How'd you meet this guy!?!

DOUBLE DATE! 

Brelynn has this cousin. His name is Michael Every. She has been trying to get us together for like 6 months now, but things never work out and we never planned anything. UNTIL last Thursday (Sept. 9th 2010). Mike got my number from Brelynn and we planned to go out.
Mike took me to Chili's and we had a fun time eating and coloring a chili that we got to help fund St. Jude's Hospital.
Afterwards, we went back to Brelynn's place and played Phase 10 with her and Monty. We cheated the whole time and won like crazy! Yey for us! I still feel bad about cheating, so next time I see Brelynn, I think I'm going to tell her. HAHA. I know that they know we were cheating a little bit. But that is the whole fun of the game!

{i posted the above on September 13th 2010}

--before we were engaged, I wrote the following--

Remember that blind date that Brelynn set me up on? Who would have thought! We're getting married!
Okay, slow down. There is no ring. But when you know, you know. Let me tell you the story...

After the first date, I was honestly not too interested in Mike. I thought that he was a wonderful guy, and I had SO much fun with him. But I remembered that I fall in love far too fast and it never works out. I also tend to fall for guys who I know I shouldn't be with. I always know that I shouldn't be dating them, but I continue doing so anyway.
So with Mike, I didn't want to fall in love fast. And I sure wasn't ready for anything serious.
Mike and I planned to go out on another date the following Wednesday (September 15th). We went to the mall and shopped around a bit, hung out at the D.I., went to his friends house where he held my hand, and then went to Applebees where he held it again.
I came home after the date thinking, goodness that was a wonderful night. I also was thinking, I better not lead this guy on if he is not the right one. (I did that too often). So I decided to pray. I prayed and told Heavenly Father that if this was not the man I was going to marry, that I would not go out with him. I would end it right there and not pick it up any further. I asked Him if it was okay for me to continue dating Mike. 
After I was done praying, an overwhelming, joyous feeling came over me. I felt so good about going out with Mike again. I didn't know why. I hoped it was because I was going to marry him. But other possibilites ran through my head. Like maybe he was going to introduce me to someone or maybe he and I would have a relationship that I would need to learn something from. I didn't know, but I was excited to find out.
That saturday, I brought him over to a family movie night. My family all could tell that there was something different about Mike compared to all the other boys I brought home. He wasn't just another boyfriend. 
On September 20th, we decided that we wanted to take our friendship further and become boyfriend and girlfriend. This was when we had our first kiss. We were sitting on a bridge at a park and had just talked about our relationship and where we stand. We were getting up to leave, and he helped me up a big step. After helping me up, he grabbed my hand and pulled me in for a kiss. He had a rule that he never kissed a girl unless he was in a relationship with them, and after the kiss he told me it would have been wrong if he hadn't "sealed the deal" with a kiss.
On Friday, September 24th, we had a really good, serious talk. I told him about my past, and how I was overcoming many things.  But that I was repenting, and getting things resolved. We read scriptures together and prayed. I remember feeling so good with him. He told me that he will think of me as if none of those things happened. He forgave me because the Lord forgave me. This talk brought us so close. This is when I really felt that this could be the one. Before, it was hopeful, but this was becoming a for sure. 
Mike says that on the drive home from my house, he had an experience that gave him the answer that I was "the one". Its a personal story, so I won't share. But when he later told me about it, I remember just wanting to cry because I felt the same way.
September 28th, we were at his brother's house. We were napping, but I wasn't doing much sleeping. All I could think about was my feelings for him and how I wanted to tell him that I loved him. I just barely met him, but my feelings for him were so intense at that time. After a little talk, he finally said that he loved me. I of course told him that I love him too. There was a picture of Christ on the wall. I kept looking at it and just thanking him for the wonderful man that was brought into my life. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for bringing him to me. For him being just the man that I always dreamed of. When I was thanking my Heavenly Father that day, the thought came to me that I was going to marry Michael Every. After leaving him, I called my mom, my dad, my sister and Brelynn to tell them that I knew I was going to marry him. Sure enough, they thought I was crazy, but my family was all in agreeance that this was the right thing. I knew with out a doubt in my mind that he was my other half.