Crossing Paths

So we've been talking about how we met and we always have a lot of fun discussing it.  But the thing is, the more we talk, the more we realize that before we met we had crossed paths many times before. We look at each other after we realize that we crossed paths on certain occasions and we just start to laugh out loud. There have been many times, even before we both made it up to Utah State.

1. Nauvoo (2002). We aren't completely sure if we were there at the exact same time, but we were pretty close. Before temples are dedicated, newly constructed temples are open to the public. Daily was 12 and traveled from Georgia with her family to take a tour of the temple. She especially loved the spiral staircase. Stuart was there in April with his family when they went on a huge month long tour of church history and colonial US history.  At the time the temple was not open to the public, so we were a little disappointed.  It would be another month or two when that would happen, when Daily would be there.

2.  Logan Institute (August 2013). This is where we began to cross paths more often, since this is when we were both at Utah State. We once went to the same ward for one sunday in Bishop Jensen's ward, Daily's parents were there as well. This is the ward where I would stay at for the next year, while Daily realized that she belonged to another ward, the ward Stuart had attended in the summer (there are a lot of wards in Utah!). Daily was there for her first Sunday in Logan. First Sundays are more terrifying that the first day of school. There's always that lingering question- Am I going to end up dating anyone in this ward? Yep, turns out she would. 

3. Village Inn (August 2013). Early in the semester, August 16th according to our phones, a big group of people got together and went to Village Inn for pie Wednesday. Daily cannot remember a lot about that night, only that she sat with a group of people and talked about dating and all the stressors that came with it. That was a pretty fun conversation. As for the pie, Daily is sure it was delicious. Pie is now one of Stuart and Daily's favorite treats. Stuart went there as a sort of late birthday dinner with one of his new found friends. Had he known that Daily was somewhere in the crowd, he may have freaked out a bit, but this was a day to get a free slice of pie.  That was exciting too.

Stuart and David at Village Inn

4. Creekside (September 2013). So Stuart had made friends with someone named Ryan, and he was known as someone who threw lots of parties to get people to socialize with each other. Ryan invited him to come to a party in the parking lot of this apartment complex. Stuart really isn't one for parties, but he came anyway and began socializing with a friend of Daily's named Teresa. He got Teresa's number and soon left the party. On that note, when Stuart and Daily were supposed to go on their first date, Daily told Teresa about him and Teresa laughed and said, "He got my number at a party and never called me back." The good news is, that actually eased Daily's fears because she had met guys who were very eager and that was scary- Stuart was just the right balance of eagerness and space. When I went to the party, I didn't really know anyone. It had been announced in one of the church meetings, probably ward prayer. There was a little bit of dancing, which Daily enjoyed but, as usual, being social was not a big thing for her. She left soon after it started. 

That's all we can come up with at the moment, but we swear there are more occasions where we crossed paths.  These four will have to do for now