Love Story

i am linking up! Thank goodness for this little 'challenge!' I can use this to add to my about me! 1. How long have you and your significant other been together? In May it will be 5 years! 2. How did you meet? {What's your "love" story?} I was moving to Oregon. Alone. I had picked out an apartment and even had some of my stuff up there at a friend's house. I had plans. I was going to finish up college at the university while starting up an event planning business. I was going to be like Carrie Bradshaw and live my life in an awesome city. The universe seemed to have other plans. I was working my way through college at 24 Hour Fitness. I worked at the front desk in the evenings and I would bring my books to study during the slow times. Roy would always come in between 6 and 8 p.m. My manager was the one who spotted him first but she had a boyfriend. I thought he was really cute but didn't really think anything of it because I already had plans to move to Oregon. And then he started to make small talk everytime he came in. It began with the typical greeting, "Hi! How are you?" He would hand me his gym pass and ID and that would be it. Slowly it turned into him making fun of me for studying at work. It was just innocent flirting so I didn't think anything of it. One day he struck up a long conversation and never made it past the front desk to work out. I started to think about him - I was crushing. It was so hard not to start thinking what if? One night I was closing the gym and I went in to clean up the free weight room when he asked me for my number. I couldn't help but be excited, even though I was moving in two months and even though I was leaving that weekend to take some more stuff up to Oregon. I told myself I would just casually date him. He called me that weekend while I was wandering around Portland and we talked for a good hour. Still, I told myself that it wasn't anything special and to think of it as just dating, period. We set a 'date.' I was going to go watch his softball game. He picked me up and he was driving a pickup (points!) and was playing country music (points!). After his game he asked me out for dinner that Thursday. We went to Friday's. Before the check came he told me he didn't want to take me home (points!). We walked around the mall. We played pool. He took me home...he walked me to my door (points!). Just as he was about to kiss me my Mum's dogs started barking (awkward much?!). We both laughed and called it a night. We have been inseparable since.

3. If married, how long have you been married? If not, is this the guy you hope to marry? {do tell} We aren't married. He is the man I will be with for the rest of my life. Whether that means we get married or not doesn't really matter to me. I would love to marry him because I believe in marriage and I would love to have that moment where we share sacred vows. I think he feels the same way so I always assumed we would get married....I guess we will see! I will leave that one up to him.

4. If you are married, where did you get married at? Big or small wedding? If not, where would you like to get married? And will it be big or small? If/when we get married I want the ceremony and reception to be outside. I either want a woodsy-fairy land sort of wedding or somewhere where we can have a picnic sort of theme. I want it to be small maybe 60 people. He has a large family but I would prefer just close family and friends. 5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another? Do share! I call him: Panda, Babe, Baby, Roy Lee (in a southern accent!), Love. He calls me: Babe, Baby, Marisa Sue (in a southern accent)

6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey. Three?! I have so many. 1. He loves me for ME. He knows the crazy life I have had and that it has made a huge impact on who I am today and how I live my life and he still loves me. 2. He is a kid at heart. So happy go lucky and full of life. He balances me out. 3. He's cute. Haha, just kidding (not!). He is funny. No one can make me laugh the way he does and he can make me laugh at anytime. Most of our arguments are diffused because of his antics.

7. Tell us how he proposed? Or your ideal proposal? Ideal proposal....you know, I don't really have one. I used to be the girl who wanted the whole she-bang. I wanted the big, fancy, expensive dinner where he gets down on one knee or hides the ring in my drink or in my dessert. I wanted the big wedding. When I met him my idea of proposals and weddings all changed. As long as it is heartfelt I don't really care. 8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day, or strawberries, champagne, and rose petals? Either - it depends on the status of the bank account! 9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop a movie in and relax on the couch? I don't care for dinner on the beach but I would love to just cuddle up and watch the sunset and then go home to a movie. 10. Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere? We would definitely travel - Australia, Italy, England, exotic beaches, you name it. 11. Tell us what you plan on doing on this Valentine's Day. He apparently has something up his sleeve! I will report my findings.

12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine's day? I don't want anything. Just a nice day with him and our beautiful daughter. 13. Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love. Laugh often and respect one another. 14. Show us a picture of what love means to you. I have three

Marisa Sue

Roy Lee

Aubrey Rose You and me equal three!