Williams Legacy: Daddy Dates

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Daddy Dates

Justin decided to take the kids on individual dates to spend some one on one time with them. He took Syndel to the library. She loved looking at all of the books they were there for hours. And then she got to check some books out. She was so excited. After the library they went out for ice cream. Syndel had so much fun. After that he took Nicholas to Makutu's Island they were so tired when they got home especially Justin. It was a really fun day.

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About Justin & Kayla (how we met and our engagement)

We met at a singles ward Halloween party in 1995 a long long time ago :) Needless to say we hit it off right away but we were in no hurry to make any speedy commitments. I had just turned 18 and he was 23 so my parents weren't too thrilled of our dating. We continued to date for 4 years, it was time well spent. There's a lots of fine print that makes up for that 4 year span, but we will just fast forward a bit. Justin and I were dating long distance toward the end of our 4 year stretch and he invited me up to New Mexico where he was living at the time. He had a bunch of things planned to celebrate my "Birthday". He took me to the Durango, CO train station. We rode the train and got off at Needleton, CO to go hiking and it was so beautiful. We were trying to find a spot to eat lunch and Justin was so insistent on finding the perfect spot, which I thought was a little funny, so it took us a while. The spot that he picked was perfect and it was next to a running stream so we ate lunch and hung out. While we were getting ready to head back he started to get all serious. He got down on one knee and started to reach in his pocket and just as he started to open the box I started laughing but then I saw that there was a ring inside. The funny thing about that is because we had dated for so long he had made a joke out of asking me to marry him and he had played some tricks on me so I thought this was just another trick until I saw the ring inside. The only bad thing was that because of Justin's teasing personality he shut the box and started to put it back in his pocket acting upset because I was laughing. I freaked out and just kept saying "yes". I was so excited it was the most exciting day of my life. We started to hike back to the train and kept passing other hikers and I was so excited and out in the middle of nowhere, I just wanted to tell someone so I wanted to tell every hiker we saw on our way out. Surprisingly I managed to keep it a secret from all of the family members till I got back home. The first thing my dad said was "he didn't ask my permission!" If you know Justin he is not one to let anyone get in his way if he wants to do something. They were excited for me though. We had a 6 month engagement; I wanted plenty of time to plan my perfect wedding. My dress alone took 5 months to order so that worked out. But it has been a wild ride and we are excited about our dreams and goals that we have set for us and our family.