Travis and I (for Rachel)

Rachel wanted me to blog about me and Travis. I hate to dissapoint, so here you have it!!

On Super Bowl Sunday in 2002, my friends Alexis, Kayci and Alison seriously dragged me to this stupid Super Bowl Party at our friend Jeremy's house from the singles ward that we were going to. I remember feeling like I was dragged there because I SOOOOO did not want to go. I actually had other plans that night, with a BOY!!! I just remember complaining the whole way over and I kept thinking to myself I am leaving as soon as I can. I was quite the bitter girl. I wonder if they even remember that. Anyway, we get there, we walk in, and I see tons of people watching football. My eyes immediatly focus though on this guy sitting on the couch, massaging some skanky girls shoulders.

He is really cute, I thought to myself. But he is obviously taken.

Because I am in no mood to talk to anyone because I am just being bitter and trying to make a point to my friends that I really don't want to be there, I go to the back of the room and into the kitchen where people are scarce. There is just one guy in their, a friend of mine, and he is making the dinner. I ask if I can help him, little did he know it was so I didn't have to go watch football.

From the kitchen I can still see everyone in the front room watching the stinking Super Bowl. I for some reason keep looking at that guy sitting there with that girl. I notice how he is the hottest guy in the room by far. Next thing I know, the guy gets up out off the couch, and comes into the kitchen. I don't say anything. He gets a cup out of one of the cupboards and gets some water.

Oh, he is getting some water for his girlfriend down there, I tell myself.

With my back turned to him now, I continue to cook. Then I see someone stand beside me. I look over, and the cute guy from the couch says something to me. I wish I remember what Travis's first words to me were, but because I was in shock that the hot guy from the party was talking to me, I have no idea! Anyway, from that second on he stood in the kitchen talking to me. I loved every minute of it, but I kept wondering something.

Doesn't he CARE at all that his girlfriend is watching us talk for this long?? Is he like a player or something??

So I finally asked him...

Shouldn't you go back to your girlfriend down there??

To which he told me she wasn't his girlfriend at all, just a girl that like him alot. That same thing could be said for a LOT OF GIRLS in our singles ward. Example- The Relief Society President was apparently in love with Travis, and when we started officially dating and it got serious, she turned into Super @*#$*! on me and said the most horrible things to me and about me in Relief Society. AND she tried to break us up by talking to Travis and my friend Jeremy (Travis's roomate) behind my back!!! Jeremy said that she asked him to try to make us see that we shouldn't be together, and that instead SHE and TRAVIS should be together!!! SKANK!!!! Can you believe that??

Anyway, it obviously never worked because 2 months after we met we were engaged. Oh and that night (superbowl night) there was a Fireside at the church building that I was going to with my friends, again cuz they were making me, and I asked him to go with me. He left the Super Bowl and came with me. THAT IS HOW I KNOW THAT HE LIKED ME! I didn't know this at the time, but Travis has never missed a Super Bowl in his life, but he left before that one was even over, just to come and hang out with me some more!

Our first date was about a week or so after we met. We went to Chilis, I think goofy golfing, and then to the movies. For some reason, out of all the movie choices I picked BIG FAT LIAR. I have NO idea why I picked that movie. I didn't even know what it was, all I knew was that it was a kids movie. Travis later told me that when I chose that he thought, Wow, if this works out with her I will never be able to see a normal movie in a movie theater again!!

He asked me to marry him on April 23, 2002. I had just gotten done playing some good pick up volleyball, and he had called me to see if I wanted to get a bite to eat. Of course I ALWAYS wanted to see him, so I said sure.

We just went to Applebee's. I am not a fan. But I didn't really care that night for some reason. After that we went walking around the Temple, and were just talking up a storm as usual. I was all stinky and sweaty in my vball clothes. We had had many walks around the temple as he lived over in that area. The first time we ever talked about getting married was on one of the benches at the temple.

He started to get all mushy on me (and I am sure you can imagine my excitement over the mush). He started saying things like Someday when we go to Golfland we can tell our kids that that was where we went on our first date, and that that bench over there was where we decided that we wanted to get married to eachother, and THEN he got down on one knee right in front of the visitors center with a ring in his hand and said And this is where we can tell our children that I asked you to marry me. I said YES obviously. We then got married on July 12, 2002. So we have been married almost 6 1/2 years. I can't believe it has been that long! Anyway, that is the story of how Travis and I got together. The short and sweet version if you can believe it. It is funny because I DESPISE football. Always hated the Super Bowl, and now I have it to thank, (and my old roomates) for meeting my husband!!!