1. Where did you first meet your hubby?
Clark and I first met during 8th grade track practice. He asked if I had a brother named Cedar. I responded with something like yes, how do you know that? Turns out my oldest bro and his oldest bro were buddies during high school. Several weeks after meeting him I told Melinda of my crush and asked her to find out if he liked me. So eighth grade, I know. Turns out, he did! So yeah, our history starts when we were just 14 years old... and Melinda, you were more instrumental than you probably thought!
2. What do you remember about him most?
Clark was just so funny and everyone loved to be around him. He really could make anyone laugh. He was also very, very cute. I remember telling my best friend, Whitney, that I thought he looked a little like Matt Damon. I remember she just giggled and rolled her eyes. Now it seems whenever we're out he'll get comments like, "has anyone ever told you that you look like Matt Damon?" Now I just roll my eyes while he smirks and gloats.
3. Who asked who out first?
Well, this is truly a complicated question! I will try to keep the answer short, though!
Clark was the first to ask me out in 8th grade. At a track meet, of course. Maybe I shouldn't be posting this since his Dad was a Bishop at the time and Clark was not supposed to "date" until he turned 16. Sorry for springing this info on you Mom and Dad Tobler. But dating and "going out" are not synonymous and in 8th grade it just means you hold hands and talk on the phone a lot.
Flash forward to the summer before our freshman year of high school. Clark and I were still talking on the phone nightly but I heard through the grapevine (through Melinda) that he was HOLDING HANDS at church dances with a girl from Basin City! **Shudder** I was so upset but we continued to talk anyway. I had no idea if we were still "going out" or not. So the night before school started I decided to ask him out. His answer was "I'll get back to you on that." (He waited about nine 8 years to get back to me.) So I guess his answer was a big fat NO and instead of "going out" we would just hang out all the time. I think we confused a lot of people since it was obvious we did like each other.
Times changed as we got a little older. We didn't really talk during 10th and 11th grade (though Clark will tell you he remembers us being friends). Then we were friends again our senior year. We were also "friends" my freshman year of college but there was some sort of love triangle going on on both our ends. Oops. But after he left on his mission he apologized for being a jerk and the letters started pouring in. Lots and lots of letters and tapes. I couldn't keep up. He would just send so much mail, and I had running, studying, and partying to do.
But when he got back from his mission he and his parents flew to Pasco so he could report his mission. I guess you could say we rekindled that old flame, but by the time he flew back to Vegas our status still had not been established. So a month and a half later I flew out to Vegas and I had to be the one to bring up our status situation! Uuggghhh! This guy! But it turns out it was well worth it :)
4. What did you do on your first date?
We established we wanted to be a couple in Vegas, and the next day he took me to a concert. Alkaline Trio and My Chemical Romance. Although I made us leave during My Chemical Romance because I thought they were terrible. And then he treated me to In and Out. So that was our first date.
5. What was your favorite thing to do together while you were dating?
We did go to quite a few concerts and shows. Strung Out, Dashboard, Saves the Day. That would probably be my favorite thing we did together, aside from snuggling.
6. When was your first kiss with your sweetheart?
Ummm...to answer or not to answer? Our very first kiss was on the bus coming back from a track meet in 8th grade just hours after Clark asked me out. I probably shouldn't be sharing that info.
And then our first kiss after we'd grown up and matured was the very first day I had spent with him in over two years, in Pasco after his mission. We spent all day together catching up, visiting his old friends, eating mexican popsicles. And that night before I left for home he walked me out to my truck and kissed me. I was shocked. It was unexpected. I guess the hormones as a returned missionary overtook him. But it was very sweet and satisfying to know he still cared about me.
7. Who said it (I love you) first?
Clark, definitely. We would say it back and forth to each other in tapes and letters, but I didn't think we meant it that way.
But then he said it to me the night of our "first kiss" after his mission. I could tell he meant it differently.
8. When did you realize you first loved him?
A loooong time ago. No joke. Even though I was a kid, I knew I loved him. And I still do and I always will :)
9. How did he propose?
I love my man, he is so clever. He made a huge collage of pictures of us taken during the two years we dated. There was a picture missing from the center of the collage and when I asked why there wasn't a picture there he said something to the effect that we could put a wedding picture there from our wedding day. Then he got down on one knee and proposed!
10. What do you remember about your wedding day?
Oh man, I just remember it being crazy busy up until the ceremony. I scheduled my hair and makup appointments too late in the day, which made us late for pictures...and it was just hectic. But then as soon as the ceremony commenced it was beautiful. I remember looking into Clark's loving eyes and holding his hand and fighting back the tears. He wasn't crying, so I wasn't going to cry. I had already had a breakdown with my Dad before we walked down the aisle, so that was enough tears for one day. I think we both were just so relaxed and knew we were meant to be together. Everything turned out exactly as we hoped. It was relaxed and beautiful and went by too fast.
I tag: all my sister in laws and Mom Tobler :)
