(read Part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here)
Outdoor concerts are great, aren’t they? The atmosphere is so fun and free, the music is great and the food seems to taste even better, just because you’re outside. It’s one of those near-universal experiences people love.
Which is one reason they have tickets. Because if it were free, the venue would fill up too quickly, people would fight for seats and we’d have “Children of the Corn”. And nobody wants that. So, you have to buy a ticket to go.
And that’s exactly what I forgot to do for this date. I thought I could just call up the day before the concert and buy tickets. Turns out, Peter Breinholt is slightly more popular than I gave him credit for. Which means I didn’t have any tickets for the concert on Friday.
But I did get them for Saturday. So, I called Heidi, Jimmy and Heather and we were able to move our busy student schedules out one day and head to the concert on Saturday afternoon. And, believe it or not, all went according to plan.
We had a great time and really enjoyed ourselves. Proof? Here’s the picture:
We had so much fun, we decided to go out again. For 10 hours. A date that included “My Fair Lady” at a small theatre in Orem, Brick Oven and lots of talking until the wee hours. I may or may not have broken her guitar string, too. Which ended up being a great excuse to see her again.
Let’s just say, the ball was rolling. We went on a lot more dates, had tons of fun and I was glad we were dating exclusively. I even went home with her for Thanksgiving with her brother and a friend of theirs.
There were a few bumps in the road before that fateful day on April 30, 2001, when we were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple and a few after. But it’s been, with only one exception, the best thing that ever happened to me. The exception?
Every day since.
(to be continued…for all eternity)
Awwww! Sooo heart meltingly sweet! Be good to each other!
Thanks so much! I will do my best!
Oh this was so much fun reading how you guys met! I’m kinda sad it’s over! (The story, not you guys!). Thanks for sharing this – it made me smile. And miss you two.
Thanks! We miss you guys, too. I’ll try to put more stories like this up from time-to-time. I’m hoping to do less politics and to make what politics I talk about more uplifting and informative. We’ll see how it goes.
I enjoyed reading your story! You should publish it in a mini-book and put it with your library of books! It was great! We had lots of laughs about it too! Now whenever I think of you, I’m going to think of you dancing in the copy room with your arms straight up in the air!
Thanks for the idea, maybe I’ll do that! Maybe I should have left the dancing part out…:)
Hahaha, no, it’s good that you left it in there! It was funny!
I love this story, and the ending gave me goosebumps. Thanks for sharing, m. I am so happy for you and your family that you found each other and get to live happily ever after!!!
Thanks, Janice, that’s really nice of you!
Aww, I feel the same way about you, Love! Thanks for sticking with me through all my craziness. You are wonderful.