Once Upon a Time...

Wonder why I haven't been blogging? Wonder no more. Life has been busy to say the least. I met the man of my dreams, we fell in love and... got married! Now, I know this is probably old news to everyone reading this but I had to start somewhere and what better place to start than this?

Our story (in a nutshell): I met Patrick through school. His sister-in-law started the same day as I did and we became instant friends. She wanted me to meet her brother-in-law but I kept stalling and finally met him about 8 months later after rolling my eyes at her when she brought it up for the millionth time. Patrick is 30, a firefighter, going to school to become a paramedic. He has twin girls that are 3 years old who live in Salt Lake with their mom.

I dated a few guys right after the divorce and came to the conclusion that all men are scum and was content with my little family of three. Once we met, my views quickly changed. Everything just fit into place like we'd always been together. He is so good to me and treats the kids like his own. I guess the biggest blessings come when we aren't looking for them!

After being engaged for a few weeks we had the crazy idea of eloping... er, um, kind of eloping. Let me explain... One night we decided that a big wedding wasn't what we wanted. Then this thought came to us: If we don't have a big wedding to plan, why wait??? The day we got married (November 19th) we called family and the bishop, who married us. (We just have to wait until my previous sealing is cancelled then we'll be able to be sealed), got our marriage license and a dress and ta-da! Our wedding was planned in less than 24 hours and it was absolutely perfect. We had 10 family members there and got married in our local church building.

(Yes, he's wearing a kilt. I married a scottish man, what can I say?)

The boys and I couldn't be happier.