THe HiSTorY of US

WARNING: Super long post, stop now if you don't have at least 5 minutes =) I have told this story many of times, but it never gets old. I thought that it would be really important to put it down in writing . . .
Michael and I met when I worked at the Zions Bank in Magna, UT. He would come into the bank every other week to deposit his pay check- and every single time, my 50 year old co-worker, the 60 year old co-worker and I would watch him walk out and get in his sexy Mustang or on his motorcycle. And we all were thinking the same thing "What a freaking hottie!" So of course I didn't think that I had a chance. But one day when I was at a training, his mom came in and talked to the Virginia (my co-worker) and was asking if the dark haired girl still worked here because his son "fancies her". She said yes and as soon as Julie walked out the door Virginia called me to tell me the whole story. I was so excited. So the next Friday when he came in to deposit his check, even though I was on the drive thru window, I rushed over to the counter so that I could help him. We made lame conversation like "Any big plans for this weekend?" "Nope, you?" "Nope". Then he just left! I was so frustrated thinking that he just left with out asking for my number! But then, here came his Mustang through the first window of the drive- thru. He put his charm on hard core "Well if your not doing anything and I'm not doing anything, maybe we should do nothing together." lol. So I wrote my number on a bank receipt and passed it through the drawer- like a true pro.
That Saturday he called me to see if I could hang out that night, but I was nervous so I told him I had plans (which I didn't). So we decided to go walk around Jordan Parkway on Sunday afternoon. He picked me up and stopped at the gas station to fuel up and buy us some Gatorade, (It was the middle of June, so it was super hot). I thought that he was such a punk for stopping at the gas station on a Sunday, what a rebel! We walked around and had such awkward conversation- I seriously talked the ENTIRE time and he gave me 1 word answers. So he thought that I was annoying and talked to much- and I thought he was rude and cocky for not talking at all. Luckily his buddy convinced him to go out with me again, and I am a sucker for a free meal (that sounds so rude, but really, he is some definite eye candy- so not only was it a free meal, but I also got to stare at a hottie too)

So we started to date, "nothing serious, just hanging out" but eventually it got serious- and we were the only ones that we were seeing. We started to use the "L" word, talked every single day; saw each other pretty much everyday. So we started to plan a trip to visit his dad in Hawaii. One day we were talking and one of us said "Wouldn't it be funny if we got married while we were in Hawaii". We started to look around at websites, and found one- A Hawaii Wedding.com. We got to pick the location, if we wanted a photographer, a cake and even what preacher we wanted to marry us. Michael went and looked at rings and then about a week later he took me. Told me how much I could spend and to pick out what I wanted.
Can you believe that we kept it all a secret for over 2 months?!?! We went to Hawaii, and on Wednesday, May 10Th, 2005. We got married at about 6:00pm on the beach. The sun was setting, the waves were crashing and it was absolutely gorgeous. We only got 2 pictures, with a disposable camera, that we had the preacher take. On the way to the BEAUTIFUL hotel that we stayed at, I called my family and told them, most of them were pretty frustrated. (Michael chose not to call his family until after- I left that decision up to him). But by the time we got back to the main land, both of our families were supportive of our decision that we made. Both of our lovely mothers decided that we needed to have an "Open House" to celebrate our marriage. We invited close friends and family and had a really good time.

So that is the story. I love our story. Who else can say that they eloped in Hawaii?! We are still so in love; more so now than ever. We are also SO happy that we did get married.