High school sweethearts, raise your hand. *raising my hand* And we even go back a little bit more. We have known each other since 9th grade!! I remember the day I met Stanley. My crush on him was instant. He will finally now admit that he felt the same way! Ha-ha! However, I always had a boyfriend and he always had a girlfriend. It wasn’t until our senior year of high school when we were both single and finally were able to give it a go! And- we’ve been together ever since!
Stanley is an athlete. An amazing one at that. He was offered a scholarship to the University of Southern California- USC- right out of high school! I got a job dancing for the Utah Jazz, so we decided to give the long distance thing a try. We did for 4 years. And it was 4 years too long. So I finally decided to move to Cali, where I got a job dancing for the Los Angeles Clippers. Finally living near each other, we had so much fun! Then, Stanley was drafted to the Philadelphia Eagles. So long distance we thought would just be our thing. Not for long. We ended up getting married, I moved to Philly, and we had our daughter, Holiday, all with in that next year. To say it was insane would be an understatement.
After living in Philly for a little over a year, Stanley got traded to the Indianapolis Colts! I decided to put my dancing shoes back on and try for the Indiana Pacers dance team. I made the Pacemates, and had such an incredible experience with that organization! My season with them however, didn’t last too long. I got pregnant! Surprise!! So I hung the dancing shoes back up and got ready for baby #2! My son, Hinckley, came and the madness just continued! He got whopping cough at 1 week old, at the exact same time my daughter had hand foot mouth. Did I mention this all happened while Stanley was away at football camp? yeah- it wasn’t Awesome. Ha-ha! But we survived that chaos, only to learn that we were traded again. Next stop, Seattle! For a month. madness continued.
From the time we met, until January 2015 our life had been a giant roller coaster, and has really continued to be a roller coaster(Just a little bit more of an enjoyable one 😉 haha) We were sealed for time and all eternity, we bought a house, a dog, had our third baby Haven, had 10 puppies, and are going to be moving AGAIN in 2 weeks!! Ahhh! But I am so incredibly grateful for all of our experiences we have had along the way, and for all the memories we have made!
Our story is far from over, and I can’t wait for what is next! So here is to new adventures! With my family by my side, I wouldn’t have it any other way!
