marriage meme

dad, mom, tom and me
terry, tom, grandpa russell
josh, micah, amy, gabi, me, abby, jamie, and ty
tom and me dancing
tom and me

i was tagged by kel and as i have been in the anniversary mode, i thought i would tell about my romance with tom...

where did you meet your husband?

i was in college at the university of utah, working at the canyon racquet club...everyday the "u's" tennis team would practice there...i made friends with a couple of them....the coach told the boys i was "off limits" because my dad owned the club..and i was a good mormon girl....i'm sure that was just the challenge tom needed...

First date?

we would talk everyday and then one night he asked me out...he was very nervous because he had never dated a mormon girl before...he had a jeep...it was early april...he called before the date, he was worried because the doors were off...he was worried that it would be too cold...anyway, we saw "all the presidents men"..it was a very fun date...from then on we dated...my parents weren't happy as he wasn't a mormon...he started coming to church....i kept telling him we were only friends...we couldn't get married...he would say fine...he didn't want to get married...but, then at the end of july...he said..it's too bad we can't get married...we would have great kids...that about killed me...i knew he was right...

where was the first kiss?

first kiss wasn't for about 6 weeks...i had really started thinking.."what's with this guy?" and then he kissed me on my forehead...that was really romantic to me...he later said he was so nervous to do that..

Was the courthsip long/short?

we dated from april to december before getting engaged...during that time i went to europe for a month...then when school started, he started taking the missionary discussions...he got baptized at the end of october...

where did you get engaged?

i knew that we were going to get engaged sometime soon, because in november, tom invited my dad to lunch and had the big talk where he asked for my hand...so when it actually happend, for about a week he kept teasing me that he had something for me...and never did, one night we were going to the "u" basketball game, he came to my house and we were in the front entryway, he said,'i've got something for you...and i said no you don't, then he pulled the ring out and asked me ..i was screaming...my family was in the kitchen...so we went to show them...it was exciting...later, he said he was to excited to wait.. we got engaged in the early part of december...BUT, then we were engaged until september when we got married...we waited until he could go through the temple...which we were able to do early because of a special letter from pres. kimball..

where did you get married?

we were married in the salt lake temple... the wedding was beautiful..as i said in my earlier blog..i cried all the way through it...it was such a happy, emotional time..

How did the reception go?

the reception was fantastic...we had it at my house in the back yard...the yard was gorgeous..the night was great...we had dancing and just alot of fun..i felt like a fairy princess...

How was the honeymoon?

we stayed the first night in slc at the hilton...tom got us the honeymoon suite for free, because he taught the owner tennis...then we flew to california and took the boat to catalina...tom's family has house there and we stayed there for a week of bliss...we hiked, explored the island...walked the town about a million times...since it only has about 3 streets..it was really fun...he showed me all the spots from his childhood days...then ,we went to his parents for a few days...diane's friends gave me a shower..that was very nice...when we got back to salt lake..our apartment was not done yet...tom had worked some more magic and we were staying "rent free"in a new basement apartment from another tennis client...they were such a nice family....the rent was that we would babysit for them and tom taught them tennis...so until the house was done, we went up to stay at my family's cabin in park city...and the honeymoon continued and we had kelly 9 months later!!!

so, that's the story, it's fun to remember those days...so i will tag...Marilee, Audrey and Susan