We met in August of 2006 while living in the same apartment complex and going to school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Our apartments became really good friends and spent a lot of time together.
I (Landon) thought Dustin was super cute, but too cool to ask me out. Dustin thought I was dating someone so never asked me out. Instead, we just flirted a lot!
Dustin found out that I was actually single in December and asked me out that night. Our first date was to go see Beauty and the Beast at Center Street Musical Theater because Dustin knew I loved theatre. While the show wasn't brilliant, the date was wonderful!
Over Christmas break, we spent every night on the phone for hours (sometimes 3 or 4 hours at a time). Dustin's parents wondered what we could be talking about for so long! We spent the whole break getting to know each other and building a foundation of communication.
We became exclusive in January of 2007 and we knew shortly after that we were meant to be together! We continued to spend a lot of time together. We did homework together, read together, and went on many more dates. One of our most memorable dates was Valentines 2007. I thought I was being sneaky and decorated Dustin's car with balloons, confetti and streamers. I even wrote things on the window. Dustin, however, had a scavenger hunt planned for me to piece together clues for where our date would be that night. Turned out, I had to drive his car to meet him at their date! We had dinner together and then came home to Dustin's apartment where he had set up dry ice and glow in the dark stars so that we could dance in the clouds under the stars. Adorable, right?
Dustin proposed in April of 2007 and I said yes!
We got married in the Portland, Oregon LDS temple on August 17, 2007 and it's been wonderful ever since!
