On July 8th, Luke and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary.
I planned a very special date for him. Since we are down in Price for the first time in a long time (with handy babysitters) I thought it would be fun to go around on a scavenger hunt to the places we went while we were dating. It was also a test to see how good hims memory was. : ) He nailed it! Even got the trick questions right. I was so proud of him............ as I always am. I love him so much and cannot believe how lucky I am to be married to such an amazing man.
(sorry for documenting our night so fully-- but blogs did not exist when we were dating and i want this in our family journal. )
Our date started out with him sending me these gorgeous flowers!
My sister was so kind to watch the girls for the night. They loved having a sleep over at Aunt Jana's house. Adelia even gladly took a nap in anticipation! thanks Hopes' for babysitting!
And thank you Jana for snappin some pics of us.
It was raining so hard when we began our date.
Awwwww
His Scavenger hunt:
Let's take a walk down memory lane! Before we can move forward to our 7th year, we must first retrace our first steps together.
Assignment one:
Take me to the place where it all began--when I first noticed you, as my kind of man.
[not sure why blogger rotates pictures sometimes]
Our first stop was at the Reeves Building at CEU where we had a class together Spring Sem 2005- Anthropology.
We had several stops on campus. We didn't take many pictures because of the pouring rain. But I must say, it was actually rather romantic retracing our old steps while snuggling under the umbrella. We felt like the only people on campus that night-- and maybe we were.
Since you weren't about to make any moves, Mel decided she needed to be smooth.
Assignment two:
Take me to the place where I (actually Mel) first asked you on a date.
After the Reeves building we went to the cafeteria. We spent a lot of time getting to know each other during lunch time after our class-- before i dropped the class. Somehow I still ended up there during that same time each day... can't imagine how. wink wink.
Assignment three:
It's skipping ahead, but hey, it's bliss... take me to the place of our first kiss.
(and I betcha this time you will not miss!) [to make it smoother, some of the scav. hunt wasn't in consecutive order)
Our first kiss took place in the parking lot at the Reeve's building, right after Friday Forum on Feb 11, 2005.
Assignment four:
Our first date was both TASTY and FUN. In order to get there, we're gonna have to run. Take me to where we went on our very first date.
This one was a little tricky. He got it right though. Since i had asked him out on a date first, he took me to Wendy's the night before our planned date for a Frosty. It was the first one-on-one time we had ever really had. It was awesome. Our next first date the next night was at my house where I made Italian breaded chicken and he made Haitian food. We doubled with Mel Spencer and Kyle Jensen. it was a great date!
How perfect is that rainbow? It was like Heaven was smiling down on us. My friend was just leaving Wendy's and snapped a pic of us together. But I still wanted one with Luke and the umbrella. Isn't he cute?
Assignment five:
With some food in our bellies, our journey must continue.
Let's "dance" on over to the local venue.
Our first dance together was the Valentines Dance in the Community Center... but actually we had danced one dance together at the Fall Ball before we even really knew each other.
That rainbow followed us all night long.
Assignment six:
On February twelfth, 2005, we fell in love, and the words came alive!
Take me to the place of your first, "I love you."
The weekend of the Valentines dance we had been up at the cabin with my family for the Scofield Snow Ride. That night after the dance he said he realized that weekend that he loved me. To be honest, i wasn't quite sure i was ready for those 3 words at the time, but it didn't take me long to realize i too was in love. or maybe just ready to admit it!
Each of the "assignments" were sealed in an envelope.
Assignment seven:
More jumping around in the sequence of events, but since we're here, it only makes sense.
Before our first home we needed some space, we had a secret spot, can you find the right place?
He found the right spot!
Assignment Eight:When our love became serious, we needed "The Talk." Where did we go on that all important walk?We drove past the park that we walked to, and Luke wanted to add his own item to the scavenger hunt.
"Where was the place that you sang to me for our First Valentines Day" I may not have been ready to say the 3 magic words, but I felt brave enough to voice it through song. Several friends and I went around that day singing valentines to people and I made sure to stop by Luke's English class and sing "Be My Baby." On our little adventure we went up to the CBB building, to the very classroom and I sang to him again.
Assignment nine: April 28th the "Big Question" was popped. The next morning for breakfast, this PLACE is where we stopped.
This question was up to interpretation. The morning after he proposed on April 28th, we ate breakfast at the JB's in town. The thing is, now that JB's has moved to a new location there is a new restaurant in it's place. We decided to eat there since that was the "place" we were at. Not to mention, we have eaten at JB's a billion times and never at The Main Street Grill. it was delish!
Our last 2 stops that night were at our first home where we lived for 2 years, and the final stop was to the cabin for one night away. just the 2 of us. It was so nice.
even his breakfast was happy :)
The next morning we took a little four wheeler ride and then came home to spend the rest of the day with our sweet little girls.
thank you Luke for 6 1/2 wonderful years. Our life and our love is so full. Here's to the next 6.. or 60!
