the beginning to forever

rewind to summer of 2012. the first 3 weeks of camp i was paired with caitlyn smith. i remember talking about this boy who lived next door that she grew up with and that he was one of her best friends. fast forward to week 6 of camp, as i was reading off my campers i read the name zoe bartlome, cait later told me that she was this boy's little sister. who knew that i would be seeing her a lot more, instead of the one week i had her. 

august 17th i went to caitlyns wedding reception in her backyard. this is when i first met zach's mom. she pulled me aside and basically told me that she wanted me to date her son when he got back from his mission. in my head i was so confused because i had no idea who this lady was or anything about her son. i brushed it off, and went on with the rest of the reception. 

once the school year started cait introduced me to kaela baucom, who ended up being in the same major as me, we eventually became really good friends. i remember being in one of our class in april (the 13th to be exact) the day zach came home and she said "hey kim, your future husband gets home today" i laughed at the situation and  changed the subject. 

all of the sudden caitlyn, tucker, and kaela were planning a group date, with the intention of setting me and zach up. (we owe you guys for setting us up for eternity). july 13th was the first time i ever met this zach kid that i had heard so much about. we went on a hike to donut falls and according to everyone else on the date we didn't talk much. 

awkward kids on their first date. also the cast that ruined the 

original date plans. rad.

two weeks later we planned another date at his house where we made some food and hung out with his family for the rest of the night. the next day i called him and asked him on a date for the next saturday with all of my oakcrest girls. by that date i was hooked. i was really into this guy and i wanted to see him more. fortunately for me he felt the same, and we continued to see each other. 

once school started we had to resort to phone calls during the week and seeing each other on the weekend. i knew this relationship was different from any other because every time we talked we always were talking in futuristic terms, and it didn't scare me! which is a big deal! eventually he moved up to usu and we were able to progress much faster and really figure out what we wanted. we had some obstacles to overcome as we made the decision towards marriage, but once we made a decision there was no denying that it was right. 

to be continued. :)