1 year ago.

Almost exactly one year ago Jordan and I met. Alana and darren somehow convinced me into writing him (a complete stranger at the time) letters while he was serving a mission for the church in Wisconsin for two years. We wrote many letters and emails back and forth over the last year of his mission and when he returned home to Calgary, he asked me out on a date. I remember being skeptical... but also very nervous and excited. His good looks were too much for me to handle and I found myself acting like a 16 year old girl all giggly with butterflies. Our first date was literally the best date I had ever been on. He took me to Pulcinella's, an authentic italian pizza place (now our favourite restaurant) and to Peters drive-in for milkshakes after. Everything seemed so natural and comfortable, maybe its because we felt we knew each other so well from the letters, emails, and phone calls. We stayed up that night until 4:00 in the morning talking and catching up. Time never went by so fast, and I didn't want to leave. The next day I was leaving to go back home to Edmonton, from that point on it was texting 24/7 and road trips every single weekend. I remember counting down the days until thursday when he was driving down for the weekend. Every weekend we became closer and even better friends than the last.

I am so grateful to have Jordan in my life and for everything that he does for me. He is so selfless and always willing to serve others. I am grateful for my life experiences that brought me to where I am today and how my series of decisions have resulted in such an amazing husband, family & group of friends.