Aunt LaLa

Tomorrow is Valentines Day! YAY!! I thought I would write about Josh and I's love story. What better time to get sappy right?? Get ready for some major sappiness I've wrote from when we found each other up to our first date so if you need to catch up you can go HERE and all the links are there! After our long 1st date we were together every weekend. All week long I counted down the hours until I would make that drive to my grandparents house so that I could see Josh the next morning. Our second date J walked me to the door (with some nudging from me... He would get so nervous!) and I gave him a hug. We were on our 4th date when Josh asked me to be his girlfriend. "So, I noticed on your Myspace profile it still says single. Do you think we can change that?" Yes, that is how a man in his mid-twenties asked me to be his girlfriend. Even though I still kid him about it, it was pretty cute! :) Now mind you we had only hugged. No holding hands, no kisses. T...

To continue our love story :) I'm going to finish up our first date, when he told me he loved me, enagement, and a wedding post ...probably around our anniversary in December. It is fun to reminice about our love story while we are TTC. TMI? Sorry but you know my rule.Lets be transparent. I'm not going to pretend we aren't and I know all of you want to stay updated on our progress. So on tomorrow will be an update. :) Starting where we left at in Part 5 (this is a tad bit longer... but our date lasted 10 hours..I know right??) When Josh handed Lauren  the directions she couldn't help but chuckle. "What, are they are hard to understand?" "No,its just how many times have you heard of couples fighting over directions? And we are tackling this the first date?" After both laughing at the irony they continued into the park. After about 40 minutes of trying to find their way they realized they were lost. Already about 20 minutes late they fi...

So we have made it to part 5. I've really have loved remembering all the details of us falling in love. As I write I remember more and more. Also I had to go back and edit part 4 . I realized I had forgotten about a cute part of our first conversation. The edit is at the end. So get ready here we go... Part 5- The first date Lauren looked at the clock. She was getting so nervous. In about 15 minutes she would be getting off and heading to Knoxville. The next morning she would Josh.  Josh and Lauren were talking all the time and texting. It seemed an eternity ago that he had asked her out on their first official date. Once getting off work she headed to Knoxville. She wanted to buy the right outfit for this occasion. Lauren met her grandmother at a retail store once in Knoxville. Lauren could not wait. She just had a great feeling. After finding the cutest outfit (Which I still own lol) she headed over to her grandparents house. Josh and Lauren talked for a long time that nigh...

OK Part 4 people!! Not sure how many part I'm going to be able to make. I mean are you willing to read more of this? Let me know... Don't want ya bored :) Part 4 As Lauren looked at her phone, her stomach doing flips, she checked the voice mail. It was him. The first time she heard his voice. You could tell he was trying hard to not to put pressure on her.  "Just call when you get a chance. No rush." Lauren heard someone behind her. It was her mom.  "Was that him?"  "Yes" "Well go call him back" Instant panic filled Lauren. The what if's were swimming in her mind! "I dont think I can" "Lauren, its just a phone call" Lauren remembered the last time she talked to a guy from the "web" and he was a bit strange. Ok he was ALOT strange. Plus once you have been hurt its hard to be vulnerable again.... Dating was scary! Especially bl...

Hi Lauren —  JLaw81 sent you a smile! JLaw81 Age: 26 Knoxville, TN, USA Ideal Match: 87% "Christ_myeverything" AIM is z3r0c00l81 [AT] aol [DOT] COM , Hi, my name is Josh, I'm not to good at this but I'll try, lol. I am a pretty down to earth guy, I'm real... Look what I found! See where he was reaching out to me :) LOL Oh we were tricky! I just had to share this ... OK now back to the story ... Lauren opened the email. Her heart pounding with all kinds of emotion. The email was short but ended sweet... Ok, hope to talk to you later, you seem like a nice person. -Dkun Josh Lauren wrote him back quickly... You seem like a nice person as well. I seen that your signature says Dkun Josh, is Dkun your first name? Well I hope you had a great weekend! Hope to hear back from you, In Christ, Lauren From there Lauren and Josh were emailing back and forth as soon as the other one got their email. Excitement was feeling Lauren. J...

Lauren looked over the email from her grandmother (looked something like this): Lauren,  Why not try some of these website. They say they are Christian. Get out there and try something new. Maybe thats what God wants. www.christianmingle.com Well, Lauren thought why not? After looking at several websites she decided to try out ChristianMingle.com - they had a personality test. They catagorized you in colors by your personality. Lauren being a psychology major this one struck her interest. After taking this test for free they would would pair Lauren up with the colors that would suit her personality. Everyday email after email of just the guys Lauren could maybe have a realtionship with. They were a couple she came in contact with.  One who was creepy. One who was a health buff. So far this color system was not working. Lauren became discouraged. Every day the emails would come, she would delete them. One day in July 2007 she received a message saying someone ...

(Don't worry I'm not breaking any pact  I've scheduled this post! heehee) Hi it's me (Lauren)! :) Josh and I have a love story that was a whirlwind romance. And I want to share it with you.... I will be writing this in third person. Its easier that way and hopefully unfolds better as a story ... Lauren was tired of the way she longed to be married. The last two years her life had changed incredibly. She by her own sheer will cut some unhealthy people from her life that she cared for. She by her own sheer will and with the help of the Lord got her GED, took her ACT, and was in college. Lauren's focus was all about what God had planned for her life. Jeremiah 29:11 was her favorite verse, the Lord had formed a plan just for. But as the loneliness creeped in day after day, Lauren wondered if marriage was apart of that plan. More than she could count told her she was young and had plenty of time. But Lauren's heart could only feel that ache for the man that she...