Saga Continued

At Ann Marie's request, and because she is irresistably adorable, I will continue my saga. Hold on to your britches...

In Virginia, girl also visits possible graduate schools.
Boy and girl in limbo (not the dancing kind) as girl figures out just how necessary a PhD is, right now, in her life. But still very, very much in love.
Boy and girl fly home on an airplane together (it's so nice to be able to sleep on the person next to you :).
Girl figures out that this boy needs to stay in her life...forever.
Boy and girl get engaged on girl's parents' couch (girl's parents are outside, blissfully unawares).
Boy and girl don't tell anyone for a week, for reasons soon forthcoming.
Girl very nonchalantly asks her parents out to dinner on a double date at Chili's in American Fork.
Girl and boy go ring shopping.
In the love-o-matic haze of ring shopping, boy and girl lose track of the time and are late to the aforementioned double date...a tragic mistake.

Note: for those of you unacquainted with my well-intentioned but sometimes complicated father, please understand the magnitude of this dinner date. It was huge. Scary. And the outcome was on the one hand perfectly predictable, and on the other hand absolutely random. For more explanation...we'll have to have a sleepover or something, because it could take awhile.

Girl and boy frantically drive to American Fork, having called ahead to tell parents they would be late.
Girl and boy tell parents they are getting married.
Mom says, I'm so happy for you!
Dad looks at the window, writes on his napkin, avoids eye contact...then finally says, why would you want to do that?
Dinner finally ends.
Boy calls his parents and leaves a message saying, I'm getting married! See you in August!
Boy's dad leaves a subsequent message saying, good job!
Girl buys dress, etc etc
Girl and boy get married...FOREVER!! (p.s. thanks to those of you who were there. We were so grateful for your presence :)
Wedding day goes off w/o a hitch. Except boy's grandparents and 2 members of wedding party are no-show for pictures. But let's be honest, my err girl's attention was definitely elsewhere.
Perhaps a few of you noticed pin under boy's jacket at said event: "It's my first time."
Boy and girl dance in what must have been the most romantic moment of all eternity, right? (watching the wedding video, I would give anything to remember what we actually said to each other! All you can really see is me crying, we smooch etc.)
Boy and girl drive off into the sunset...you get the picture.

Phew, that took forever. haha, get the pun?

A Triumphant Return to the Blog World

So this past week, while using the excuse of, “if I think about everything I have to do when I get up, it will save me a lot of time” when the alarm goes off, I’ve decided that I should begin blogging again. I even wrote the draft of my first new blog in my head. We’ll see how it comes out.

First of all, I realize I have been quite remiss in not blogging about the most important event of my life. However, I do have to give myself credit that it was also the busiest event/season of my life thus far. For those who were unaware, I have gotten hitched, changed my name, become the ball-and-chain…that’s right, I am now married. But I acknowledge that it’s best not to get too mushy about this here. So, I thought I’d give you the semi-brief, non-girly account of the wonderful tale that is Rachel and Chris Bailey.

Girl meets boy when he appears unexpectedly in her kitchen, toasting a bagel.
Boy teaches girl to be a pirate on the Provo River.
Girl discovers boy is in her molecular biology class as well as her ward.
Boy sits by girl in molecular biology.
Boy is very sweaty in molecular biology because he runs straight from a volleyball class.
Note: girl currently has other boyfriend who lives in Ogden.
While they wash their cars together and discuss above-noted situation, boy tells girl, “Well, it sounds like you want to break up with him.”
Girl dumps other boyfriend.
Girl is informed by Jena, when Jena learns of the dumping, “Good, because there’s someone who I think you should date!”
Boy makes spaghetti for girl at midnight when she gets home from studying.
Boy goes to girl’s house with girl and Nama.
Note: Boy is wearing “I love Jesus” shirt; thereafter, girl’s dad refers to boy as the “I love Jesus boy”
Boy drives girl to ward party in Idaho with Jena and Jon.
In Idaho, Jena asks girl, “Are you sure there’s no one you are interested in dating??”
Back at home, boy asks girl on first official date (with much help from the sly and amazing Love Doctor, Ms. Tina Whitaker).
Girl gives boy the oh-so-subtle idea that just maybe, oh I don’t know, kinda, if you wanted to, you could, oh perhaps…kiss me.
Boy, picking up what girl is laying down, obliges.
Girl and boy date
Girl tells girl’s family that she is dating boy, to which girl’s dad responds, “the I love Jesus boy??”
Boy and girl date…and date…and date…(this part is of course most interesting to me, but not as interesting to all of you perhaps)
Girl says, “I love you.”
Boy says, “For reals?”
Boy and girl take latin ballroom dance together and learn the rumba (that one’s for you Kimberly!).
Girl goes home w/ boy to meet boy’s family.
Boy’s family loves her.

Well, this is getting lengthier than I planned. I’ll finish later, if anyone is interested…