Waterfalls

Alright so when we left off I was on my way with a group of boys to a beautiful place just outside of Calgary called Elbow Falls. When we got there we explored the area, took a bunch of pictures and just enjoyed the Falls. This is where I learned how fun Matt was (My husband Matt not my friend Matt, but my Matt was my friend, to lessen confusion we will call my friend La Chief which has kind of a funny story behind it). Matt and Mitch decided to go across the Falls (which I thought was crazy considering it was freezing!) but they had a blast, froze their feet and just laughed about it.

So that trip sold me on it. I wanted to go on a "real" date with Matt. Well a couple days (or maybe a week) later I got my chance. Now there is some background to this, Matt and I have a lot of people that are mutual friends and acquaintances. One of those friends happened to be awesome and had discussed with me who I liked in our Ward, what was going on in my life and a whole bunch of different things. Well he also had spoken with Matt and after a little bit of talking me up to Matt, I got a phone call. It was about 10:00 at night. It was Matt calling and wondering if I would like to go out to eat with him. I was ecstatic so of course I said yes regardless of the time and the fact I had to work in the morning.

So Matt comes to pick me up and we head off to Boston Pizza. Now when Matt had called I wasn't hungry but there was no way I was missing out on this opportunity so I told a little lie. I said of course I was hungry. So here we are sitting in Boston Pizza and the only thing I can even think about eating is a salad (typical of a snobby date that is watching her weight, which I btw was not) but I ate as much of that salad as I could and just had an amazing time talking to Matt and learning all about him.

On our way home we talked a bit more and listened to some great music. Matt dropped me off and before I left his car asked me out! A real date! Needless to say I was pretty pumped! So I got into my house and did what all silly girls do (at least I think they do) I jumped up and down and squealed. It would have been an embarrassing moment if anyone had caught it on film, luckily it was late and I squealed softly.

Our date was on Friday that week, well Matt and I went on our first non-date on a Tuesday (if I remember correctly). I didn't want to wait to see him and apparently he didn't want to wait either. So the next day he called me and we watched a movie, in fact every day up until Friday we did something.

So I am going to title this next section.

OUR FIRST DATE:
was awesome. The end.

Alright lets get real. Our first date was awesome but I will share some details. First off, I love Biology, this is important to note. I never told Matt I loved it, I just told him I thought it was really cool. So a couple days before our date I ask him what we are doing on our date and he will not tell me. So I don't know how to dress or how to prepare he just tells me he will pick me up at 5:32 or some strange time like that. So sure enough 5:32 he picks me up and I ask him where we are going.. still no use. So we finally arrive at our destination of the Calgary Science Center (cool right? I love Biology!). As we pull up he tells me that they are having an expedition called Body Worlds (I didn't tell him that I had seen it once before in Grade 11 and LOVED it). It was really cool, we went through all of the exhibits and saw some amazing things like a lamb that had only the blood vessels intact. It was a lamb shape and let you see how amazing the body is to provide blood to every area! I loved it! We then watched the movie at the end that was pretty cool but also kind of funny. We laughed through it and held hands. Then onward to our next location.

Matt took me to a Japanese Steak House (can you say expensive?? I mean dates don't have to be expensive to be fun but I was super impressed and knew he had to like me quite a bit to be willing to spend this much on me!) It was amazing, they cooked the food right in front of you and put on a little bit of a show with fire and food. It was great! I ate barely anything (It was 4 courses basically salad, soup, dinner and dessert) and spilled water all down the front of me which is a trait I believe I inherited from my Mother and have continued to do since that very first date.. Always spilling water on myself.

After the Japanese Steak House Matt and I went to a bonfire at Mitch's house where there were a bunch of people. We talked and had fun, watched a movie (It was a really long date clearly) and then it came time for Matt to take me home. Like a gentleman he walked me home gave me a hug goodnight and we went to our separate locations but not before I asked him if he was going to a party the next night and asked if he wanted to carpool. He did and with that it was time to hit the sack!

Alright the next couple months of dating are all a blur to me. We did something together every night basically. There was bungee jumping, eating out, movies, trips to Banff and a lot of talking. By the end of 2 weeks Matt had said I love you. It was out of the blue and completely unexpected but AMAZING. I was soo happy and felt the exact same way. By the end of 3 weeks we were talking about getting married. We didn't want to rush so we figured we would wait 2 months and then get engaged.

Crazy how fast things happen eh? (Throw in a little Canada for everyone)

The rest to come when I am done cleaning the house! (Or maybe a bit later...)

The blurry fadeaway...

