Introducing...

Okay, so I'm going to attempt this blogging thing. Hopefully it'll work out. I'll start by introducing myself and my husband Evan.
I am Stephanie, I'm 28 years old. My husband is Evan, he's 26 years old. (I know...cradle robber) We met online through LDS Chat. I had just recently started looking at dating online and met Evan in November. He asked for my number right away, which I wasn't planning on doing, but after we had talked for awhile, I decided, what the heck, and gave him my number. We talked a few times on the phone before deciding to meet. We had planned on going to temple square to look at the lights, but he had just finished a night at work and didn't feel like walking around, so I invited him over to my friend Liz's house to watch a movie and play games. So, we met on December 6th, 2008. It was a great night. We had a lot of fun. It seemed to me that he wasn't really interested. I had a few night classes that I was taking and we talked a lot on the phone, but I wasn't sure how things were going exactly. Then one night, we were talking and I told him that if we ever got to the point of saying I love you, it would be a big deal for me because I had never said that to anyone before. He asked me if I thought that things were going that way. I told him that I hoped so. Then he told me that he could already say it. He told me that he knew the minute he saw me on that first date that he loved me. I think it was only a couple days later before I told him that I loved him. We saw each other much more. I got to know his family pretty well. Then, we started talking about marriage.
Feb. 14th, 2009, Evan made me close my eyes as he drove me around town. When I opened my eyes, we were downtown across from Temple Square. It was snowing of course that day, but we ran over to the side of the Salt Lake Temple where some sister missionaries were. He asked them to take some pictures of us. As I walked to the fence, Evan told me to turn around. He was on his knee and asked me to marry him. Even though I knew it was coming, it was such a great experience. I think the sister missionaries were more in awe than I was, but it was awesome. I will never forget it. Then he took me back to his parents where we announced that we were engaged and went to lunch at the spagetti factory.
We set our date for Sept. 12th. Long engagement, but we needed all the time would could have to plan. We bought my dress at Modest by Design for less than $300. We also got the groomsmans ties there. We decided on simple outfits for our wedding party. Blouses, skirts, & sashes for the bridesmaids. White shirts, black pants, and ties for the groomsmen. Our colors were brown and light blue. Our flowers were our accent colors, bright orange and pink.
We hired a decorator, who was fabulous!!!! And for the reception we had Leatherby's cater. My mom did our engagement pictures at Murray Park. Then we found Michelle to be our photographer. She did such an amazing job. She took the pictures for our ceremony as well as my bridals.
Dum Dum Dum Dum...Sept. 12,2009 arrives. I was totally calm that day. One of our groomsmen called 2 hours before the wedding and said he had to work, which I thought should make me panic...nope. Totally calm. It worked out by moving a few people around. Kari did my hair, which was beautiful! The waiting for everything to start was the hardest part and when it came, it seemed to go by so fast, but it definitely was the happiest day of my life.
I never knew that I would fall so completely in love with someone. If you had told me that I would fall in love so quickly, I would have laughed at you, but it happened. That seems to be the way it works in my family. My mom and dad were engaged after only 3 weeks. My brother wasn't much longer than that I believe. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be I guess. I always hoped to find someone like Evan, but didn't believe he really existed. I love him so much!
Anyway, back to the story. Our reception was from 4-6:30pm, which I would suggest to anyone...it was awesome. We headed from there to a hotel in Salt Lake for the night, then off to Vegas!!!! We stayed at a Holiday Inn in Henderson, about 9 miles from the strip. It was so much fun, but you have to pack some good walking shoes. Lots and lots of walking. We didn't make it all the way through the strip, but we had a lot of fun. We had one of those artist guys sketch us...it was pretty funny. I look like a beaver, Evan looks like a white Tiger Woods. I'll try to scan it somehow to post.
But, we are now, back in Utah, living in his parents basement while we save up some money, starting our lives as a married couple. We are excited. We have a lot to look forward to.