HSF from Organized Chaos tagged me, whatever that may mean. She tells me I’m just supposed to answer these questions, which, BTW, are kind of fun! Thanks, kid! