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After weeks and weeks of preparation and some words of encouragement from Kelley, I am now making my first post on our blog!!  My hesitation for writing was simply brought on by Kelley's fantastic writing ability and I was afraid she might put me to shame, but like the true competitor I am I turned this into a challenge for myself and I'm very excited to start these blog entries on the reg, almost as excited as I am about my engagement and plans for life with my best friend in the world!

As you can tell from Kelley's entry I am a very smooth individual.. I say this because what guy do you know of that has eyed a girl for a whole year while attending the same school as her, had mutual friends with, and even saw regularly but didn't ever talk to her once, can get someone to ask them to their sorority formal.. well thats how lucky I got!!

I transferred to MTSU my junior year to play baseball knowing no one and craving a destination that I could feel comfortable in. Having grown up in the middle tennessee area I always knew MTSU was there and never really saw myself going there. I always saw them as my dad's teams biggest rival. But I am so thankful that I did go there. Not only did I find some of my best friends in life in that year, I also was introduced to Kelley! I'm not going to go in depth as to how we met because Kel already did but lets  just say I got pretty lucky.. She never mentioned in her post that the whole year before we met at our friends apartment I had searched her on facebook routinely (i know.. how creepy), tried to find places where she might be (after seeing her at football tailgates, taco bell, church, etc...tell me about it, how did I not pull the trigger), and asking people in her sorority about her.. Although I never got a chance to meet Kelley face-to-face our junior year and my only year at MTSU, I was fortunate enough to have my roommate, who was dating a girl who just happened to be friends with this cute girl I had been eyeing for a good while. After meeting Kel (finally!!!!!!) I made the move and of course asked her to be my friend on facebook, only because I failed to get her number off of her dog's tag.. I then deleted my facebook soon after because I was going to Arizona for a month to play and I wanted to clear everything from life and really focus on baseball for this one month.. I remember this being so hard for me to do at the time even knowing that I had only met this girl once and by now she had already forgotten me most likely, but I did it anyway, and I said a prayer after I did it saying, "God if it is meant to be for me and this girl, she will still be there when I get home, and you will make it work out between us." So I did it and when I got home this girl who I had been dreaming of spending quality time with remembered me enough or was encouraged enough by her friend to take me to her formal.. How exciting!!! After that first date, I knew Kelley was the perfect girl for me.. so I then bugged her after it enough to con her into thinking that I was perfect for her.. jk. She really does like me a lot..
 *so much for not going in depth.. sbi (sorry bout it) haha

I can't express how awesome it is to find someone who shares the same feelings about God and how important it is to have him in our life together. I thank the big guy everyday for giving me someone like Kel! That is all for now but with my broken hand and my likening of this blog thingy I'm gonna post another one about Kel's recent trip to AZ while I'm on the shelf because of my broken hand.

Alex

our story

We are Kelley and Alex. We are 22. We're engaged!! and this is our life.

Alex and I met last fall at a friends apartment. I took him to my formal in November. He told me that night that he was going to come back take me to see a movie, but since he lived an hour away I didn't really believe him. Sure enough about a week later, we had our first real date. He drove back to take me on another date and just to hang out one night over the next couple weeks. Then I went home for Christmas break. Our one hour distances turned to two. In our efforts to hang out and not be awkward, creepy, or overbearing, we had to get creative. Luckily, I have a crafty, confident, and determine fiance who came up with the idea to get Usher tickets. So, I made the drive to Clarksville to hang out with this guy who I was starting to like. I think for me I would say that was the turning point. Alex came to Jackson a few days later  for new year's eve. Brave boy. He met my most of my friends and family and thankfully still hung around. :) I would say that is when people say the rest is history. We quickly became really comfortable and close. We learned a lot about each others lives. I think its safe to say we are a lot the same and in some ways a little different too. I think we would both agree that our lives up until our meeting have been unique in their own ways but none the less prepared us greatly for the life that we will explore together. On June 20, Alex asked me if I would be his best friend forever along with giving me a beautiful ring and asking me to marry him. Of course, I said yes. And so begins the journey to our forever. And yes June 20 was exactly 7 months to the day after our first unofficial date to formal. We know 7 months isn't a long time. I used to be quick to judge people who rush into things. But when God puts someone special into your life. It doesn't take long at all to figure out that He intends that person to stay.  We now live our lives somewhat apart since Alex travels everywhere playing baseball. But we are very much together on every other level. I am fortunate enough to be able to visit often as we travel around creating little adventures. We created this blog to share with people our life and our story and hope to maybe inspire and encourage people along the way. Like most people, we are in the constant process of planning our lives. We don't really know where we will be from month to month, but we have fun. And we embrace our crazy adventure with our great love--for God, for each other, and for people.