Thursday, April 8, 2010
Honeymoon
Matt and I spent 2 weeks in Maui right after our wedding. We enjoyed the Grand America Hotel first before taking off for the Hawaiian islands. The trip was absolutely amazing. We had the best time together enjoying the dense foliage and fabulous hospitality. We were lucky to hop back and forth between Matt's parents two condos in Maui, which were amazing. We also spent 4 nights in Hana, which is on the less commercialized side of Maui and is a keen place to visit. Matt and I especially enjoyed hiking through all of the waterfalls in Hana.
Friday, July 17, 2009
HOW WE MET
“He who love touches walks not in darkness." Plato
Every year a mountain biking extravaganza takes place in Moab, UT. People from the greater Salt Lake area travel to Moab to bike its treacherous, pristine mountains. In the beginning of 2008 Matt decided to join this trip for another Moab mountain biking adventure. The weekend before the trip Matt met Kevin at a church institute class. Kevin was also planning on attending the Moab trip and an instant friendship was created. Matt and Kevin drove to Moab together. They spent the whole trip talking and sharing stories about current and past relationships along with their hopes and dreams for the future.
You might be wondering, right about now, “Why am I reading about Matt and Kevin? I thought this was a love story about Matt and Megan.” Well, Kevin is an essential part of our love story…at the time of the Moab trip, Kevin had already gone out on a number of dates with Megan, and Matt and Kevin spent part of their Moab trip talking about these dates.
About a month after the Moab trip Kevin decided to set Matt up with one of his girl friends. Kevin and Megan took Matt and his date salsa dancing at Studio 600 in Salt Lake. This was Matt and Megan’s first meeting. Prior to going dancing Matt and Megan had some time alone while they waited for their dates to get ready. They talked about their jobs and politics and found each other fun and attractive.
Salsa dancing was enjoyable, but didn’t hold everyone’s attention for too long. Eventually the group found themselves singing karaoke and busting out dance moves. Matt was the stealer of the show. He was belting out songs from Micheal Jackson, Coldplay, and Aretha Franklin. Matt’s musical talents know no bounds. :0) Matt and Megan sang one duet that night to Blink 182’s song, I Miss You.
The following day Megan and Kevin met up at church. They both realized their dating relationship was coming to an end. Later that day Kevin called Matt and mentioned that he didn’t know what Megan was thinking and that he didn’t know if he was interested in pursuing the relationship further. Matt promptly indicated that he was interested in Megan. Kevin was taken back by this statement from Matt and the conversation promptly changed. About a week later Kevin called Matt and left a message sounding something like this, “Matt, if you are still interested in Megan here’s her phone number.”
Matt called Megan and they went on their first date to an Italian restaurant and miniature golfing. A year and one month later Matt proposed to Megan and they will be married for time and all eternity on August 8th, 2009.
Every year a mountain biking extravaganza takes place in Moab, UT. People from the greater Salt Lake area travel to Moab to bike its treacherous, pristine mountains. In the beginning of 2008 Matt decided to join this trip for another Moab mountain biking adventure. The weekend before the trip Matt met Kevin at a church institute class. Kevin was also planning on attending the Moab trip and an instant friendship was created. Matt and Kevin drove to Moab together. They spent the whole trip talking and sharing stories about current and past relationships along with their hopes and dreams for the future.
You might be wondering, right about now, “Why am I reading about Matt and Kevin? I thought this was a love story about Matt and Megan.” Well, Kevin is an essential part of our love story…at the time of the Moab trip, Kevin had already gone out on a number of dates with Megan, and Matt and Kevin spent part of their Moab trip talking about these dates.
About a month after the Moab trip Kevin decided to set Matt up with one of his girl friends. Kevin and Megan took Matt and his date salsa dancing at Studio 600 in Salt Lake. This was Matt and Megan’s first meeting. Prior to going dancing Matt and Megan had some time alone while they waited for their dates to get ready. They talked about their jobs and politics and found each other fun and attractive.
Salsa dancing was enjoyable, but didn’t hold everyone’s attention for too long. Eventually the group found themselves singing karaoke and busting out dance moves. Matt was the stealer of the show. He was belting out songs from Micheal Jackson, Coldplay, and Aretha Franklin. Matt’s musical talents know no bounds. :0) Matt and Megan sang one duet that night to Blink 182’s song, I Miss You.
The following day Megan and Kevin met up at church. They both realized their dating relationship was coming to an end. Later that day Kevin called Matt and mentioned that he didn’t know what Megan was thinking and that he didn’t know if he was interested in pursuing the relationship further. Matt promptly indicated that he was interested in Megan. Kevin was taken back by this statement from Matt and the conversation promptly changed. About a week later Kevin called Matt and left a message sounding something like this, “Matt, if you are still interested in Megan here’s her phone number.”
Matt called Megan and they went on their first date to an Italian restaurant and miniature golfing. A year and one month later Matt proposed to Megan and they will be married for time and all eternity on August 8th, 2009.
