Jessica

How we first met is not what I would typically call "normal".  The first time I saw Alex was during the fall of 2010 when he and his brother were coaching my sister's soccer team.  I was only able to see him from across the field but I automatically loved his curly blonde hair... I got a crush on him, even though I was sure that I'd never talk to him, let alone date him.  Eventually my sister realized that I had a crush on her soccer coach, thankfully she didn't say anything about it to him right away.  It wasn't until a couple of weeks later on a family trip that the subject came up, I had recently found out that there was a good chance we would have a senior prom and I thought it would be nice to have a date and I had a good idea of who I'd like to go with me.  My sister knew this and so she took the liberty of writing Alex on Facebook and telling him about my idea; I never would have been brave enough to ask him myself so I'm very glad she did!  To make a long story short we met for the first time on December 11th, 2010 (after texting off and on before we met).  I went to his house for a movie night and things took off from there... We stayed in contact during the week and on weekends and a little while later we went Christmas caroling together.  A little while later on December 26th he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes. We've been together ever since then, we have our arguments but always seem to work through them and end up better off than we were before.  He is very open with communication between the two of us which is wonderful in working things out, and because I know that this good communication is not men's forte I especially appreciate it. After a very busy couple of weeks Alex and I were finally able to go for a run together.  We had been planning this run for awhile because it was the only day that neither of us had anything planned.  I was already very excited about the free weekend but it turned out even better than I could have imagined.  We got to the place where we were going to run... putting our cell phones into the center console of Alex's car where we always do, then got out of the car.. Only a couple of seconds later Alex went back to his car (to put something away he said), when actually what he did was get my phone out, download a picture, and put my phone on the passenger seat.  Then we went for our run and a little while later got back to his car.  As we were walking up to the doors we noticed (and he made it a point of saying it out loud) that my phone wasn't where I had left it.  So we got in and I checked my phone... What popped up was a picture of a box with a ring inside and the words "Will you marry me?" when I turned to look at him in the driver's seat he was sitting there holding the box with the ring!  After blabbering a bit and giving him about a dozen hugs I asked him if it was a joke... He laughed a little and told me that wasn't the reaction he was expecting.  Then I gave him another hug and told him yes, I would marry him! We are super excited about making wedding plans and I cannot even express how happy I am that he asked me to be his wife!