How Mike and I met and our dating story.

Mike and I met in January of 2005. One Sunday in the singles ward I saw this really cute guy in church. He had the cutest smile and I though he was totally HOT! After Sacrament, during Sunday School he introduced himself as Mike Car to the whole ward. I was sitting next to my friend Brynn Schinelle and said, hey that's Matt Wride's friend. See I went to a dance a few months prior, and met Matt. He asked me if I knew Mike Carr. I said it sounds familiar. Matt said he plays football for COC. So Here it is in January, Mike shows up in our ward. So after we were released to go to our classes I went up to Mike and introduced myself. How could I resist? He was totally HOT! So anyway, after church my friend Josh was waiting for me to take me home and he was talking to Mike. I asked Mike if he wanted to go bowling with us on Thursday. (My group of friends went every Thursday night) So I HAD to invite him. Mike gave me his number. That morning, I was watching football and told myself it would be really fun to be married to a football player. So after church I went home and told my mom that I met the hottest guy at church. I said he plays football and has a nice body and I was smitten.

So Thursday rolls around and I call to see if Mike wanted to come bowling. He was driving to Utah! I was so bummed. So I had to wait another week! It felt like forever. The next Thursday comes around and he came! We talked the whole night, just getting to know each other. It came up of how Mormons celebrate their 21st birthday and how its really just another birthday. I said not for me! I get to go to the Magic Castle and I could bring a friend. Mike said he always wanted to go! So we joke around that's the only reason why Mike started to date me is because of him having the chance to go to the Magic Castle.

The next day was a dance at the Plummer building and my group of friends were all going together. Mike called to see if we were going and I told him he HAD to come with us. That night him and Matt were "fighting" to dance with me. This got Mike upset and asked me that night if I wanted to go see Coach Carter with him and then go to Lauren's baptism (which was Mikes ex-girlfriend) I of course said YES! I thought it was funny he wanted to take me to his ex girlfriends baptism but also awesome that he wanted to go together!

From that day on, Mike and I started to date. I could tell that he wanted to kiss me, but I didn't let him. Our first kiss was on February 17th during the movie Hitch. I always felt that you should get to know someone before kissing. So we dated and were having fun. I really liked Mike but had second thoughts about him because of my previous relationship. Deep down I knew Mike was right for me. I was having fun being single dating around and I wasn't quite ready to settle down. I was trying to find things wrong with him. One of the things "i didn't like" was that his shoes didn't match. How shallow was I?! I was just being really stupid! So we broke up sometime in March, but still hung out lots. He was apart of my friends. It felt like those few weeks we were broken up, he tried everything he could to make me want him. He says now that he wasn't but I think he was. He told me when we broke up, that he still wanted to go to Utah for our spring break together.

So Mike and I went up to Utah for conference with our friends Wes and Michelle. Mike and I drove in one car and Wes and Michelle in another. That week was SOO much fun. I really started to fall in love with Mike. I feel that when we first started dating, it was going too fast and I just wasn't ready. Anyway, that week we went snowboarding, conference, hung out with friends, movies, the list goes on. The night before conference we were staying in Salt Lake at one of Mike's friends house and I kissed him that night. That night is when we got back together. I just had so much fun with him and like I said fell in love. So the ride home we were a couple! And that is how we started our journey together.