Amazing Husband

I was reading a few other blogs recently and throughout the month of February there were many posts about how amazing everyone's husbands are, stories of how they met, or celebrations of Valentine's Day. I absolutely love hearing how other couples have met and how they have fallen in love with one another. I thought it would be fun to share "our" story....

It was the spring of 1997 and both Chad and I were living in the dorms at the University of Idaho (Go Vandals!). Our halls were paired together as big brother-little sister halls and I was the external social chair for my hall. Therefore, my roommate and I spent many afternoons/evenings hanging out at the boys' dorm with roommates Wayne Stigge and Josh Nelson. My roommate had a small crush on Josh, but I was more interested in the boy next door...Chad. The more time we spent on the hall the more my roommate and I got to know many of the boys over there and the more I had my eye on Chad. Eventually my roomamte lost interest, but I continued to hang out. Many afternoons were spent playing Mario Cart in Alex and Chad's room and soon it became a routine of playing video games in the afteroons. Thursdays, or "No Thought Thursdays" became a routine as well. I would be invited over for pizza and we would watch Thursday night t.v. "No Thought Thursdays" always happened in Chad and Alex's room.

Eventually, after many Mario Cart afternoons and "No Thought Thursdays" I gained enough courage to talk to Wayne about how much I liked Chad, while the entire time Chad was thinking that I liked Wayne. Well, thank goodness for Wayne otherwise Chad and I probably would've never gotten together. Wayne shared with Chad that I liked him and at first Chad didn't believe him. Chad questioned Wayne how he knew and Wayne's response was "from the source". Chad's comment was "What source?" Wayne replied, "From the source." Finally Chad understood and slowly it progressed from there. Eventually Chad and I went out on a date...our first date was a children's ballet performance; however, it was near the end of the school year when Chad and I realized we really liked one another so we exchanged phone numbers and saw each other a few times that summer. When we returned to school in the fall we were "officially" dating.

I could not be more thankful for the man that I have fallen in love with, married and will share the rest of my life with. I love that he makes me laugh, constantly tells me how beautiful I am, is patient, kind, loyal, and loves me with every ounce of his being. I too love him more than anything.

This picture is from 2006 during our trip to Guatemala, but it's one of my favorites.