Alright so where did we leave off? Oh yeah we left off a month ago with a blurry fade away. Well better late than never. So here goes.

Back in Jr. High I wasn't the most popular girl in the world although I am sure you already guessed that. I had a few close friends and we had a lot of fun. One of my friends [Megan] introduced me to a new student. He just happened to be a member of our church and had a few classes that were the same as mine but just at different times. So when I was leaving a class he was going in. I immediately developed a HUGE crush. I loved red-heads and what was even better was that he had an English accent! I was immediately head over heels. Needless to say countless sleepovers were spent discussing this cute new student [Matt] who had just moved from England.

As the days went on I finally got my chance to start hanging out with Matt. We became good friends and he asked me to go to our Grade 9 Graduation with him. I was ecstatic! It was a dream come true. We had a lot of fun, talked quite a bit [which was new for us even though we had become friends because believe it or not Matt was quite shy -- I know what you are thinking "Yeah right" but it's true really!]

After that night we talked a lot, hung out in a group quite a bit but nothing really happened. Then came Grade 10. Matt met Mitch [His best friend to this day] and things changed. We stopped hanging out in our group, I got new friends and so did he. We were still friends but not in the same way. At the end of Grade 10 my parents dropped a huge bomb on me. We were moving. Not just a little move, as there had been plenty of those in the past, but a huge move, almost to the opposite end of the Country. We were moving to Ontario, Guelph to be exact. My first thoughts "Guelph, what kind of a name is Guelph! It sounds awful!" and I held on to that thought all the way across the Country and for quite a few months after that.

So Guelph wasn't all that bad, I met some great people, made some great friends and became particularly good friends with one of the girls in my ward at church, actually we became BEST friends. She has stuck by my through thick and thin, but that is another story.. we are supposed to be talking about me and Matt!

Anyway quite a few years and boyfriends later I was finishing up College in London Ontario. I went to Fanshawe for Dental Hygiene and worked extremely hard to get good grades and Graduate on the President's Honour Role (I am a nerd, what can I say, granted English was not my best subject as I am sure you will notice). I finished up school and moved back to Guelph where my parents were still living and searched for a job. I didn't have to look long before my parents informed me that they were moving to BC (I of course was going with them, Ontario still wasn't home even after 6 years). I figured this move would get me at least a little closer to my true home, Alberta.

So on to the move, this wasn't a first or last for me. In the few short years we lived in Ontario I moved 3 times. Living in Calgary we moved 3 times as well, before that in Edmonton I can't even remember how many times we moved (but believe me it was a lot, I mean I moved twice in Grade 1!) Onward we went to the beautiful Kelowna, BC. It was gorgeous, summers were hot, the mountains were beautiful and I got to live at home rent free. Life was pretty good! But then came Winter. Now I don't mind the cold or the snow but the cloudy overcast, I mind! I hate not seeing the sun for months at a time, sure it keeps the city warmer but I would rather have the cold!

So I looked for a job in Kelowna and with no luck, I settled on a job working for Suzy Shier. It was retail and the pay was decent and it helped me have something to do in this small little town where I had zero friends. I slowly became friends with some Young Single Adults in our ward and I even dated a few boys but I still didn't love it and really didn't feel like I fit in. So after months of looking for work in my field and countless nights spent sitting at home I decided it was time for a move. I looked online for jobs in Alberta and found quite a few. It all seemed to be working out perfectly, I could live with my grandparents and transfer my job at Suzy Shier for a bit so that I still had income while I searched for a Dental Hygiene job. So there it was, after less than a year of living in B.C. I was moving.. again... But this time to the place I still considered home!

So I packed up my tiny little VW Golf as full as I could get it and my Dad drove me out in the middle of Winter to beautiful Calgary, Alberta. As soon as I got there it felt like home. I settled in to my Grandparents house and my job and continued my search for a Dental Hygiene job, after all that was why I moved here right? After months of searching for a job, making new friends and reuniting with old ones I met a boy. And not just any boy, a recent RM whom I had known since I was 14. He was just as cute as I remembered him and after only one unofficial date I was smitten. I thought about him all the time, I tried to be around him (I mean if he didn't like me too he would have considered me VERY clingy) I tried to play it as cool as I could but it was HARD!

Our first time hanging out was with a group of friends. I knew another guy named Matt and had been spending time with him because he was fun and we were friends and got along well. He invited me to go to Elbow falls with him, Matt Whiteley and Mitch (Matt's aforementioned best friend)

And that is it for now because I have A LOT to do! More to come in a bit! (Hopefully less than 1 month)