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