*Warning: this is a long and somewhat mushy post :)*
Story of us....
Tyler and I went to high school together, but never dated. We were friends, our friends were friends, and I even dated a lot of his friends. We claim we both had a tiny crush on one another but never did anything about it...we were too busy dating other people. But I always say that if we would have dated it high school, it probably wouldn't have lasted. I guess that's why they say things happen for a reason right?
Fast forward a couple years...Tyler served a mission in Chihuahua, Mexico from 2009-2011 about the same time I was busy waiting for another missionary and being a nanny in California.
I came home for the week for my missionary's homecoming and this was the first time Tyler and I saw each other since he left for his mission. He claims he eyed me down until he finally got me to come over...which may have been true, but I gave him the hug first so I say we're about even. Long story short, things didn't work out with the missionary, we both knew we needed to go down other paths. But I can't say I'm not glad I waited it out just to see. I learned a lot about myself in those 2 years, dating other guys and figuring out what I wanted in my future husband. Plus, I don't think I would have "met" Tyler again either.
We ended up hanging out that weekend before I flew back to California..while I must add, Tyler was technically on a date with another girl. But that night we stayed up until 3 a.m. texting and from that night on, we texted
every day without fail once I left Utah. I had a weeks vacation coming up because the 2 boys I nannied grandparents were coming to visit. So what did I decide to do? Of course fly home (I'm pretty sure that's what I spend half my money on that I made..flying back and forth from home to Cali).
My first night back home, Tyler stayed home to do all his homework so he could hang out with me the rest of my week there. Well guess what folks? That's exactly what happened. The entire remainder of my week home...we spent every night hanging out. My parents would probably claim that it was more than just every night considering the fact that I wouldn't come home until 2 or 3 a.m....but hey, I was only there for a week, I had to make the best of it. That was it. We were done for! Saying goodbye that Sunday was one of the hardest things I had to do. But yet at the time, I wasn't quite sure why.
Only a couple days later had I figured it out. I couldn't stay in California anymore. It was time for me to go home for good. This seemed crazy at the time because I felt like there wasn't much there for me. I had taken a year off of school, I didn't have a job, and I loved my life in Cali at the time! But yet, I knew it still was what I needed to do. Only one little mystery...I hadn't told Tyler. I was keeping it a secret. Why might you ask? Let me tell you....
The weekend I was coming home for good was the weekend of my dear friend Haley's birthday. Haley is one of my greatest friends that I met out in Cali. We were both nannying out there and became inseparable. She had invited me to come back to Utah with her for the weekend long before I had decided to come home for good. This was my perfect opportunity! Ty had told me time and time again that he would drive down to Sandy (where Haley's hometown is) just to see me before I had to go back to work. I had loved the idea at first..until I decided to come home that is. So folks, I had to tell a little fib. I wouldn't let him come see me and when it was time for my parents to pick me up and drive me home while I sent Haley back on a plane to Cali, I led Tyler to believe that I was getting on the plane right along with her. However, about 2 1/2 hours later, I was walking through the door of Tyler's house while he had just sat down to eat a bowl of pot roast and potatoes.
That was it my dear friends! From that moment on the two of us were literally attached at the hip. We spent every day and every night together. I think the longest we went without seeing each other the whole time we dated was 2, maybe 3 days. We dated for an entire year until we finally tied the knot. Just like every couple does, we had our ups and our downs, but neither of us would have changed the way things worked out. By Christmas time we were talking marriage and that October we sealed the deal.
I couldn't have found a better best friend and eternal companion! Tyler spoils me with love. He knows when to hold my hand and say I love you, he tells me I'm pretty even when I'm sweaty and gross, he rubs my feet and tickles my back, he makes me laugh, he knows just what I'm trying to say even when I make no sense at all, he deals with my mood swings with a smile on his face...as you can see the list goes on and on. He's been my best friend for almost a year and half now and will be for the rest of eternity. I'm one of the lucky ones who's able say I'm in love with my best friend, forever and always!
