2 years!

so, me and dust got married on this day exactly 2 years ago - october 21, 2006 :) it's so hard to believe that we have been married for 2 years already! time has really flown by, but i think that we've made the best of every minute we've had together. i love our story so much, and i'm just so thankful every day that we ended up together and that everything worked out. it all started back in 2003.....

dust had just gotten off his mission - and i mean just - when we met at the lcc/u of l annual basketball game. steve hubbard introduced us, and i think we were both interested right off the bat! it took us a week or so to actually "hook up," and he took the advice of many mission presidents and got into a relationship quick like. we held hands, and he kissed me at the door and THEN asked for my number - haha. he was really cute, and we had lots of fun dating. sadly, i was so not ready for commitment, and my actions proved it as i was back and forth and all around in my feelings about our relationship. he took it cuz he liked me and didn't want to ruin anything, but we eventually broke up after 5 months of dating. we both bawled like babies, and it wasn't easy cuz i think we both felt like it could have been right if it weren't for the timing. as we look back now, we sooo weren't ready for marriage, and the growth we both experienced over the next few years individually prepared us for the super awesome marriage we have right now :)



i wanted dust back within a few weeks of breaking up, but he had moved on already and realized how not ready i truly was, so he didn't buy my "i'm sorry, i want you back" line. he continued to date around (and some close friends of mine to boot!) while i wished things were different and that i had another chance. we both did our own thing for the rest of 2004, but i continued to want another chance with "my dust" as i liked to call him. he was such an amazing boyfriend, and i knew that if i could just get ready and if we could work the timing in our favor, we could have something special. he teased me everything once in a while and would call or stop by in between girlfriends, but i didn't exactly earn any favors during our relationship, so that's all i got. it was hard for me but so good in the long run.



in 2005, i decided to be adventurous and do some growing of my own, so i went to south korea and taught english for the year. i would get updates on how dust was doing from friends and still had a secret hope that he'd be around when i got back. so, it wasn't exactly good news when i heard he was engaged to another one of my close friends - haha. no, i was happy for him but a little sad that i really did have to find another dust. i followed their wedding plans through my friend, but then the wedding was called off 2 weeks before it was supposed to happen - crazy! my heart stopped when he told me over msn in korea, and i instantly felt so bad for him and for her - not an easy situation. i didn't think at all about us but was happy that he called it off if it wasn't meant to be. he continued to date while i continued to mature 1/2 way across the world. i loved korea so much and pretty much abandoned the idea of dust and lynz while i was there. i came back happy and excited about whatever life held for me back at home in canada.



dust was dating someone when i got back, and i was having fun getting to know new people and socializing with my new found zest for life. i was up in edmonton visiting a friend when i got a strange text from dust asking what i was up to. i totally freaked out when he told me that he broke up with his girlfriend because he couldn't stop thinking about me!!! we reminisced over msn about our 1st relationship, and we set up a time to hang out the day i got back. we were totally in like right away, and i knew the timing was right this time. we tried to take our time to actually start dating with everyone telling us to take it slow, but within a month, we were dating for the 2nd time :) we spend every waking minute together, and although i had some proving to do about my commitment to him, we had lots of fun and both had a feeling early that this was it. he proposed on june 30 right before my birthday, and it was one of the best days of my life! i was so excited and just so amazed at our story and that we got a 2nd chance and that it actually worked out like i had hoped.



dating was awesome, but marriage has been even better, and we are both so happy :) we have had so much fun during the last 2 years moving here and there and figuring out his schooling and changing jobs and hangin with family and friends and just being together. i love "my dust" soooo much, and he truly is my bestest friend! we can't wait for the next phase of parenthood coming up, and i can safely say that the last 2 years have been the best years of my life. 2 years down and eternity to go - i can't wait!