Today is Jesse and I’s 4 year dating anniversary…  It is hard to believe that it has been 4 years already, but at the same time I don’t remember what life is like without him in it.

But none of this would have ever happened if it weren’t for a few funny stories that I will never live down….

After Jesse had taken me to the range, we started texting back and forth NON STOP!! I’m talking 5,000 messages in ONE month nonstop. One evening I was hanging out with my girlfriends and I was telling them about “this guy” and how we would text back and forth and how much we seemed to click, but I was too nervous to ask him out. So Tara took my phone and started texting him for me. She (posing as me) asked Jesse to go to dinner the next evening. Jesse responded with “sure, whatcha cookin?” My first thought was COOKING…. that means he wants to come over to my house… I had just got a new puppy a few weeks before and my house was a DISASTER!! So I told her to respond with something Italian… He said sure see you tomorrow…

Now the race was on. On my way home I called my mom in a panic as to what to make for dinner tomorrow for my crush… She told me to focus on cleaning she would throw together lasagna and bring it down for me. So I did just that, I woke up at the crack of dawn the next morning to start cleaning. So much to do so little time. I cleaned like I had never cleaned before. I was also driving my mom nuts with asking what time she would be by with the lasagna.. I was NOT telling Jesse that I did not make it. She came through and dropped off the lasagna, salad and garlic bread.

IT WORKED… We had a GREAT dinner and sat and chatted for what felt like hours. (Bear was even well behaved, which if you met him as a puppy you would understand is a BIG accomplishment.)

So fast forward a few weeks and a few dates later. My cousin and his wife were in town for her baby shower and asked if we could have a double date so I agreed to “cook” again. Again… I called my mom… She threw brought lasagna down and I, once again, passed it off as my own…

But this night was different. This night would change my life. After Corey and Nikki left, Jesse and I were sitting on the couch watching a movie. Jesse asked me to go to church with him the next morning. I said “absolutely”  (read previous blog about Faith and praying to God to get me back into church.) His next question made my heart skip a beat. He asked me then “So, how do I introduce you tomorrow?”  I asked him back “How do you want to introduce me?”  He said “As my girlfriend?” I said “SURE!!”  And the rest they say is history…

Even though eventually I would have to confess to Jesse about my passing my moms lasagna off as my own.