When I was thinking about what to write for this topic, I immediately thought of the second date that Brad and I went on together. He invited me to go shooting with him and his sister, Suzanne, and her husband, Bradley. I was really excited because I actually enjoy shooting targets very much -- and I have to say, I'm not bad at it!
Anyway, we drove up to the San Tan Mountains in Arizona and found a great spot. We shot the guns and ate a little for dinner. When we were done, Bradley and Suzanne took off for home but Brad and I decided to go for a walk to the top of the hill. We made it in time to see the sun set and just talked for a while. We just "clicked"; we had so much fun talking together. We finally looked at a watch and "a while" unknowingly had turned into five hours. It was 2am! We still had to hike down the hill and drive out of the mountains. By the time we made it home it was after 3am. Our singles ward had a service project later that morning and we were all meeting at 5am. Both Brad and I had committed to go so we figured there was no point in getting some sleep. So, we went back to his parent's place and watched the movie, Babe. (That was a really stupid movie. I thought the moral of the story was fine, but I adamantly oppose non-animated, talking animal movies. They are just wrong.)
I'll never forget how Brad's mom walked in during the middle of the movie and was really surprised to see me there. Brad and I thought it was funny.
He dropped me off at home just in time for me to get ready to go to the service project -- my friend, Jennifer, was coming to pick me up and if I wasn't at home to meet her I was sure my parents would freak out. Jennifer about died when I told her I had just gotten home! I'm not sure if my parents ever knew about it, either. Needless to say, neither Brad, nor I were very useful at the service project!
I have to say that it was quite the memorable night not just because I stayed out all night (I rarely do that!) but because that was really when I started falling in love with him (Wow, that sounded gushy!). We became such good friends so quickly and we had so much fun together -- we still do! Brad is still my best friend. How blessed am I to have him as my husband!
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