This is Just the Begining

With Bret and I getting ready to start our lives together, what better way to start this journey then to start a blog! And what better way to start the blog then from the beginning of this amazing love story (I know I'm corny!), so here we go! It all started when my friend Stephanie and I were scrambling to get dates to our sorority Shin Dig dance on Saturday, October 24, 2008. Steph and I were living together at the time and knew that we wanted to ask friends so that her and I could stick together the whole night! As much as we wanted to take the usual, Sig's(ugh!), we wanted to venture out and broaden our horizons. Steph's grandpa early that week had mentioned to her that he waned to line her up with his boss's son and Steph thought that Shin Dig would be perfect. When Mike, the boy that Steph was being lined up with, called to set up a date she told him about the idea and he was game. She told him to bring a friend to make the first date less awkward and volunteered me to be the friend going along for moral support. That night before the date I remember leaving work thinking that I wish I didn't have to go. I had never taken a blind date to a Chi Omega dance and was not very excited to start! As we were driving up to pick up the boys I remember thinking I hope mine is cute! Getting out of the car and introducing ourselves we determined who was with who and I have to say that my unexcitment had quickly changed when I met Bret. I remember thinking how cute he was and how nervous I got. Driving up to the dance we talked the whole time. I had never been on a first date where I had connected with someone so easily. The whole night was so fun and even though there was the usual first date insecurities it actually went really well. When we dropped them off later that night he got my number and I was so excited, but I couldn't get my hopes up because I had such a good time that I thought that it was too good to be true and didn't want to be disappointed. Coming home my friends and I talked about how the night went and they could not believe how well Bret and I clicked. I was so relieved to hear this because it wasn't just me who thought it! A few days later I received one of the best phone calls in my life it was Bret calling me to ask if I would go to Thriller with him. I felt horrible because the night he asked me to go I was teaching dance and couldn't get out of it. It took us tell January of 2009 to go out again, but I have to say that it was mostly because of me and not because he didn't try! Our second date Bret took me to shoot guns at 'Get Some' shooting range and I have to say it was actually really fun, but I was leaving to Hawaii the next day for three weeks so a shot of us going out again was not in the near future. The whole time I was in Hawaii we continued to text, but when I got home it took us a while to go out again. It was not tell march we had our third date and then not tell april did we go out again. I wish I could say that it was all Bret, but sadly I have to report that it was mostly me! I cannot believe that Bret was so persistent and am so grateful that he was. After ten dates of canceling on him, Bret had finally decided to give up. Shortly after coming to this decision I went with one of my friends to listen to her sister speak in her singles ward and in comes walking Bret. I was so excited to see him because it had been forever and little did I know it was good that I did see him, because he had just made up his mind that he was done trying. That following tuesday Bret took me out and we had our first kiss. I guess that's where you could say everything changed. We started hanging out almost everyday and three weeks after our first kiss Bret told me he loved me and the next night he told me he wanted to marry me. I was so excited because I knew that I always liked Bret, but I was scared to let my wall down because I never really knew how he felt. From that point things started getting a lot more serious and soon after those conversations we decided to date exclusively. Throughout the summer we had so much fun going on dates and trips together. When fall came around we started to talk more seriously about getting married and in november we finally nailed down a date. It was so much fun to spend the holidays together and actually have someone during the holidays instead of being reminded that you are alone! On December 19, 2009, Bret and I were going to see the lights down at temple square with his family. Driving down I went to grab Bret's hand and it was so sweaty I asked him if he was hot and his response was, "It's so hot in here!" Now looking back it was so funny because he was so nervous. As we walked in I was so cold, Bret was trying to call his dad to see where they were so we could meet up with them and in the mean time he told me he had a gift for me. I was a little skeptical, but excited because I thought that this might be it. It was a beautiful gold ornament. He told me to open it and read what was inside. Inside was a typed up note explaining that christmas time is a time to reflect on the ones we love and be thankful for those people in our lives. It went on by telling me to look up to the sky and make one last wish as a single women. At the end of the note he told me how much he loved me and how grateful he was to have found me then it read, "Mckenzi will you..." as I looked up Bret was on one knee and with tears in his eyes and his hands shaking asked me to be his wife. It was so cute and you could hear people start to crowd around saying things like, look he's starting to purpose and oh my gosh look guys! As soon as he got on his knee I started crying he asked and I yelled YES!!! Then he got up and kissed me and everyone cheered. It was so fun because Bret had called all of my family, his family and all of his friends to be there so that they could share this night with us. It was one of the best nights of my life and I am so excited to be Mrs. Bret McCormick. We are getting married May 20, 2010, and with all of the preparation these next three months are going to fly by, at lease I hope! I am so excited to be his wife and be sealed for time and all eternity. Bret makes me so happy and I am so grateful he was so persistent in trying to go out with me! Well, now that you have heard our whole story I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog because this is just the beginning!