The Story of Us

Beware... Long post about Jason and my relationship

Three years and 3 months ago was my first Sunday at HH and the night I met Jason. We met after church on Sunday night and went to eat at J. Alexanders. We had a good dinner and he invited me to the new singles group forming at church. And since we both enjoy football, he invited me over to his place to watch football with some of his friends that weekend.
Over the next 7 months we had a great time. We watch football most Saturdays during football season and spent them on the golf course when football season was over. We formed a great friendship giving each other dating advice, trying to find dates for the other person, butting heads on ideas and opinions and helping each other move. (I helped him move and he watched me move) =)
Some of my favorite times during those 7 months were on the golf course. Jason is a member at NGAC and after one day on the course, I was ready to go back. I did not want to play, but walking the course and enjoying the day was great. We would walk 9 or 18 holes and talk about all kinds of topics. One day we were at #6 (you have to walk up a big hill to get to the tee box) so Jason left his bag at the bottom and I stayed with it. After hitting the ball he asked me to gab his bag and meet him on the green. Well, that is the day I became his caddy (by choice). I loved walking the course, but some day I felt lazy just walking, so I liked the workout i got carrying the clubs so i did it all the time.
We had formed such a good friendship, people began asking us if we were dating. We continually them we told them "no, we are just good friends",but they continued to ask and they asked so often that they ask me in front of the guy I was dating. That was real nice.
In April a friend of ours (UB) asked me why we did not date. She said we were so go together that we should think about it. I just laughed and told her I could date him, he was my friend and I just was not interested in him that way. Later that night I told him what UB said and we had a great laugh.
Three weeks later I am in the car driving to Kentucky with a friend to visit my parents and my phone rings. It is Jason, he had been thinking about what UB said and thought we should date. What?? You think we should date? I told him we needed to talk about it. I did not want to date because I did not want to mess up our friendship and 6 weeks later notbe on speaking terms. He disagreed. I told him we would talk about it when I got back from Ky. He said"we just talked about it, we are dating".
Two weeks later (May) we are getting out the car at the golf course, I begin our conversation with... "If this is going to go anywhere then you need to know__________", and we talked about it. Then he said,"Well, if this is going to go anywhere then, what are your feelings about______". And so the conversation went for 19 holes. As we walked up to the car to head home Jason says, "So I am going to ask you and there will be a ring, but when are we going to do this"?
In August, four months after we started dating Jason and I were on the 13th tee box at our club (we took a cart for 9 holes), it is a beautiful cliff looking out over coolsprings and he proposed. It was a wonderful moment and he pared he hole.
In December, four months after he proposed, I walked down the isle. I had always said, if I got married one day, I wanted to marry my bestfriend. Three years and three months ago when I walked into HH, I had no idea I was walking into my church home and meeting my bestfriend and loving husband, but God had a special plan.
We have been married for 2 years and it has been a blessed 2 years.
Engagement picture at the golf course