Our Engagement

I love our engagement story, because I feel that it is unique and super romantic :)

I knew that an engagement was quickly approaching, but I had no idea that it was going to happen the way that it did. Teddy was talking about how he wanted to make a trip up to Utah to visit his sisters and he asked if I would like to join him. I thought it would be fun to have our first road trip together, so I jumped all over the opportunity! It would be the first time meeting his two oldest sisters, Ariane and Emily. Teddy told me that they wanted to have a "girls" lunch together, so that we could get to know each other a little better...secretly I was a little nervous about this! Lol. Like I said earlier, I knew that an engagement was coming, but we had planned to go ring shopping when we returned home from our vacation, so I had no expectations for that weekend.

The trip up to Elsinore, UT was great! It gave us time to talk and grow even closer together. We arrived Friday night and we stayed with his sister Emily. The next day we had our "girls" lunch and the guys had a plan to go shooting. It was the beginning of February and the grounds were covered in snow. It was a nice get away from the dry desert of Vegas. The lunch went great and I instantly fell in  love with his sisters, but I was also excited to get back to see my Teddy :)

When we got back from lunch, the boys were just returning from their shooting excursion. Teddy was excited to take me out on a 4x4 (a little bigger than a four wheeler) that his Aunt Connie and Uncle Milo let us borrow. Because everything was covered in snow, we had to make sure that we bundled up nice and warm. It was so thrilling to be riding through the mountains with the crisp air brushing our faces!

 As were riding along, we came up to a gate in the middle of the road. Teddy stopped the 4x4 and got out to check and see if we would be able to fit through the small opening on the side of it. After a minute of inspection, he asked to me get out and have a look to see what I thought. As soon as I got out, Teddy "spotted" an animal to the left of us. I turned my head and right away I saw it...

 "Will You Marry Me?" was neatly placed in the snow with sticks. As soon as I saw it I turned around and found Teddy on one knee with the most beautiful ring! Of course I said YES!!! It was a total surprise and I couldn't have planned anything more perfect!

Teddy had it all planned out. The "girls" lunch and the shooting with the guys were all a ploy! The guys did get together, but they were in on it too! They helped him set the scene :)

It was absolutely perfect, straight from a fairy tale!! Thank you Ariane, Emily, Dion, Corey, Connie, Milo, Hunter, Brandon, Oakley and Finn for all of your help during that special day! :)

Our Love Story...

Our love story is one of Teddy's favorite things to talk about and one of my favorite things to sit and listen to :) I will try to do my best at this story to bring it the kind of sweet romance that Teddy always seems to add.

It all began in the Fall of 2012. I just returned to church from a stint of inactivity :[ One of my co-workers invited me to attend a singles ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. {The BEST decision I could have ever made}

It was a beautiful time in my life, I finally decided to remove all negative and degrading aspects out of my life, I started to feel the Spirit once again and I began making new friends. It was a complete switch from the life I had been living. I finally had found true peace and happiness.

Sometime in early October I attended a new member class, which is a one time class to fill out paper work and get to know certain members of the ward and find out when activities are held. Teddy was part of this committee and had the lucky opportunity to get to meet all of the young single ladies who were new to the ward ;) 

Little did he know, I had already knew who he was through a friend of mine who had nothing but good things to say about him. I remember when I first saw him it amazed me at how happiness and light shone forth from him. Immediately you could tell what a great and wonderful person he was. And little did I know, he had his eye on me from that one time I had attended the new member class.

About a month after attending the class I got asked out on a date...but not by Teddy! It was your typical "get to know you" type date and right away I knew that things weren't going to go past friendship with this nice young man. A few days after that date I got a Facebook message from a Teddy Huntsman :)

{ I really didn't get his first message until I got the second one...I felt really bad! I was NOT ignoring him :) }

As a little side note, and I think possibly Teddy's favorite part of the story, the day after the "non-advancing" date, the young man bragged about his multiple dates he had over the weekend in a church meeting...where Teddy happened to hear. Teddy asked him which girls he had taken out and when he found out that one of the girls was me, the fire was lit! According to him, there was no way this other guy could win me over! It was game on from that point on...even though the other guy didn't even come close to comparing to Teddy :)

We planned a date for the next Saturday, which was November 24th...a day after Teddy turned 23. I remember the days leading up to our first date, I was so excited! Me and my cousin Kortni had long conversations about it! It was a very nice first date, no boring moments or awkward silences. We enjoyed dinner at Cafe Rio and as Teddy would say, "the rest was history."

November 24, 2012: Our first date at Cafe Rio

December 5, 2012: Our first kiss

December 9, 2012: We became "official"

December 14, 2012: The first time we said, "I love you" to eachother

February 2, 2013: We got engaged in Elsinore, UT {next blog}

April 27, 2013: We were married and sealed in the Las Vegas, NV Temple for time and all eternity <3