.deussens.: Four years ago...

Yesterday was the 20th of December and 4 years ago from this day my hubby (boyfriend at the time) proposed to me! I love this man more than ever!:) So here is the story of what went down on 12/20/07 and a little before...

Greg and I started hanging out June 07'. We finally started to hang out, introduced at his apartment, and I say finally because I always knew of him since high school and he knew nothing of me. So when I was 17 I got invited to hang out at his place with his roomie. I couldn't wait needless to say. Me and his roomie at the time were hanging out and were very good friends and getting closer to Greg was my plan. I set my eyes on him and I was determined to get his attention. After two months of trying (not being desperate:) we finally got to the point of dating and seeing one another just us two, no one else. August we were finally together and couldn’t be happier. I put myself out there and said "I love you" first and didn't get shut down, weird! He said it back and we never spent a moment apart after that. After 4 and 1/2 months of dating he popped the question! I was so surprised! We never went ring shopping, we talked about marriage a couple times but I didn't know he thought we were that serious (I wanted to get married or engaged asap but since I was only 17 I knew he was kinda freaked out about the whole thing, and I knew he didn't want to be that serious that soon).

So Thursday December 20th of 2007, I was dropped off at his house by my mother (I got in a car accident a couple weeks earlier so I didn't have a car) thinking we were swapping Christmas gifts, I had a Dixon watch for him thinking that I got him the best gift EVER, I had called him and said I was there and to open the door but he said the door was open so I walked in and there he was.....on one knee with a dozen roses and me saying "thanks babe how sweet are you!" Thinking to myself where is my gift with the flowers in my arms...then he responded with "smell the roses" I then replied I did...here is your gift, giving him the watch in the box....still not understanding. Then he said again, on his knee, "smell the roses" and there it was...my ring attached to the middle rose! He was shaking and could barely speak...with five words he said, "Jaime, will you marry me?" I shouted out YES! I think all of Rexburg heard my answer! He then got up and took the ring out of the rose and put it on my finger. I kissed him, looked at my ring, then looked at his watch box and said, "It's just a watch, sorry". He just laughed and said, "So you said yes right?" LOL! I love him!

My mom came to get me at curfew and when I got into the car, she asked me what I got, and I simply held up my left hand flipped her off with my ring finger and her jaw dropped. What mother wouldn't with a 17 year old daughter sitting there in the passenger seat with a rock on her finger? I was glowing, Still am;)

We got married November 29th 2008 and are fully enjoying the married life. I was asked the other day, "So you're married? Newlywed? I said no, 3 years:) then the person responded with yes you are a newlywed lol. So yes I am newlyish married and wouldn't change it for anything. I love Greg more than words can describe! Yesterday he brought home dinner thinking he knew what day it was and during dinner I asked him, "Do you know what today is?" He sat there and thought and thought....I said" It's not my birthday, not Valentine’s day, and we just had our anniversary..." he sat there and thought....then he said "It's December 20th." I said yes that's right but.....then he shouted "I proposed to you four years ago!" Yes babe:) Good job and thanks for dinner very nice job:)

I love you Gregory Preston Deussen! Happy you picked me to be yours forever! Words cannot describe how happy I am, I love you BABE!:)