God's Timing

It's been awhile, but I was just thinking about God's timing this morning and how amazing it is that he knows what we need, when we need it.  Just a little over two years ago, my mom, little brothers and I were changing water.  I was leaning over a ditch to move a dam and my super old LG flip phone fell out of my pocket.  I was REALLY upset.  Little did I know that having my phone get fried from the water would set into motion the chain of events that would bring Bryce into my life.
 I tried to resurrect that silly phone for more than a week.  I tried the rice method for a long time until I finally gave up and bought a smart phone.  That summer, the LDS dating app called Mutual was pretty new and all of my friends had it so I decided to download it just for fun.  I mean, I was 21, not really looking to get married at the time, but why not? Within a week of downloading it, I matched with Bryce. We literally talked for a day before we decided to meet at a fireside in Nampa that neither of us would have EVER gone to otherwise. 
I had no idea that day that two years later, I would be married to Bryce.  The past two years have held some pretty rough times, but through them all, I'm so grateful to know that God was mindful of me all along.  He knew when the timing would be right for Bryce and me.  I was so frustrated with how things were going for a long time but I am eternally grateful that I didn't give up and now I get to be with my best friend forever!  Even though it took a little longer than I expected ;)

Exciting Changes

Since it's been awhile since I wrote on here and one of my goals for the year was to write more, I thought I'd write a post about the last couple months! In old news, I graduated from college!

I absolutely LOVED my time at BYU-Idaho.  I Learned so much, made so many incredible friends, and had many life changing experiences.  But I am ready to see what the future holds!

At the end of January, I started dating Bryce again! Neither of us knew where things would go, but we decided to give things another try and I am beyond grateful that he didn't ignore my text message when I texted him again after several months.

We spent most weekends together through February and March.  We had a lot of really long talks in person and on the phone and both felt really good about a future together. 

On April 12th, Bryce took me flying (which is what we did for our first date over a year and a half ago).  I didn't suspect a thing.  Looking back now, he may have been acting a little more nervous than normal but in the moment, I didn't notice it.  We flew over towards Boise and he started pointing out familiar landmarks like the roads that go past his families farm and and pieces of property they farm.  We went down fairly low over the buildings and as I was looking out the window, I saw Marry Me in lights on the roof of one of the buildings. 

I was so surprised!  I just looked at Bryce for a few seconds and then said "OF COURSE!" I'm so excited to spend eternity with my best friend! 

We're getting married June 21st, 2019 in the Meridian Idaho temple!  (Which is exactly a month away!)

As the past month has gone by, I've been thinking a lot about the last year and a half.  Bryce and I dated for 4 months in 2017 but timing just wasn't right.  I'm grateful he was willing to take a chance on me again after all that time had gone by!  And for your viewing pleasure, here are some of our engagement pictures!

I love this man with all my heart.