This post is all about before Charles. A brief history of how life brought us to where we are now.
We both grew up in active LDS homes. We met in September of 2010. We started dating May 3, 2011 and were engaged on July 14, 2011. We were married on October 21, 2011 in the Logan Utah Temple. It was a beautiful fall day and couldn't have been more perfect. I married my best friend that day and I wouldn't be where I am today without his love and support.
My husband (Cody) grew up in South Ogden Utah and never moved until he served an LDS mission to Puerto Rico (a Spanish speaking mission). I grew up moving all the time! Logan Utah, Roy Utah, Reno Nevada, Puerto Rico (yup more to come here!) and then to Gilbert Arizona where I spent most of my life.
Ok so when I met Cody he had just returned from his mission and I had just moved to Utah. He was awkward I was upset I had moved away from all my friends! Great combo!! Anyways, we had a rather normal first date (as normal as you can with a newly returned missionary!) and spent most of the time talking about Puerto Rico. In continuing our friendship we found more and more things in common. We spent a lot of time talking about Cody's mission (because we both knew where Puerto Rico was on a map!) and in doing so I inevitably heard his mission presidents name. Martineau. Not a very common name. Turns out he was from (you guessed it!) Gilbert Arizona... And to boot I had gone to school with one of his kids! Small small world!
As Cody and I spent more time together we became best friends and it eventually came down to one of two choices. Date or not be friends. We didn't think anyone was good enough for the other so we started dating in May and were married by October. Some said we were crazy, some say we are still crazy. But when you know you want to marry your best friend why wait?
Marrying Cody and having our son Charles are the two best decisions I have made in my life. We struggled getting pregnant and staying pregnant so when we found out about Charles we were thrilled!
We knew our lives would be different with a child. We just had no idea how much things were going to change.
Engagement photo
Engagement photo
Just married!!
Logan Temple
First Christmas
This picture is last for a reason. We are on a path and you can see part way down the trail. We could not see the whole way we had to continue in faith that the trail we were on would take us where we were trying to go. That is how life is. We cannot see everything all the time. We have to push forward with faith and as we do a little more of the road (trail) ahead of us is revealed one step at a time.
This is what we are here on Earth for. To live the best that we can and to strive to be more like Christ. If we have faith, in our Heavenly Father, we will be led in the paths that were meant for us.
Charlyse Wilson
