love story part 6

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part 6

a lot of fun stuff happened over the next 3 years. i attended and graduated from cosmetology school, branden graduated from plumbing school, he bought a house, got his journeyman’s license, we took a few trips to arizona, and celebrated 3 years of being together in january 2011. then in march he asked me to marry him.

before we got engaged we talked about it--we knew we wanted to get married, we knew we wanted it to be in the summer/early fall, and we knew we wanted to be engaged longer than one or two months, so it was time to take the plunge! probably a week or so after we discussed it we decided to go look at engagement rings so he knew exactly what i wanted. we found my ring at a local jewelry store and i picked it out (i realize that is super boring, but what can i say? i’m picky!). i knew he was going to propose i just didn’t know when. at the time i was working 2 jobs so i would go to his house when i got off from my morning job, before i had to go to my second job.

one friday after leaving work and heading over to his house i noticed a note taped to his side door. it was the first clue of a scavenger hunt that took me all around his house. there was a walk way of rose peddles and in each room they were arranged to spell word like “will” “you” and “marry”. The final clue took me down to the basement where branden was dressed up and on one knee, ring in hand.

to be continued...

love story part 5

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even though we were basically dating at this point, i still didn’t want to put “the label” on our relationship (because once you put a label on it, it makes it official) and honestly i was enjoying the way things were going. we were friends who went out on a lot of dates and i liked it that way.

One night (january 19^th) we were watching a movie at his house. –---by the way, he lived with a few of his friends in the most ghetto little house, behind a bar and grill. so just picture this romantic scene haha—anyway, we were watching a movie and just sitting there talking when the subject of being official girlfriend-boyfriend came up again. well of course i’m still being totally hesitant about it so branden decides “let’s just try it out, just be my girlfriend and if it ends up being weird we can go back to normal”. believe it or not, i took the bait! i agreed to give it a try and guess what? it wasn’t weird at all. it was actually the opposite of weird. and being able to call him my boyfriend made me like him even more.

fast forward a few months… we were at my house watching ABDC (america’s best dance crew) and branden looks at me and says “i think i’m falling in love with you”, which freeeeaaakkss me OUT! clearly i wasn’t ready to say that back to him. poor guy haha. not to worry though, a few weeks later when i was leaving his house i said it--- “i love you” and what do you know… he said it back.

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love story part 4

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branden and i started spending a lot of time together. conveniently he didn’t have his driver’s license (because of the trouble he had gotten in), so i drove everywhere. at the time he was still in plumbing school a few nights a week so i would pick him up and take him home. i knew i was starting to get a little crush, we would hang out almost every day, and go to one or two movies a week. i didn’t realize how much i liked him until he told me he was probably going to be moving to west yellowstone for work. the thought of not being able to hang out with him or see him every day made want to cry. basically, i knew this had the potential of getting pretty serious. 

(he didn’t end up moving, obviously)

i was cheering at a basketball game one night (december 6^th to be exact) and afterwards branden invited me over to his sisters house (he was house sitting for a few days while she was out of town). if i remember right we were watching ER and a jewelry store commercial came on with the song “a thousand miles” by vanessa carlton playing. we were both looking at each other and then i, yes i, leaned in and kissed him.

later that night he walked me out to my car and kissed me goodbye. as i drove away i was thinking “crap! am i going somewhere i don’t wanna be going?? are we going to potentially ruin a great friendship??”. well i let my thoughts get the best of me and started pumping the breaks, big time!! things were a little awkward for a bit, but we still hung out all the time and i couldn’t help but want to be near him. even though it freaked me out i just wanted to kiss him again! so what did i do? i kissed him again! and again! and again!...........

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scenes from the week

here's a story for ya.....

my car decided to start leaking--- A LOT. we took it in to a mechanic and found out that it was leaking all of the power steering fluid and that it was going to cost anywhere from $800-$1000 to fix. kill me, right? 

the other night jessica, crue, and i decided to walk down to the shop where my car was to pick it up and bring it home. on the way there jessica kept stepping on these little thorns and they would poke through her flip flops. neither of us thought anything of it until we got to the side walk and the bottom of my tenni shoes were covered in them. we didn't even think about the tires of crues stroller until we got to the shop and noticed they were covered and flat. luckily the owner of the repair shop was still there and helped us pull all of them out. 

remember how it is going to cost like $1000 to fix my little honda? well branden and i went and shopped around for a new car for me and this baby is at the top of the list! sadly this is a 2013 and there's no way i'm paying as much as they want for it but i found one that is a 2010 and is in our price range. score!! crossing my fingers and toes.... hello, that car is so hott right now.

going along with the bad luck i've had... the other day at work my favorite ($1) flip flops broke. come on! i loved those things.....

last but not least-- a little face time with the husband. i had to snap this picture of his face but didn't realize how hag i looked up top. yikes! 

have a fabulous weekend everyone! i know i will (my nephew will be here!!)

love story part 3

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part 3…

kyfe started texted me quite a bit after we saw each other that night (totally flirting haha). well i wasn’t all that interested because he was a little too “rowdy”, if you will.

by this point i had started my senior year of high school and was in a spanish class with a bunch of freshman and sophomores (procrastination. at least my friend jessica was in there with me!!). well it just so happened that kyfes little brother jake was in that same spanish class. fate! or something like that :). branden would always tell jake to put in a good word with me and try to convince me that we needed to hang out. so jake played his part well, amidst all the cheating off of me and jessica that he did hahaha.

the end of september rolled around and branden, hailee, and i would hang out occasionally. we would all go to taco bell (our fave) or just drive around listening to music. his favorite song was a remix of fergie and sean kingston. straight obsessed is an understatement. 

(always hiding from the camera)

i would have to agree with the saying “timing is everything” because shortly after branden and i started hanging out he got in a little bit of trouble… the kind of trouble that made him reevaluate some things and have to change his lifestyle a bit. basically he needed a good friend to hang out with and keep him out of trouble. turns out i was the perfect person for the job.

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love story part 2

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(i tend to jump back and forth between the name kyfe and branden. just remember they are the same person haha) 

part 2…

to be honest, the whole tim thing didn’t last long. at all. during our short lived “fling” (if you could call it that haha) i became pretty good friends with kyfe. there is one night in particular that something or other had happened and i was really sad. well branden called me and talked to me for a while that night and i remember going into my sister ashley’s room (i doubt she’d remember this) and saying “kyfe is seriously so nice! i just love him!”, or something along those lines… i really considered him one of my good friends. we were always each other’s go to for advice when it came to our “relationship” drama.

after tim and i and stephanie and kyfe went our separate ways we kinda just stopped talking. then they graduated from high school and besides the occasional run in, i didn’t see or hear much from kyfe until the end of summer before my senior year. one night i was over at hailee’s house making brownies and she had invited our friend bear over. and just so fate would have it, kyfe was with him...

to be continued…. 

easter weekend pictures

here are a few pictures from our easter weekend :)  

xoxo