How I Met your Father

My wedding anniversary is coming up in a week. It has made me reflect a bit on how Shane and I met. Do you ever look at other people and then wonder how you and your spouse found each other? God's hand HAD to be in it. How else would you explain it?

Back in the winter of 1997 I was attending the U of U. I had class Mon-Thurs, so it was common that Rick (a friend) and I would go to The Bay for some good ol' country dancing on a Thursday night. We did this for months. We would walk in together, but had our favorite dance partners once we got there. We would meet up at the end of the night to drive home together. In March Rick graduated and wasn't available anymore. This was such an out for me that I continued to go. I couldn't find anyone to go with, so I went by myself. Looking back, that may not have been such a great idea. A lot of things could have gone wrong.

Mid April I was there. A slow song came on and I looked around. I saw a good looking guy sitting on a bench with no intention of dancing. How could that be? He seemed content just sitting on this bench. So I asked if he wanted to dance. He said yes!..... 13 yrs later we have 4 kids, a dog and a horse........wait, there is more to the story.

The next week (April 27th) I happened to be on a date with a "regular" from The Bay. We had tried to see a movie, but nothing was going as planned. He suggested we go to The Bay. I didn't think that was such a good idea. I didn't want to spend the whole evening just dancing with him, but ended up there anyway. We danced a few dances and then I saw Shane. Oh no! I needed to at least go and say hi, but what about this date thing????? I turn to my date and tell him I need to say hi to someone and will be right back. I walked over to Shane and say hi and then he asks me to dance. I couldn't say no, but what will my date say when he sees me dancing with someone else? Crap!! After the dance was over Shane asks me to save him the last dance. The last dance was always a slow dance. How was that going to be possible? I think my date realized how coming here on a date was not such a good idea. The last song came on and he (the date) decided to ask someone else to dance. Oh yeah, now I can go find Shane without guilt. After the song Shane asks for my number. I still remember trying to find a piece of paper. The funny things that stay in our memory. (He still has the piece of paper.)

May 3rd was our 1st date. I remember what I was wearing and that we went to the Spaghetti Factory. The rest is all a blur. We dated for about 8 months. He proposed Dec. 12th and we were married March 20, 1998.

Shane was with his sister Sally that first night. Later we learned that she had said a prayer the night we met. She asked that Shane would meet someone there.

Also the night Shane got my number his brother Scott said "You're going to marry that girl" Shane just laughed and said "I just got her number, that's all".

The Bay now has a new name and I believe it is a bar, but good memories. The Bay was the last place I would have thought I would meet my husband. See what I mean about God's hand?