The Beginning

Since Marcus and I are new to the blogging world, we figured we might as well let everyone know how the two of us met. Never in my life did I imagine my life would turn out the way it did. How blessed and lucky am I to have experienced all that I have. I always knew that Heavenly Father had much more in store for me than I could ever imagine, so I was patient and lived my life day by day. Does anyone else believe in timing and know that every decision you make and experience you have will prepare you for what is to come. When I was deployed to California/Uzbekistan I was able to see Marcus before I left, not knowing that he was about to embark on an adventure of his own to Germany to serve a Mission. Once I was done with my deployment with the Military I decided to move to Djibouti Africa to work as a Civilian for ITT. What an adventure I had as I learned a new skill and made some life long friends. I was there for 11 months before I started to write Marc. It was all because of Katie (Marc’s sister) that any of this happened. She wrote me on myspace (an account I had for a day or two before she wrote, talk about divine inspiration) and told me to start writing her brother Marc. With hesitation I decided to go on and write him knowing that I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. I started writing him January 6, 2007. Not expecting an immediate response I was surprised to have a message from him the next day. I knew right away that this was something special, so I would write him once a week until he got off his mission in March. Then it was game on…I was so lucky to get to know him through phone conversation that would last for hours and also through msn messenger webcam. It made my last couple months in Africa go by so fast. Once I was home from Africa I flew out to see him in Germany for a week!! What a week that was…within an hour meeting him for the first time we were stuck in a traffic jam on the autobahn…wanting to just kiss him so bad I dove in!! HAHA…he was so shocked but I know that he wanted to kiss me and I was the one that had to make the first move!! THAT I DID!! That night we told each other that we loved one another…I don’t care what people say…when you know you are in love…you just know and I wanted to shout it to the world. While we were hanging out in Germany I felt as though I have always known him, I was so comfortable with him. I can honestly say that throughout this whole experience I felt as though I knew him so long ago and we were picking up the pieces from time lost. As he was dropping me off at the Airport I said to him…..see you in a week…because I was going to fly out and see him for another 10 days… I just had to go home and take care of some business. Within 24 hours of being home I received a voicemail from my sergeant stating that I will be deployed within a week and to pack my bags and take care of personal issues. I was heartbroken, I finally felt as though I can start to live my life and this was being thrown at me. All I could think about was Marcus.. I called him right away and let him know what was going on. We were both crying…just really heartbroken. Without hesitation Marc stated that he was on the next plane home… I was shocked…not expecting that from him. But that’s what you do when you love someone…you do whatever it takes. So that day he told his coach in Germany what was going on and he was on the next flight out. What a feeling that was, to know that finally I have found the one…and that is when I knew. I accepted the fact that I was going to be deployed again to the Middle East and knew that Marc and I were strong enough to handle this and it would only make us closer. Well the day we were supposed to fly out I found out that I was able to stay home…what shock and relief Marcus and I felt. My goodness…. I just can’t explain it. After that Marcus and I were engaged a week later, he surprised me at the Denver Temple…not expecting a proposal for a year or so. But time doesn’t matter when you know that you are starring into the eyes of the one you want to spend all of Eternity with. We didn’t plan on having a speedy engagement, Marcus was expecting to play basketball again overseas, but due to a hurt knee it was for the better that we stayed home. We are living in Laramie working and finishing up school, we know that we have great things in store for us. We are so blessed to be happy, healthy and have a loving family surround us. There is so much more to this story that I will share at later date.