKY girl!