I've done a link-up of our love story before (you can find it
here), but it was just answering questions and didn't tell our full love story. So this morning I decided to write it all down so that I can remember it always! I'll start from the very beginning.
Connor and I met in the summer of 2007. He's from south Alabama and I'm from western Kentucky. We both left home to attend college at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Before school started we were both put in the same Connections Group (an orientation group for freshmen). It wasn't love at first sight. In fact, we hardly remember meeting each other in our group. Connor was still dating his high school girlfriend. I had already made a few friends at school and was eager to hang out with them so I skipped most of the Connections activities.
If only I had attended some of those events...
Fast forward a few months. I became friends with one of Connor's friends and fraternity brothers, Andrew. Connor had broken up with his high school girlfriend. Andrew and Connor decided to go to the Crawfish Boil concert and were wondering who they should invite to go with them. Connor had seen me around campus and thought I was kinda cute, so he told Andrew to invite me. That weekend we went to the concert and I started thinking,
Hey, that guy is kinda cute! We had a great time singing along to Gavin DeGraw, Fergie, and several others that have slipped my mind. I had caught Connor's eye and he had caught mine.
But, he had just gotten out of a relationship and I was having too much fun hanging out with friends to think about a relationship.
Summer came and we both went our separate ways. I worked at a camp in Missouri {Kanakuk} all summer and Connor worked a summer job in south Alabama. I made a decision while at camp that my heart completely belonged to my Savior and I would be content in remaining single until
He brought my husband into my life. I was tired of looking and being disappointed. I wasn't going to look for a boyfriend/possible husband and would wait patiently until God brought him into my life.
Little did I know, Connor was making the same decision where he was...
School started again and my roommate and dear friend, Haley, was a Connections leader. Her partner just happened to be Connor! They became good friends and we started hanging out
a lot. Connor and I both started developing real feelings for each other. I didn't want to act on those feelings, though, until I was sure it was God's plan. We both went with groups of friends to the Samford vs. Ole Miss football game in Oxford that September. Connor sat with me and we talked the whole game. After that we were both smitten.
A week or two later on September 16, 2008 I was studying in my room in the sorority house and heard a tapping on my second story window. I went to look out and Connor was standing below my window throwing rocks at it. I'm pretty sure my heart skipped a beat! I opened the window and Connor asked me to go on a walk with him. I said yes,
of course!
We walked around campus and found a bench by the fountain in front of the law school. Connor told me how he felt about me and asked me to be his girlfriend. I was in awe of how God brought us together! A few months earlier and I had given up on finding my husband until God was ready to bring him into my life. I wasn't expecting the perfect guy to show up so quickly!
That was only the beginning of our "love story." When I told my oldest friend, Paige, that Connor and I were dating she said that she knew we would get married. I wasn't as sure, but I definitely had a hunch. By Valentine's Day we both knew that we would get married. This was
it!
We dated for the rest of our college years and made so many wonderful memories. I will always cherish the sorority and fraternity parties, football games, coffee dates, walks around campus, road trips, movies, long talks, and hikes we spent together. I wouldn't trade those years for anything! One of my favorite memories is when we studied abroad together. I was an education major and Connor was a Biology major, so our schedules never overlapped until we decided to take an art and theater appreciation class together in
London. We loved seeing plays and sightseeing all over London together. After we finished the class, we travelled with a group of friends to Dublin, Amsterdam, Munich, Barcelona, and Paris. I
loved travelling the world with my sweetheart!
On April 17th, 2010 Connor took me to our favorite hiking place, pulled out a stunning diamond ring, and asked me to be his wife. I was ecstatic and couldn't wait to tell all my friends and family and start planning our "perfect" wedding. Time flew by and before I knew it we were both graduating from Samford and our wedding day was quickly approaching.
On June 4th, 2011 God united Connor and I in marriage as one. We had a gorgeous wedding in Kentucky and an incredible honeymoon in St. Lucia. We're still continuing our "love story" each and every day! After we were married I told Connor about how I had put my love life in God's control the summer before we met. He told me that he had a very similar experience that summer. He decided to wait for God to show him the woman that He had planned for him. We are still in awe at how perfect God's plan is!
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| Our first picture together! At Crawfish Boil. |
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| In Oxford at the Ole Miss game - right before we started dating. |
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We talked through the whole game!
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| At my sorority formal - I can't believe his hair was that long! |
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Just got off the overnight plane to London - yuck!
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| One of my favorite pictures! |
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Another sorority party.
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| Right after he asked me to marry him (I may have been crying). |
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He gave me a bible with my new last name on it! If I'd known he was going to propose I would've tried to look a little cuter!
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I kinda love this guy!
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| June 4th, 2011 |
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| Since then we've adopted our baby, Radley! |
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