1. Bowling Alley meeting

I met the love of my life 8 years ago. We were at a bowling alley & he was so shy & quiet. I remember going up to him and asked "are you a Marine" (bc he had the marine haircut that gave it away). He was so cute & bashful. I tried to get him to ask me out but he never did that night. So the next weekend he came to down he hunted me down through mutual friends & I would say it was love at first site. He was such a gentleman & chilvarish. It was only a month later that I moved to Pocatello to be with him. We had a few hurdles to overcome, but they were all external hurdles; our love was always strong. We struggled with battling cervical cancer & infertility. All the while our faith & emotional strength was tested when we had our 2 nephews basically dropped on our doorstep bc their mother was consumed in herself.  Fortunately, after several IVF attempts we were blessed with our little girl, Elizabeth. She is now 20 months old & has brought us closer together as a couple. Throughout all the struggles our love for another has only gotten stronger. He is my best friend & since I was a girl I dreamt I would get lucky enough to find him.