The Beginning.

As a little girl I use to always dream of how MY wedding would be. One thing that I remember very distinctly from my childhood is that I never thought that I would live long enough first off to be in high school, second to get married, and third to have kids... and that always made me so sad. I truly thought that the world would end (the second coming would come) and that would be that. Well, so far I have lived to see two of those things come to life. I really want to share with everyone the way that this all came about. I feel that you all need to know that Blake and I were not just coincidence. I promise you that Heavenly Father had the stars perfectly aligned for us and although it hasn't always been perfect, I have known from the beginning that Blake was who I was going to be with and needed to be with forever. Lets start back in the fall of 2009.
For those of you who knew me back in 2009, you know that I went through a very heart breaking, tragic time in my life. You may be wondering why I would bring that up but this part in my life was crucial to the plan; and although I did not know it at the time, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. A few weeks later, my mom was having a picture party at our house and was sending out flyer's. For some reason, she ended up taking a flyer to the Inkley's house who she was not acquainted with. She only knew that one of my sisters friends had married their son. It was a very random thing to do on her part but this was the next crucial part. The Inkley's ended up coming to my mom's picture party which I feel was somewhat random. Not a lot of people respond to random flyer's haha. When they came we talked about their son Bryant. He had just recently returned from his mission and he and I use to be friends. After that party, Bryant and I got in contact with each other. Now... this is where my sweetheart comes into the picture.
Sunday, November 22, 2009. This day will forever be known as the hardest day of my life. I was feeling heartbroken, useless, and like there was absolutely no meaning to my life. I have never felt more low. I remember getting on my knees and just praying. (praying and bawling). I was so sick. I had my Dad give me a fathers blessing to try and comfort my broken heart, that some how, some way, I would be able to heal. That night, I had just woken up from a long sleep. I decided to get on Facebook. There was a friend request from Blake Pando as well as a message. It said "what's up? Do you remember me?" Of course I replied. I hadn't talked to him since I was in middle school so it was interesting. The next couple responses were followed up with, "Would you like to go out with me?".... Now let me preface here... I had been asked out on a few dates in weeks prior to this and every time I said that I wasn't interested or wasn't ready to be dating again, but for some reason this time was different. To this day I still don't have an answer about why I agreed to go out with him. I honestly don't know. For whatever reason it was the best decision that I have ever made in my entire life and I am so grateful for each and every day that I have spent with my best friend.

And I wouldn't change a thing.
I'd walk right back through the rain,
back to every broken heart on the day that it was breaking.
And I'd re-live all the years,
and be thankful for the tears,
I cried with every stumbled step that led to you,
and got me here.