Nick, the Old Man

So this weekend has been hilarious for me. Nick has decided to start working out again, and this past week has worked out twice with a trainer. Consequentially he has been unable to walk, sit, stand, or bend like a normal person! We spent the weekend in the hot tub, with the scent of Tiger Balm throughout our apartment, and I have arthritis now from giving massages. But luckily all that effort worked and he is feeling much better this morning. I just love to see other people endure my weekly lifestyle...being too sore to move! And I am very proud of him for working so hard. Tonight we are back at it!

Our Wild History

I think our story is incredible so I really want to share it. Nick and I met when we were both Sophomores in High School, and didn't like each other at all! I felt like Nick was really full of himself (and he is!). Nick thought I was, "interesting, mysterious and unreadable". He lived in Mauriceville, TX and I had just moved to Lake Charles, LA the two cities are about 40 minutes from each other, crossing the state line. We were both part of the Orange Texas Stake. About two years later we both attended the annual youth conference for our stake.

I think the first thing he said to me at the conference was, "Azzi, lookin' good!" (How typical Nick) We hit it off at the conference and spent a lot of time together. We were on a charter bus headed back from a lake at the end of this conference when we had our first kiss. :) It was by far one of the most memorable moments of my entire life.

From then on we dated, and dated, and dated! Nick dedicated himself to driving every weekend to Lake Charles, a trip total of about 1.5 hours, to see me for about a year straight. We dated about 2 entire years before our wedding. 10 months of these two years we were separated; Nick was in Texas getting his E.M.T. and I was starting my first year of college at BYU. Nick moved to Utah (for me;) the day after Valentine's this year. We were engaged by the end of March! I left to spend the summer at my parent's in Tennessee on my birthday, April 28. But by mid-May I was desperate to be back with my Baby again.

I bought a ticket to go back to Salt Lake and on June 18th, Nick and my Mom's, and my sister Karianne's birthday, I flew back to Salt Lake. We were married the same day in Provo, Utah.

We have been married almost 4 months now, and we know it was the best decision we ever made.

I think it is amazing that we dated for so long and even endured 10 months of separation, and still knew after all of it how much we love each other. We have known since we first started dating that we were going to have a big future together.

Our Blog Is Taking Some Time!

This is a work in progress! I am still trying to completely figure the site out. So bear with me. I hope to have pictures up soon.