Well it has been brought to my attention that my version of the whole getting together story is not on this blog, so I guess I should tell you all the girly side of it =)

Well for starters you should know I was STRONGLY OPPOSED to writing to Craig on his mission because I figured he would think I was crazy. They tried all summer long to get me to write, I think I sent some little note in his birthday package but nothing really until he wrote an email to his mom and I totally knew what he was talking about, so I finally had my reason that I could say that I could write, and so I did- and threw it away, re wrote it- and threw it away, I did that quite a few times. Finally I think I left it on one of our tables and I think my mom was the one who actually mailed it off. He wrote back and well the letters just seemed to increase a little. Christmas night I was over at the Gassaway house when Craig called, they sent the phone around to everyone so that they could say hi, I said who I was and gave the phone right back, I later found out he actually would have said something back but I gave the phone away to fast, I didn't want to actually talk to him =) But later he bore his testimony to his family and I was able to hear it, what a wonderful person I KNEW he was. He spoke of simple truths, and of simple truths that I needed to hear for me at that time. He helped me even then.

Well after that our letters increased, it was pretty much I would receive a letter and write back and he would do the same. I started to have a crush on this guy I'd never met. I told the girl I drove to school this and she would just laugh, but as the year went on she realized how serious I was about this and she saw how nervous I was about meeting him when he came home at the end of July. Well many other events took place but the best things come to when he came home.

I didn't know if I should go to the airport like his family said I should, so I asked him. He said he would like it if I came, so I did. Come on the girl who has a crush on him just got told he would like it if I came, Of COURSE I would be there. So I went and he gave all of his family a hug and then he gave me a HUG! I about died! I spent all day with his family and later I called my mom and said HE GAVE ME A HUG! I was ecstatic. We talked that night for over an hour, it was great. The next day I saw him at his missionary welcome home party and then I saw him the next day. Friday we went on a double date with his parents. Saturday I had a memorial that I was sad to have to go to and I was asked to sing there, Craig came with me and sat with me. He held my hand and I was ecstatic. I came home that night and said HE HELD MY HAND! My mom said what if it was just for moral support, I said I don't care if it was for moral support or if he liked me HE HELD MY HAND!!!! I know such a girly thing, but hey this is pretty much how everything went from then on out. The next day he said he thought I was the one and then that night he gave me a kiss on the cheek and held my hand if front of his mom and dad and at church. I told my mom HE HELD MY HAND AGAIN!! and HE GAVE ME A KISS ON THE CHEEK! Well Tuesday was the unofficial engagement, as we all call it now. He said "Would you say yes if I were to ask you to marry me?" well what do you think I said no?? Of course not I said YES! :) The next day I went out of town with him and his family and well we just talked about our future life together and about when we could get married. We got back Saturday night  and he met my daddy. They talked and dad made him say that he wanted to marry me. The whole thing was quite funny. That Tuesday we went and looked at rings and then that Thursday Craig proposed at the Mesa Temple. I actually kind of chuckled when he asked Will you Marry me? Because he already knew the answer. But it was still cute. The whole time there is this female photographer there and she is just taking a bunch of pictures, I figured we just made this photographers day. I found out later that it was my big sister Jerrea sneaking around taking pictures. It was fun.

So that is the story. From there many of you know it, it involved telling all of you the news and now it is wedding plans. It's been a wonderful journey and one I am so glad is just beginning and will last for an eternity. I can't wait until November 27! When I will be sealed to Craig and be Cayla Janay Gassaway =)