Thursday, July 24, 2008

The beginning!!! :)

Stephen and I first met at our work, Ameripsych. Which is the company he is currently still working for. In June of 2006 we began talking on the phone and having short conversations that were a little more than just work related. The conversations gradually increased in time and staying up late at nights not wanting to get off the phone! You know...well then we started to go out on Friday nights. We went out to dinner every Friday for a couple of months and then it became more frequent to hang out in the middle of the week and it was by March of 2007 that we were full on dating. We had so much fun together. It was so easy to talk to him. He was understanding, and caring, and listened. He shared things about himself, I shared about myself. We laughed and joked. We just liked to be with each other and liked how it felt to be arount each other. We talked about everything, we watched a variety of movies, we went to some art shows, we made suckers, we made meals, we went to movies, we went shopping, we went to his band shows, we played board games, and on and on and on. We had so much fun together and it was definitly moving in the direction of marriage. Now Stephen loves to write and is great at it. Now to make sense of this, for his birthday and Christmas I had made him a book with pictures and a scrapbook page. It just told a story of the things I loved about him. So when he proposed to me, he made me a book, similar to what I had done for him. He had taken pictures of me and of us and then wrote about what he saw from the pictures. I cried through nearly the whole thing since he is such a sweetheart and writes so well just said in such beautiful words how he felt about me. I loved the book also, as he attempted to use my scrapbook supplies and make cute pages within the book. Oh how much cuter can you get! :) So, we were engaged on May 4th. Now, this summer I have had some health concerncs related to stress and because of that we ended up deciding that rather than a full on wedding we would go to Maine and elope. Then have a celebration back in AZ in August when we were originally going to get married. So over the 4th of July weekend we went to Maine, which is where he is from, and got married there. Now we are married and we love it. We are happy and having so much fun! We are looking forward to the celebration in August and excited to have family and friends and lots of fun! :)

9 comments:

Jess said...

Welcome to blogging! I have a blog too...check it out even though my life is far from exciting.

JT42 said...

wow! what a story, can't wait to hear more...eloping huh?!? ;) it sounds like you two are incredibly happy...keep posting, i love reading what others are up to. our blog: thornock42.blogspot.com-you can read all about our new little addition :)

Tiff, Adam, Lily, Gemma and Linus said...

Congratulations!! I'm so excited for you two! I'm also very excited you have a blog--I miss all of your stories, and the drama that seemed to revolve around you, so you'd better be good about posting! :) I also have a blog, and I'll tell you that pictures are a must-have, so I hope you post plenty of them! Good luck with everything! Love ya! Alvey

Kary Ann Hoopes Photography said...

Congrats. WElcome to the blogging world, too. We can't wait to meet him!

Darbie said...

Congrats! Did you get to go somewhere fun for your honeymoon?
I can't beleive how long your hair is! You look so good. It's been awhile since I've seen you.
I hope the Luau is fun. If we lived closer, we would definately be there.

Ang said...

How cute is that?! Well, congrats on a 4th of July wedding. That is really great. Hope the luau is fun. I still don't know how I'll be able to get there, so it's still up in the air for me. It would be so fun though to see everybody and meet your new hubby. Welcome to the blogging world also -- it's a great way to keep in touch!

Carissa J said...

That is so sweet that he made you the little scrapbook about what he loved about you. So cute! I am so excited to see you and celebrate your marriage. Congratulations to you both! I'm way excited for you and excited to see you and meet your husband. Did you have any pictures with a wedding dress or anything? You look so beautiful in all your photos!

julie said...

Amanda, Congrats on your marriage. Your husband sound like a romantic kind of guy. That is very sweet to hear about the scrapbook pages for you, and isn't it great that he notices the good in you. I hope you will be very happy together. We're looking forward to celebrating with you in August.

Erin said...

YEAH!!! Congratulations!