jake & i grew up in the same town...looking back on old pictures i see him playing popwarner football & i am the cheerleader on the side lines with pom-poms & a bad hair doo (seriously)
but it was the summer of 2009 that i OFFICIALLY met jake from our mutual good friend carli. jake was living here in california for the summer working & whenever there was something social going on he would be there. i really liked jake at the time but had just broken off a serious relationship & didnt really want anything to do with dating. jake had asked me if he could make me a nice dinner one night & i said yes.....an hour before i was supposed to be there ((he says 20 min.)) i called him & told him i wouldnt be able to make it. i completely bailed. the summer went on & jake & i stayed friends ((thank goodness))...after the summer was over he headed back up to utah, where his family now lives & where he attends school.
the years went on & any time jake would come back down to california we would go out on a date. as much as i wanted to take back the summer of 2009 & not miss that dinner, i did & i think jake was a lil bitter about it. the last time we went on a date while he was visiting, i text him after he had left & told him that i felt terrible about that dinner & that i hope one day he can forgive me for that, if there was ever an opportunity to really date i hope we would take it. after i sent it...i felt so dumb because he didnt respond for a long time... enough time for me to think way too much about everything i had just written to him. finally came the reply that he understood about missing the dinner but he doesnt want anything long distance... ((sooo...you're saying there is a chance?! -like one in a million....))
we stayed in touch but it was a couple months ago that i got a text from him saying that i came up in conversation. it was then that we started talking more & more frequently. he had told me that he was trying to find work out here in california during the summer but nothing was for sure. it was a short time before the summer was here & he "heytell'd me that he is going to be moving out here this summer...i was soooo excited i even think i "woohoo'd" in the middle of target when i got this message! ((haha))
as much as i still thought jake was an amazing guy, i was not expecting to date him this summer. i thought i had blown my chances! when jake got into town i was happy to see him...we hung out a couple times, went on our first date ((again)) with his dad & grandma golfing. i was terrible...but had the time of my life! i kept thinking could things between jake & i really workout?!?!? later that night we had our first kiss & i about died! -the whole drive home i was thinking OH MY LANTA did that just happen? it did...it really did! a few months later
we are now engaged!
i knew very shortly after dating jake that i was going to marry him...everything was different. everything was real. no games, just a simple respect that we had for one another & cared for each other in so many ways. we both have dated a lot, we both have had failed relationships & i can speak for myself that i am grateful for all those experiences that have lead me to jake. it gives me so much faith that heavenly father loves us both & has had this planned all along...timing IS everything & there were some things that we needed to learn being single & from being with other people. i am so grateful for jake & all that he does & who he is. i cant wait to marry him, to call him my husband, to not have to say good bye every night, to grow with him spiritually, to raise a family with him, to continue to fall in love with him every single day!
we are excited to have all of our families & friends be there to share the excitement!
both of our families are thrilled & wedding planning is beginning!
i cant wait to be apart of the amazing kleiman family!
love, the future mrs. kleiman
love, the future mrs. kleiman
we're getting married OCTOBER 15th, 2011
((soon...but not soon enough))
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