It's time.....

Well as most of you know Scott and I eloped and you also know that we haven't given any "reasonable" explanations as to why we did so. Well now you get to find out the reasons for why we did so.

I do want to add that if you would like to comment on this post please be reasonable with it. By that I mean constructive criticism only if you have to criticize us. Anything other than that will be deleted and we will go back to being a private blog.

As most of you know Scott came home from school in North Carolina March 20th. You may also know that I took residence in his room at the apartment we share with our friend Eugene. When he came back I had no other place to really live so we were living together. A couple of weeks before Scott came home I was walking back to the apartment from the mailbox when I spotted the Missionaries walking around the apartment complex. I started to slow down not wanting to get caught and have to talk to them. Well it just so happens right as I was not 10 ft away from the door....they caught me. Being raised in the church and used to talking to Missionaries I said hello and started talking to them. They found out that I was an inactive member living with my "husband" and his roommate. I told them Scott and I were married because as most of you know it's not exactly kosher with the LDS Church for a boyfriend and girlfriend to live with each other. I guess you can say that I was a little ashamed for doing so but I will get to that later. They gave me their number and told me to call them if I needed anything. I told them I would and went back inside.

For the next couple of weeks I was able to hold them off, but I had the feeling that they weren't about to give up easily. Turns out I was right. Scott came home and we continued on with our lives. Scott took a week off of work to recover and to spend time with me. One of the days during the week there was a knock at the door and Scott went to go answer it he came back into the room telling me the Missionaries were going to come over the following Monday for a visit. During their visit we kept with the story that we were married and all of that jazz. They left and Scott and I decided that it was a fairly good visit and that we would like to have them back over. During that week we had a problem with a couple of the Marine Wives that had read my blog and were offended. When everything was said and done I had felt like everything about me was attacked and I wasn't able to have a piece of mind. So I decided that I was going to ask the Elders for a Priesthood Blessing. Scott had also decided that he was going to as well.
During the blessing they mentioned Scott and I as being husband and wife. I can not tell you how much shame I felt then, but I brushed it aside and moved on. This continued a couple of weeks until we received the news that Scott was going on the Project to 29 Palms. I wasn't happy about but I'm learning to deal with him leaving and such. Well to explain the situation as best as I can we have no car, which makes it difficult for me to get a job, so Scott and I have been living on a single Marines paycheck. NO we did not get married for JUST the money. We were already engaged, we were just scraping by with just that and so to live comfortably it would help if we got married.

I don't remember who mentioned it first but we sat down and talked about it and weighed our options. I mentioned that I felt incredibly guilty for lying to the Missionaries, turns out Scott did too. So we decided to do the right thing. We kept it a secret because we were planning the wedding in June and we both wanted it. We called the Missionaries and got the number for the Bishop of our ward. I told him our situation and asked him if he would be able to marry us. He said he would and we set up a time.

We were married at around 7:00 PM on April 10th 2010.

So there you have it. I'm going to post pictures here soon.

It's been a while.

Dear readers, It's been a long time since either I or Jill have written in our blog. reason being, I've been hard at work everyday since i've been back, and Jill has been applying for jobs, and keeping the house and what-not. (I love her) So, since the last time we've written we've been enjoying the company of friends, feeding missionaries home made chicken noodle soup and rolls, cooking together, reading scriptures, and getting back into our religion. Things are getting better through our hardships and trials that appear somewhat daily. We most recently have attended a "before you say "I do"" seminar. A VERY informative class for marriage. We are learning and growing everyday as a couple, and for me, life is gaining more quality. But with all this good, there is also bad. I have been chosen to take charge of the Marines in Motor Transport Company that are attending the 29 Palms Mat-Slam Project that starts on the 16th this month. I will be leaving Jill once again for a period of time unfortunately.... This stuff happens I guess when you're the hardest worker in the shop that can be trusted and relied upon. It's not my fault it rubs me the wrong way to put forth 100 precent of my effort into my work everyday. But, I'll leave this entry on a lighter note. We finally have gotten our engagement photos taken today! and Jill and I got to feed a homeless person!!!