Where do I start? Today is Aaron and I's 8th Anniversary. It feels like a lot longer than that...in a good way. It feels like I have known him my whole life. It is hard to believe I have only known him for about 9 years. In honor of our anniversary I would like to share our story with you. It might take a while so if you just want to skip to the comment part, I completely understand!!
Aaron and I were "set up" by his sister in law, Deanne. I worked with her teaching Preschool. One day we were talking and she invited me over to her house her exact words: "We are having some friends over tonight to play games, you should come over." I had no plans so I decided to go. When I got there...you guessed it...Aaron was the only one there besides Deanne and her Husband Mark. (I should input here that this is my story so I will tell it how I recall, if you ask Aaron he has a completely different side, but it is my blog so my story...). I decided to still play, Deanne said that her other friends bailed out...yeah right. So of Coarse I was on Aaron's team. Let me just say that it was not love at first sight...for both of us. I always dreamed I would marry a brown haired brown eyed man. Aaron was Blue eyed and lets just say, lacking in the hair department. To top it all off I was grilled by his brother, How old are you, are you dating, do you like this, what do you think of that, so on...It kinda got uncomfortable! The only question Aaron asked me that night was if I liked Star Wars...I answered no. He said, "Well, it was nice knowing you." And that my friends was our first meeting.
The next week he invited me to go out for Chinese food with him and his family. I don't know why I did but I said yes. I knew I still had to talk to Deanne at work I guess. There was like 10 people there and he paid for everyone...In my head I thought that he must be pretty well off, which is always attractive, no matter what you say!
The next week he called and asked if I would go miniature golfing and out to dinner with him...yep, again I said yes, he had money after all and a girl needs to eat!! It was a lot of fun. I even got a hole in one! He was such a gentleman and he made me laugh to the point I was crying, I tried to tell myself that it was too soon to fall for this blue eyed boy. And was I right! On the way home he asked me what my plans were for the next weekend, thinking that he has fallen for me and wanted to take me out I said, "nothing, and you?" He then passed the shock of my life..."I am going to California to see my girl friend." If we were not speeding down State Street, I would have jumped out of the car right there. We did not talk the rest of the way home. I jumped out of the car when it came to a stop and I slammed doors all the way into my house.
The next weekend when he was supposed to be in California he called again. He ask if I was still mad at him and that he thought that Deanne had told me he had a girlfriend. She most definitely did not. Aaron was just looking for a friend here in Utah, since he had just moved from Illinois. I told him, "do you hold doors and pay for dinners and bring flowers to all of your friends?" He replied "YES". I was so mad at him I said "aren't you with your girlfriend, why are you calling me?" He told me that he never got on the plane to go see her and he wanted to come see me...ahhh. The rest is history my friends, He came down every day after work from that day on and on the weekends he would spend the night at my parents house. We were engaged 3 months later and married three months after that. Someone really wanted us together, because as we both have said, it was most definitely not love at first sight. But I am glad that he was persistent and that he came to see me every night and has not given up on me for eight years!!
We were married in September, I graduated school in December and we moved to Illinois in March. It was a whirlwind of a year. We lived in Illinois for three years. It was really tough, but we grew so much together. We only had each other there. Looking back it was the best decision we could have made for ourselves and our marriage. After three years and a house selling out from under us we decided to move back to Utah, Okay I was just a big baby and needed my mom's help with the upcoming arrival of our baby, the house selling was just a final straw. Ethan was born One week after we moved back to Utah, I think it was the crazy 20 hour drive back to Utah that did it!! We stayed with my parents until we found a job for Aaron and got on our feet. We bought a condo in Eagle Mountain and Emilee Mae joined us here in 2006.
And that my friends is our story. I am grateful for the persistence of my husband. To this day he can do whatever he sticks his mind to.
Aaron I love you. Thank you for all of the love, tears, smiles, laughter and trials we have gone through together. Here is to eight years down and eternity to go!
Ethan: 
Emilee:
She wanted to push the button and lift the drill and do it all. Her new phrase to say is "I do it myself." And that is just what she wanted to do...put the chair together herself. 
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