THE PROPOSAL
"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with."
Mark Twain
In the early morning of June 13th, 2009 Matt and I headed down to Manti, UT to attend the weddings of our good friends, Clover & Steven Espinoza and Kate & Justin Clifford. Both weddings were wonderful and very spiritually uplifting. Matt and I felt like the temple wedding sealers were addressing us instead of the couples being married. After the wedding celebrations we headed home; however, Matt had other plans. Instead of taking the road back to Salt Lake, he took an alternative road heading to Scofield, UT, where his parents have some land and a cabin. Once I realized where we were headed I playfully asked Matt where he was taking me. I knew the proposal was coming, and Matt was becoming slightly frustrated with my inquisitive nature. :0) He stated in fake angry tone that I knew where we were going and not to spoil it.
Well the adventures were just beginning. We decided to take the road less traveled to Scofield. This road goes through a state park, which we thought would be scenic and peaceful. It was definitely scenic, but I'd question its peaceful nature. About 15 minutes into the park the road turned from gravel to dirt. Then it started pouring rain, then hailing. Before we knew it we were slipping and sliding on top of a mountain road with no trees around us and lightening dancing across the sky. I was mortified and Matt was pretty nervous himself. We were both praying we would make it safely off the mountain. Eventually we made it back into the thick of trees, which made us more comfortable even though our car was still slipping back and forth. Eventually the rain stopped and an hour and half later we were almost to Matt's parents place. I stress almost! The roads were still very muddy and cliffs were all too prominent. It felt as though we were in a virtual reality video game the way the car would slide back and forth. The road forked at one point and we decided to turn right, but the mud was too thick we ended up turning back. On the alternative road we came across a fallen tree which looked difficult to pass over, and caused us to take yet another road. This road led us to a huge boulder covering the entire road and making it impossible to pass. We ended up turning back again and this time trying our luck to get over the tree. We made it and were able to get to Scofield safely with only a few added gray hairs. :0)
Once in Scofield we changed and Matt built a fire in the wood burning stove. We talked for a while and then Matt asked me to stand up while he got on his knee. He realized, however, that he had left the ring in the other room, so he quickly ran and got it and came back. He talked about his love for me and made lots of promises for our future and his desires for our family. He then asked me to marry him. I was a little chocked up from his kind words and so it took me a minute to respond. I said yes and Matt slipped the ring on my finger. It was really a wonderful time!
After this we talked for a bit and roasted marshmallows. We then called my parents and sister to share our good news.
Mark Twain
In the early morning of June 13th, 2009 Matt and I headed down to Manti, UT to attend the weddings of our good friends, Clover & Steven Espinoza and Kate & Justin Clifford. Both weddings were wonderful and very spiritually uplifting. Matt and I felt like the temple wedding sealers were addressing us instead of the couples being married. After the wedding celebrations we headed home; however, Matt had other plans. Instead of taking the road back to Salt Lake, he took an alternative road heading to Scofield, UT, where his parents have some land and a cabin. Once I realized where we were headed I playfully asked Matt where he was taking me. I knew the proposal was coming, and Matt was becoming slightly frustrated with my inquisitive nature. :0) He stated in fake angry tone that I knew where we were going and not to spoil it.
Well the adventures were just beginning. We decided to take the road less traveled to Scofield. This road goes through a state park, which we thought would be scenic and peaceful. It was definitely scenic, but I'd question its peaceful nature. About 15 minutes into the park the road turned from gravel to dirt. Then it started pouring rain, then hailing. Before we knew it we were slipping and sliding on top of a mountain road with no trees around us and lightening dancing across the sky. I was mortified and Matt was pretty nervous himself. We were both praying we would make it safely off the mountain. Eventually we made it back into the thick of trees, which made us more comfortable even though our car was still slipping back and forth. Eventually the rain stopped and an hour and half later we were almost to Matt's parents place. I stress almost! The roads were still very muddy and cliffs were all too prominent. It felt as though we were in a virtual reality video game the way the car would slide back and forth. The road forked at one point and we decided to turn right, but the mud was too thick we ended up turning back. On the alternative road we came across a fallen tree which looked difficult to pass over, and caused us to take yet another road. This road led us to a huge boulder covering the entire road and making it impossible to pass. We ended up turning back again and this time trying our luck to get over the tree. We made it and were able to get to Scofield safely with only a few added gray hairs. :0)
Once in Scofield we changed and Matt built a fire in the wood burning stove. We talked for a while and then Matt asked me to stand up while he got on his knee. He realized, however, that he had left the ring in the other room, so he quickly ran and got it and came back. He talked about his love for me and made lots of promises for our future and his desires for our family. He then asked me to marry him. I was a little chocked up from his kind words and so it took me a minute to respond. I said yes and Matt slipped the ring on my finger. It was really a wonderful time!
After this we talked for a bit and roasted marshmallows. We then called my parents and sister to share our good news.
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