A little about me.

So there's this silly little game going around Instagram lately where you get tagged and then you get to tell 5 things about yourself that others may not know about you. Because some of these were a surprise to even Aaron, I thought I'd write them for my posterity....with the explanations which I didn't give on Instagram.

1) I was on the Seminary Council my senior year of high school. I had to laugh because Aaron didn't know this and didn't know what it was either. I told him it was kinda like student council, but for the church and you don't run for it, you're called to it. Anyway, it was a total blast and I learned so much and made great friends.
2) I was proposed to 5 times, but engaged only once. Yep, totally true and totally a shocker I know! However, they weren't all with rings (thank goodness). The first one was when I was 19. We had only been dating for two weeks at Ricks College. He was a great guy, but SUPER anxious to get married and scared the living day lights out of me! When he told me his intentions were marriage with me, I gave him the hiatus and wished him luck. Left him crying in his car. Wow! The second was to a guy I was great friends with for a long time first. When I finally figured out that I really did care a great deal for him, I had already decided to serve a mission. He was determined to wait for me. He did give me a ring, but more of a promise ring. We wrote each other most of my mission until I got cold feet, all the way in Holland! I wrote him off but it ended  officially when I got home. It was a true heart break for us both. The third I didn't see coming at all! When I got home from my mission, I received flowers and a nice gift from a guy I shared the gospel with on my mission. I never once thought he had feelings for me. He wrote me a letter saying that he had received an answer in the temple that I was to marry him. Um, hello? This one really made me sad because he was a new convert, his testimony still fragile, but he took the decline well and I've always hoped he's remained true to the faith. We never talked again. The fourth guy was another good friend. I met him before my mission where we worked together on a night crew at the Home Depot. He was a Mormon, but not active. He was a great friend and we had lots of fun together. When I got home from my mission our friendship continued until he too let me know his feelings for me and that his intentions were also of marriage. He was not worthy to marry in the temple and I was not willing to compromise that most important choice for me. We went our separate ways. Then the 5th and final proposal was to the man worth waiting for! He was all that the others were and so much more! He was the complete package I was looking for. That's why the next thing will not come as such a shock!
3) After mine and Aaron's second date we were engaged and married 6 weeks later! (Why wait when you've found Mr. Right?)
4) I've competed in two triathlons. Both kicked my rear end!
5) I have an irrational fear of the ocean.

Kinda fun. Kinda dumb. But there it is nonetheless.