Kris and I knew each other long before we got married. In fact the first time we met was when I was ten and he was fourteen:) That was when he moved to the island I lived on, we grew up close ever since then. I always considered him a sort of annoying older brother. And I think he thought of me as a kind of strange, yet entertaining little sister who was fun to annoy. I still can’t figure out why he thought I was weird.
That was until I was fifteen and suddenly I realized he might be a little more interesting and a little less annoying than I had originally thought… Anyways we became more than good friends. We saw each other basically every day till he left on his mission. He was my first date:)
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| Halloween Dance |
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| Apparently we loved painting each others faces… |
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| His sisters wedding reception. |
We wrote his whole mission and even though we went to different schools we stayed in touch through email and skype and texting and facebook and phone calls. I considered him my best guy friend ever and would call him whenever something funny or exciting or sad would happen in my life. But I didn’t really want to ‘date’ him. I think he was always hoping the relationship would go a little farther than I thought it would…
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| One of many many rides in the big white van:) |
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| A picture he took and sent to me on his mission. |
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| The picture I sent back… haha. |
Anyways one day I think he gave up on the dream and got this girlfriend…. He didn’t even tell me. He told my brother who told me. I don’t know why since I always told him he needed to start dating someone, but I felt devastated when I found out. I went in my room and cried and then watched my favorite movie Emma. Which suddenly gave me inspiration. Maybe my devastation was actually the sign I had been needing to let me know Kris was the one for me (you will understand if you watch the movie, it is a gooder).
So I wrote this song. Which is a VERY exaggerated version of Kris and my story. And then when he came and visited me (well actually he was visiting his grandpa but I think he was more excited to see me) that summer, six weeks after he started dating that girl, I told him we had to talk. This time I was the one nervous and hoping he returned my same feelings. I told him I liked him a lot. He just savored the moment where he had the upper hand and said “wait you like me?? hmmm… interesting. Are you sure.” Umm yes I was sure and I was dying to know how he felt and if I was still as important to him as he used to be. He made me suffer for a minute or two which perhaps I deserved. The next day though he broke up with his girlfriend. The next month he followed me to Hawaii. And the next Christmas we got married.
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| HAWAII – with my best friend in the whole world |
Well after the long drawn out written version of our love story – FINALLY – here is the song version, enjoy!
(Oh yah so I accidentally moved my camera over to the side after I set it up but I was too lazy to re-record it… Oh well you get to see half my face)
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LOVE this 🙂