So we have some big news...(I love that about 20 of you readers are hoping to read here that I'm pregnant--yeah--GOTCHA)...
Ok our big news isn't that we're pregnant (hopefully we'll have that news this year sometime); but we do have some big news.
Let me start from 2 weeks ago:
We were placed between a rock and a hard place for the past 2 weeks and the decision was most difficult because we had to choose between good and better. Jimmy got offered the U.S. Army scholarship that would pay for dental school, insurance, fees, books, housing, (plus a hundred other benefits) and in exchange, after he finishes dental school, he'd have to give 4 years to the Army as a dentist. Our predicament? The Army would not pay for dental school at UOP in San Francisco. SIGH. UOP was our number 1 school. So we had to choose between $500k in debt, OR go to our number 1 dental school. You may think this is a no-brainer--but it wasn't for us.
So we prayed, fasted, templed (is that a verb), and were given 2 weeks to make the decision. As you can see from the way I'm writing, I was leaning toward taking the scholarship. Jimmy was leaning more toward going to UOP. Well--let me tell you what happened the night before we had to make the decision.
Stay tuned...
The Love Timeline
August 7, 2004: Jimmy and Katie meet at a wedding in Idaho. They remained friends via email and phone for a few months and Jimmy would take Katie out on dates when he'd come visit in Utah.
Favorite date October 2004: He says the walk to the waterfall where I held Katie's hand for the first time.
She says the movie 50 First Dates when we cuddled for the first time.
March 2005: Katie leaves for her mission to the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo West mission. She writes to Jimmy.
August 2005: Jimmy leaves for his mission to the Dominican Republic, Santiago mission. The first person he thinks of when he opens his call? Katie!
October 2005: Katie can take a 15 minute bus ride to visit Jimmy in the Dominican MTC but remains obedient and does not see Jimmy for 2 years (so hard being so close on such a tiny island)!
They write every week of their missions and saved all the letters to prove it.
November 2006: Katie is home from her mission and waits 9 months for Jimmy to come home.
August 22, 2007: Katie and Jimmy's first kiss after 3 years of hoping and waiting!
December 11,2007: Engaged
April 26, 2009: Married forever, CA reception, CT reception, and partied with their people in the DR.
Present: Happily Ever After
Favorite date October 2004: He says the walk to the waterfall where I held Katie's hand for the first time.
She says the movie 50 First Dates when we cuddled for the first time.
March 2005: Katie leaves for her mission to the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo West mission. She writes to Jimmy.
August 2005: Jimmy leaves for his mission to the Dominican Republic, Santiago mission. The first person he thinks of when he opens his call? Katie!
October 2005: Katie can take a 15 minute bus ride to visit Jimmy in the Dominican MTC but remains obedient and does not see Jimmy for 2 years (so hard being so close on such a tiny island)!
They write every week of their missions and saved all the letters to prove it.
November 2006: Katie is home from her mission and waits 9 months for Jimmy to come home.
August 22, 2007: Katie and Jimmy's first kiss after 3 years of hoping and waiting!
December 11,2007: Engaged
April 26, 2009: Married forever, CA reception, CT reception, and partied with their people in the DR.
Present: Happily Ever After
3 comments:
really?
Katie you are KILLING me!!!!!! Hurry and let us know what is going on!
and...???
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