First Date

I wish I could remember the exact date of our first date, kind of makes me mad that I can't! Just one of my many regrets for never writing it down. Anyway, we had our first date sometime in August of 2003. Keep in mind, that Jonathan is living in Peoa with his parents, which isn't terribly far away, but not real close either. So, he drove from Peoa down to American Fork and back up to Peoa for our first date. Yes, I met some his family on our first date! It was a little weird, but you have to realize our process to get married needed to progress a little faster than most considering his time on earth was short. So, for our first date, we went horseback riding up in his hometown of Peoa. He didn't talk much on our first date. I occasionally asked questions and got a yes or no answer was about the extent of our communication. While we were riding, it wasn't a big deal because it's hard to talk on horses unless you are riding right next to each other, which we weren't. He rode in front, and the horse I was on followed behind. I didn't mind Jonathan riding behind the whole time. Jonathan did have a nice wrangler butt! :) So at least I did have a good view, even if he wasn't saying much. So, up to this point the date wasn't terrible, he just didn't say much. After we went riding, we went and ate at the Polar King in Oakley. Let me give you a background of this awesome part of the date though. Jonathan's 2 younger brothers needed to go clean out some horse stalls somewhere in Oakley (it was their job that they were paid for). I don't know how it came about, maybe because they didn't have enough cars for everyone to take, I don't know, but it was decided that  his younger brother would take Jonathans car and drop us off to eat and then run up and clean stalls and come right back and pick us up. Well....he dropped us off, we ate, we sat, and we sat, and we sat...for 3 hours until his little brother came to pick us up. So, I sat there with a kid that wouldn't talk to me with nowhere to go because we didn't have a car for 3 hours! When his brother did come to pick us up, Jonathan was not too happy and he basically took them home and drove me all the way back home to American Fork. Needless to say, I pretty much thought in my head, I will never go out with him again! He wouldn't even talk to me! I was left it almost silence watching the TV at the Polar King for 3 hours, it was not the best first date to say the least! I am not much of a talker, so for me to be asking all the questions and not getting much of a response except for yes or no was a big deal! I needed someone that could carry a conversation with me! Come to find out later, his brother purposely left us there that long, maybe trying to be funny, I don't really know why he did it! I will have to ask him one day. Also, come to find out the reason Jonathan wouldn't talk was because he was super nervous. I was his first date after coming home from his mission. Obviously, it didn't end here though. I did give him a second date...