Nick and I met while we both worked at Fortune. Nick was a coach and I was the Office Manager. Nick had a crush on me and I barely knew he existed. Nick was given the IT position in April of 2010 which had us working together and Nick was excited for the chance to be around me and talk to me more often. Nick was smoking, had earrings and I thought he was punk. As we worked together we developed a work friendship and I discovered he wasn’t a punk, but a genuinely nice guy. On Sunday July 4th I decided to take a walk around the block. I knew that the Provo 4th of July Parade was going to be tomorrow, but didn’t think that University Ave would already be jammed packed with people saving spots, it was only around 5pm mind you. I turned the corner and there was Nick sitting on the corner of Center and University. I would later find out that it was a Coombs tradition to go to the parade and members of the family saved spots thru the night. I jokingly, (or I thought I was being funny) hid and texted Nick saying I see you! He was a little creeped out by that so I ended up showing myself. We hung out the rest of night and enjoyed each other’s company. I went on vacation a few weeks later to Sacramento and San Francisco with my mom. I texted with Nick while gone and that gave Nick hope that I liked him.
Shortly after I got back from vacation Nick and I started to hang out outside of work. He came by my apartment and we started to play Wii Bowling (hence reason for pun in title and the blog title). He would come over a few nights a week and we would play Wii Bowling or other sports. Occasionally Nick’s best friend Scott would come with. At one point there was a little work drama involving another girl, I was feeling depressed that day and Nick promised to come by that night to try to cheer me up. He did not show up!! Of course he had to give a big apologize later. And I bring it up often to punish him. Nick had a crush on me, but I ignored that. Nick was still smoking and drinking and I was looking for a future husband. The only problem was that I was beginning to notice that Nick was my best friend and I was feeling more comfortable around him than I have been around anyone else. This was starting to cause conflicting feelings for me since I knew I couldn’t marry Nick. While I was dealing with these issues Nick was dealing with the issues of wanting to be a better person so he could be with me, but I had no idea he felt that way.
One day at work Nick and I were skyping and he gave me a compliment which hinted that he liked me. I told him to not say things like that at which point caused a discussion. The rest of the day I thought I had ruined our friendship and made Nick sad and mad because he wasn’t skyping back much. I later find out that he was just really busy. So at the end of the day I send Nick a Skype and explain that I liked him but he wasn’t anything like I was looking for in a husband and since he smoked and drank I didn’t know how long we would last and I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. After I sent this Skype I ignored and avoided him and went and hid in my boss/friend’s, Matthew’s Office and then made sure that when I left I was always with someone so he couldn’t stop me and make me talk about my feelings. He sent me a text and requested that we meet later to talk, that he had things to tell me. So I went to his house later and we stayed outside since I didn’t want to get cornered. That was when he expressed how for a while he had been getting the feeling that he needed to change his lifestyle and get back on track. He didn’t know why he needed to or have the catalyst to make the changes until he met me. (I know cute right!) We kind of left it at that and didn’t really get into our feelings much more than that, but we did sit next to each other and he did put his around me while we watched a movie. We went out our first date the next day to the Dave Matthews Band with his Brother-in-law Micah. At that point Nick held my hand. I wasn’t ready to let people know that we were dating nor was I ready to even admit to myself that that was what we were doing. It was Friday August 20th we went on our official 2nd date. We had our first kiss that night, and it was the last day that Nick smoked his last cigarette. Kissing me changes lives ;) .
Nick and I started to date and even announced it on facebook and co-workers found out and the majority had expected that it would have happened eventually. On September 18th Nick proposed and I said yes! The engagement was fun and quite interesting. I would be happy to never have to plan another wedding ever again. But then it finally happened!
On December 11th, 2010 Nick and I were sealed in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.
