"This is our fate. I'm yours."

I had been wanting to blog again, but I didn't know what to talk about.  I didn't want to bore anyone with the details of a typical day for me.  And then it finally came to me.   As I was getting ready for church this morning, I noticed how my heart was so full of love and joy.  I am so stupidly crazy in love with Chase.  So for this post, I wanted to share some of our story.

I met Chase back in the fall of 2006.  I had a class with Kevin, one of his best friends, and Kevin thought I would be a good match for Chase.  But at the time, I was dating someone else and our relationship was long distant (Kevin didn't know this).  Anyway, one night Kevin called me to see if I wanted to go out to eat with him, Amy (one of my best friends), and Chase.  We all met up at Mi Hacienda, and Amy and I were introduced to Chase.  I didn't think anything of it since I already had a boyfriend, but it was quite the opposite for Chase.  He was smitten with me from the start.  From later conversation, Chase knew I had a boyfriend, but that didn't stop him from flirting with me.  haha.  The four of us hung out a couple of more times, but the last time we all hung out was one of the most significant for Chase.  We were all at my house and wound up dancing in the kitchen (keep this in the back of your mind while reading!).  It was fun, and that was that for the night. 

So time goes on, and Amy and I drifted from Kevin and Chase.  Not because of anything bad, we just drifted apart.  We were apart for about a year, and during that time, my then boyfriend broke up with me.  It wasn't until Valentine's Day of 2008 is when Chase and I reconnected.  Chase was on his way to Hallmark to buy his mom, sister, and grandmother a Valentine's Day card (aww, so sweet!), and he suddenly remembered that Amy worked there.  He asked about me and gave her his number to give to me.  As soon as Amy got off from work, she texted me saying "You're not going to believe who asked about you!!"  After a few more exchanged texts, she gave me Chase's number, and I texted him.  Lol, I was entirely too nervous to call him.  So we had our first date on Valentine's Day and have been together ever since.  There was a brief break up period at the beginning of our relationship, but we ended up finding our way back to each other.  This is so wild.  Chase and I tried to date other people, and we both had our most terrible dates ever on the same night in the same town.  That's another story though.

Fast forward to December 2010.  I was getting ready for my college graduation and getting excited about lunch at Carrabba's afterward.  I had no idea that Chase had another plan up his sneaky sleeve.  After eating the best lunch of my life, Chase and I were heading over to his mom's house.  On the way there, Chase called me to tell me that he had to go help some friends pull their truck out or whatever and told me that he would meet me at his mom's.  Little did I know that he was actually getting ready to propose.  I get to his mom's house and stayed there for about 20 minutes.  Chase called and told me to come by his house because he had a present waiting for me.  It wasn't until I got in the car that I realized that he was going to propose.  I don't know how I got that feeling, but I did.  I remember that it was a very quiet ride to his house, and I kept thinking that I was going to feel really stupid if this didn't happen.  He had me come in through the front door (which is never used).  As soon as I came in, he started playing "You and Me" by Lifehouse.  I walked in the living room and was so surprised.  Remember the whole dancing in the kitchen night?  Well, that was the set up in the living room.  There was a big back drop that said "Chase and Kim Forever."  He also made a dance floor filled with his favorite pictures of us through the years. 

And I will never forget what Chase said as he proposed.  That night when we all danced in the kitchen, he felt something.  He felt like he fell in love with me right then and there.  He prayed for me on the way home and felt an overwhelming sense of peace come over him.  He never felt so sure about someone.  It didn't matter when we met that I had a boyfriend.  He had never felt so confident in pursuing a girl.  He had prayed for his wife for six years.  He was crying while he was talking, and I was so surprised that I didn't really say much or cry while he was crying.  I feel so blessed to have someone so sweet, selfless, and silly in my life.  I love how we can joke around and poke fun at each other.  I love the little moments we have.  I love falling asleep next to him.  I love how he loves to make me laugh.  I love how he puts others first and desires to spend time with people.  I love how he is willing to do anything for me.  I just love him.  I can't get enough of him, and I am so happy we are spending the rest of our lives together.  I can't wait to see how life unfolds before our eyes.