Our Story

This is another one of those "blog entries" that I have been meaning to do, and since I'm still downloading pictures, I figured this would be a good time!

How did you meet your spouse? Well, if you ask him, (which is more accurate, I just don't really remember it), I had been asked to direct the musical "My Turn On Earth" as my calling in the Singles Ward. I had asked someone else to direct the choir for a few numbers, since I was doing everything else. He had heard the announcement that we needed volunteers to participate, thought I looked cute, so he came to offer his help, and gave me his phone number. Well I passed his number off to my choir director, but he never got a call, so he figured I wasn't interested (in all fairness, I was dating someone else at the time- but not for much longer!)
My story where I remember meeting him, was when I was moving. I had decided to stay and work for a year before heading to grad school in Hawaii, but knew that I couldn't live at home, so I was moving in with a friend. I needed some help to move my things, and went to Garcia's where I knew some Singles' were hanging out, and saw my friend, Greg, there and asked if he could bring his truck and help me move my stuff ( I think my folks were gone to the cabin then)and he said sure, and tyson could help too because he had a truck. so they both came the next morning to help me haul my stuff to my new apartment. they were impressed because i had everything packed up, except my waterbed. i would have had that too, but my sister wanted to sleep on it one more time before i took it and moved. so i had to drain it that morning. so after we got it all moved, they helped me set up the bed, and i offered to make them dinner in thanks for helping me move. when they came over for dinner, we were talking about the state fair that was going on at the time and it had turned out that tyson had been stood up (complicated story) and hadn't gone yet, and i wanted to go, so i asked if i could take him to the state fair. that was our first date, and i guess as they say about the rest....

How long have you been together? We started dating the end of summer 2000, and got married spring 2001

How long have you been married ? 7 years this past March

Who said I love you first? I'm not actually sure, I'll have to ask Tyson!

Who is taller? Depends on the shoes, but flat footed, we are the same.

Who sings better? Well, I sing better soprano and alto, and he sings better bass and tenor- just look at his face when i try to sing those! It makes him laugh.

Who is smarter? Well, academically probably me, but in normal everyday street smarts kinds of things, definately him

Who does the laundry? I do, but when he is on the slope, then he does his own!

Who does the dishes? I do the majority of the time, but when I need help, he is willing to help out. He tells me all I have to do is ask, so I do when I need help.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Standing at the foot of the bed, I usually sleep on the right, but we have traded off now and then.

Who mows the lawn? Usually people that feel sorry for us that our grass is too long! Jonathon, Sarah...I have once, but usually Tyson, but I feel terrible when he does it because his allergies are so bad it wipes him out for the rest of the day when he does it.

Who cooks dinner? Usually me, but I enjoy it. When I need a break, I just have to ask and Tyson will do it. The only thing that is Tyson's domain (because I ruin things too much in my opinion) is the grill. I also ask his advice a lot for seasonings and cooking meat because he is much better at those than I am.

Who drives when you are together? Usually him, but now and then I do. We take turns and share, isn't that so good of us?

Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? I think we both are pretty good at apologizing, in my opinion, he apologizes even when there isn't something for him to apologize about, like when i am just emotional

Whose parents do you see the most? Mine, because we live just down the road from them. We still love Tyson's parents lots and try to talk to them on the phone often, and head down to see them about once a year.

Who kissed who first? I think it was pretty mutual, but I think I was more the instigator.

Who proposed? We had talked about marriage and knew we were going to get married, but it was definately Tyson that proposed, on the red cliffs in St. George. with Subway sandwiches.

Who is more sensitive? I think it probably depends on the subject. But emotional? That would definately be me.

Who has more siblings? Neither. We both have 5. I am second in line of my 5 siblings, and he is 3rd in line of his 5 siblings.



Okay, I think that is it. If you want to copy and paste these questions on your blog, I would love to see your answers! And the pictures are done, so after i go through them and pick some, you will get to see them too!