Tuesday, 14. February 2012 8:44
Gorgeous Maribelle chose an Angelina Couture gown. This dress originally came strapless and we worked with Angelina Couture to have shoulders and sleeves build into the pattern so that Maribelle could have the dress of her dreams.
His Story
“I had a friend and roommate who prided himself in knowing many women on campus. Despite the fact that they usually weren’t the “sharpest tools in the shed”, he didn’t seem to mind. Frequently he would invite his “girl-friends” over to the apartment and introduce them to us, but after a while it got old. The girls were nice, but more so kind of ditzy and definitely not my type.
Anyway, this roommate and I were headed home from the gym one day when he asked me, “Hey man, have you met Moe yet?” I rolled my eyes, “No” I responded, and frankly I did not want to. I didn’t know who she was, but judging on the caliber of woman he brought to the apartment, I didn’t think I’d be missing out on too much. Nevertheless we stopped by and found that she had just left only a few moments prior. Relieved, we began our walk home.
Unbeknownst to me, Moe knew who I was and when she found out we had stopped by she immediately phoned my roommate and set a time to come over and “hang out.” That night she and her roommates stopped by, and I remember thinking, “Wow, that girl is way pretty.” However, as my roommates began to flock around Moe and her roommates, I quietly returned to my room. “A girl like that” I thought, “would be bored with someone like me.”
Moe and I became good friends but I never dreamed anything would work between us because of how different I thought we were. And it made me sad because she wasn’t like the girls my roommate typically brought over. She was sharp, witty, and so dang funny. I laughed more with Moe than I had with any other person I knew. I liked her. Luckily for me, a roommate showed me a text message from Moe mentioning a crush she had on me. I remember being shocked and extremely flattered. “Wow” I thought, “why on Earth would she be interested in me?”
The rest is history. I found my best friend and the one person who allowed me to be me. She makes me laugh like I didn’t think anyone could and I consider myself so blessed to be a part of her life. ”
Her Story
“I first met Kasen when I went over to a friend’s house who actually was roommates with Kasen. Kasen was sitting on the couch in his living room under a blanket with his sister and cousins (Pookie, Carlee, & Devan) My friend introduced me but Kasen briefly acknowledged with the typical, ”hello and nice to meet you.” He really didn’t seem to care too much. After a couple weeks, my friends and I were over at his apartment often, hanging out with all his roommates, but never really him. He was always busy.
The week before Memorial Weekend after hanging out at their apartment, I remember confiding in one of his roommates (who I thought trustoworthy) explaining my little crush on Kasen. Turns out, his roommate showed Kasen that text and didn’t techinically tell him. So later that week, Kasen called me up and asked me on a date. Best first date of my life, and the last first date I’d ever have (totally thinking it was just a summer fling!)
After being together for a over a year, we have become the best of friends. I feel so blessed that our Heavenly Father was aware of my particular wants & desires, and brought Kasen into my life.”
Where Are We Now?
“Maribelle currently lives in Provo, Utah working on her BSN at Brigham Young University. She also works as a caregiver for an adult handicap named Charlie who she adores.
Kasen recently transferred down from BYU-Idaho to Utah Valley University. Currently he is working full-time at ProPay and also studying to receive his JD/MBA.”
How He Asked…
“So, Maribelle was on a week long business trip in Dallas, Texas, which was quite convenient because it gave me some time alone to plan out how I would ‘pop the question.’ Since day one, Maribelle had been trying her hardest to debunk my proposal plans, so I had to call upon some outside resources for assistance.
Inviting Maribelle out to a nice place would be too obvious and so I had our Bishop call her up and extend an invite to a fancy restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City. He said the LDS Professionals would be meeting there that night and decided to invite us. He explained how we were to be dressed in professional wear and that dinner would be promptly served at 8:00 pm. Maribelle was quick to call me and excited to relay the information to me — and better yet, she had no idea.
The big night came. Maribelle and I arrived a good 15 – 20 minutes early and so I pulled her into a nearby room to ‘check out the view.’ The restaurant was on the 10th floor and the room we were in was surrounded by windows. The sun was just going down, and it all made for a really pretty sight. As we stood there, I turned to Maribelle and said, “Moe, Bishop isn’t going to be here, and there’s no event from the LDS Professionals tonight either.” She was confused and a bit taken a back. “Why not?” she asked. I smiled, “Moe, that was all fabricated to get you here so I could ask you a question.” The whole mood suddenly changed; both of us could feel what was inevitably coming. My hands began to shake and my body began to lock up. I never pictured something as simple as ‘taking a knee’ to be so difficult. Very slowly and somewhat mechanically, I knelt down, pulled out the ring, and ‘popped the question.’
We think she said, yes. But honestly we really don’t remember much of what happened after that. The rest was kind of a blur for us both. We went to dinner, talked, cried, and just enjoyed one another’s company for the remainder of the night.
It didn’t go at all how I had figured my proposal would one day happen, but I wouldn’t have changed one bit of it.”
When and Where…
“We were married on December 17th at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple”
So much love and happiness, Congratulations Maribelle and Kasen!!
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