Visiting Teaching Challenge

On Monday morning, my visiting teachers came and instead of a message, they handed me a small jar full of paper. On each slip of paper is a question, that is suppose to help with writing a family history or journal. So, I thought I'd start to answer a question a day, maybe less, on the blog. Here goes:

Tell a courtship story about your parents, how they met, etc. Tell the same about your courtship.

Well, lets see if I remember my parents correctly. I believe they met when they were paired up for a Dance Festival Dance. See, in Southern California they used to do a big dance thing, it hard to explain. The whole region of the church would perform different dances, with costumes in a big stadium. I only got to do one when I was like 13 or 14, before they changed the budget. Or maybe they met at a Stake Dance. It was a dance, that's all I remember. But my mom was really young and they got married right after she graduated from High School. I guess I should have my mom review the story for me, because I'm woefully unknowledgable about it. Sorry, mom!

As for me and Scott, we have conflicting stories about our courtship. He makes me seem really awful in his version! We met through a mutual friend in the Institute Choir at the University of Utah. This friend was planning a trip to California to see the football team play in the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim. I had a little crush on this boy(not Scott) and decided to let them crash at my parents house so that I could get to know him. Scott was one of the people on the trip. I thought of Scott as a good friend after that trip, so it really took me by surprise when he asked me out afterwards. I was really uncomfortable on that date, because I didn't want him to think that there was more than friendship involved.

This is where our stories differ. Scott says I lied, and blew him off. I say I blew him off, but didn't lie. But we didn't go out again for a while. I went through some personal AH-HA moments in the next couple of months and realized some things about me and then ran into Scott again. I started looking at him differently. About a month later, my roommates and I were planning a HOW TO HOST A MURDER party and one of the boys cancelled at the last minute. We were trying to find a replacement and Scott's name popped into my head. So I called him and he came and I flirted my butt off, to let him know that I was interested. Frankly, I was surprised he gave me the time of day. But we started dating and two months later we were engaged. We were married a year and a month after we met.

And now 12 years later, here we are with four kids. My parents are going to celebrate their 46th anniversary in June. They have four kids and have 20 grand kids! Go Mom and Dad!