



Tell us the highlights of your dating story. (All the big moments you're comfortable sharing. When you became official, said I Iove you, etc!)

Caroline:

Our second date was the Mesa temple lights. I loved that I got to see a little spiritual side in him right away and the love he had for the gospel, our Savior and the temple. I wanted to hold his hand so bad but Kyle was a slow mover with some things so he kept me waiting and guessing just a little bit. We basically saw each other every day after that. He started introducing me to all of his friends and finally we became official towards the end of December. I met his family a couple months later and was approved! In March we went on a family trip to California and really grew a lot there! We went to the temple there and had some really special things happen there. After our temple session was over he took me outside to a nice spot and told me he loved me FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. We both sobbed and were on cloud 9! We had been training for the Grand Canyon rim to rim to rim... it's 49 miles non stop and I was crazy enough to do it with him. We completed that adventure the weekend after California and boy did that really bind the two of us together! I sprained my ankle 13 miles in and my knee from previous accidents was really being tested. Kyle really stepped up to the plate and took care of me and stayed right by my side. We prayed a lot and finally made it out of the canyon with lots of blood, sweat, and lots of tears and lots of fun too. He always shows me that life doesn't have to be so serious and boring. I knew he was truly the one after this big bucket list check.

Kyle:

Our dating started off with lots and lots of quality time spent together from the get go. I remember being sick within the first month or so and Caroline living up to Neil Diamond's song about her being so sweet and staying in to take care of me even though we were still in the getting to know you stages of our relationship. I was floored that she would be so attentive and caring to someone she didn't know super well yet. Something I really appreciate about Caroline is that even though she can have a strong and assertive personality, she was patient and let me fulfill all the traditional roles of asking her to officially be my girlfriend, tell her I love you first and proposing. If there is one thing Caroline loves in this world it's country music. I came to realize this and then used a note similar to the one mentioned in George Strait's "Check yes or no" to ask her to be my girlfriend. I changed mine to have the options of 'yes' or 'Heck yes'...gratefully she checked 'Heck yes'!!!

She had always told me that she loved the beach, I didn't realize how much so until I was invited to a trip with her family to Coronado in the San Diego Bay. I had at this point found myself making a conscious effort to not drop the L bomb because "it was too soon". Yet, the more I found myself not telling her I loved her, the more I was realizing how much I did. But on that trip we grew together so much because I had finally found the courage to express my love for her outside of the San Diego Temple. I remember the biggest, longest and most special hug and kiss we shared. She then took long enough to respond that I asked "Are you gonna say it back or what?!" She jokingly responded that I had made her wait long enough that she thought I could wait a minute for a response....I suppose I kind of deserved that haha.