Brady and I met in August of 2001 when we took a chemistry class together. The first week of class Brady followed me out into the parking lot to ask me out on a date for the following Friday. He had seen me around campus the previous semester and took the opportunity to ask me out once we actually had a class together. I couldn't since I already had plans so I told him I would love to another time. Apparently I did some damage to his ego because he didn't so much as look at me for the next two months. In the meantime, I was struggling with a few concepts we were working on in class and was worried about an upcoming test. My mom asked me if there was anyone in class that could help me. I told her there was one boy, the teacher's pet, who knew all the answers and got A's on all the tests. I told her that he had asked me out on a date a couple of months previously but that he hadn't talked to me since. She said that she felt like I should ask him for help. I brushed it off and had no intention of doing so. So imagine my surprise when the following Monday morning after class, Brady walked me to my car. I took the opportunity to ask for his help and he agreed to meet me in the library for a study session. We hit it off immediately (I don't know how much studying we actually got done) and he asked me out on an official date the following Friday night.
We had a great time on our first date. We saw "Bandits" and got ice cream at Dairy Queen afterward. I was so impressed with how relaxed and kind he was. Our second date was even more fun. He actually took me to a conference room at a hotel he worked at where he had set up a pretend fire (made of paper and wood with candles for the flames) in one corner. We roasted marshmallows and played 20 questions which was a great way to get to know each other. Our third date was watching Pride and Prejudice...the entire 6 hour A&E version. Brady actually read Pride and Prejudice while we were dating once he found out it was my favorite book. Don't even try to get him to pick it up now! That was the date of our first kiss so I guess reading my favorite book paid off.
We continued to date for a few more months. I was planning on transferring to BYU the next semester so it seemed to be make or break time. He proposed on Christmas Eve of 2001 and then followed me to BYU in January. We were married in April of 2002; the best decision I ever made.
The proposal is the best story of all. For his birthday the previous month (November) I had written "our story". I made it a fairy tale where he was a knight and I was a princess (I know, way cheesy, you may roll your eyes). I left the ending alone telling him that we would finish it ourselves. Which we have, I update it every year for his birthday. Anyway, for the proposal he built a castle balcony in the same conference room at the hotel of our second date. He lit it with candles and Christmas lights. He wore a shield and carried a sword and he gave me a tiara to wear. He said all sorts of sappy things that I will spare you from hearing. Needless to say I said yes and he lucked out with passing the ring off as a Christmas present too.
We lived in Provo and Salt Lake while we finished school and internships. Brady has a great worth ethic which is best illustrated by the fact that he went to school full-time and worked full-time as a hotel night auditor. He was often tired but it didn't stop him from receiving straight A's. While I went to school, I worked as a teacher's aide in nutrition classes and in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit as a dietary tech. We enjoyed the time we spent in Northern Utah. We were blessed with a fantastic education, great occupational experiences, and fabulous friends.
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