So This is Love

So, I'm married! I thought I'd condense the whole Scottceejo story (a.k.a. the best moments of my LIFE) in three posts.

DATING/PROPOSAL

As many of you know, Scott and I wrote letters as friends on my mission, but I kinda sorta fell in love with him halfway through.

Scott and me at my mission farewell party in Provo. We had only been on 5 dates.

We talked about dating when I came home, even broke up (worst 6 weeks ever), but when we got back together last Thanksgiving we were immediately talking about marriage that first week.

Scott and me at my mission homecoming. 

Imagine my chagrin when Valentine's Day, Graduation day, etc rolled by and no ring. But I understand now that Scott was being exactly himself: thoughtful, contemplative, and never in a rush to make a hurried decision until he knows his heart for certain.

On May 13, Scott texted me some lie about being tied up at the studio and he couldn't pick me up from work, but he had his best friend Zachary pick me up. When I got in the car, Zack was just getting off the phone with his wife, saying her car broke down and we need to swing by and pick her up and then I'll go home. I may have been the TEENSIEST bit suspicious, but Zack was playing it all off SO cool that I dismissed anything out of the ordinary.

We pulled into the Riverwoods where the Kneader's restaurant is. Amanda's car was parked over by the GAZEBO....

(this gazebo, that is abandoned 11 months of the year and comes out for Santa Claus, that Scott and I happened to dance in on one of our dates. The Riverwoods was also where we first held hands--BEFORE my mission.)

I thought Amanda's car was very conveniently placed. I even saw a red blinking light from the hood of her car and knew immediately I had an audience. As Zack coaxed me out of the car to "help" Amanda, the lights on the gazebo suddenly lit up, "our song" started playing (Close Your Eyes by Michael Bublé), and Scott stepped out in a tuxedo.

We danced, and then he got down on one knee, and with five different camera angles going, he proposed! We have the whole thing filmed, complete with interviews of the man of the hour.

We chose August 8, because it worked best with family's schedules, and it was a number we could both remember. Both of us share the same favorite number (16), and 8 + 8 = 16. Also, a sideways 8 is an infinity symbol. Presh.