The Journey

After the football game, Britney and I talked for a while about our upcoming plans. I mentioned I was going to Nevada for Thanksgiving. Imagine my surprise when she asked if I could give her a ride to Carson City so her family could pick her up and take her the rest of the way home. I did my best to keep my cool as I calmly replied "I could probably do that". The next few days were filled with dinners and walks and getting to know each other. Our eight-hour drive to Nevada was really fun and went by too quickly. We parted ways for a few days but got together again for the drive back to Utah and haven't been apart since.

Our relationship progressed quickly. So much so that it didn't seem too unusual for Britney to ask me to come home with her for Christmas--two weeks after our first date.

Christmas break in Sutter Creek was awesome. The Shiflet family was very warm and welcoming. On our one-month anniversary, we took a trip into San Francisco and stopped by the Oakland temple to see the grounds and Christmas lights.

Nobody is quite sure how it came up, but the idea of getting married emerged somehow. Even though it was just an exploratory discussion, I couldn't help but feel that I had found the girl I was going to spend the rest of forever with.

I won't get into too much detail about the following few weeks, and I'll let Britney describe the proposal, but I did want to share a message that my 92-year old Grandma left for me that perfectly describes how I feel about Britney:

I couldn't have said it better myself.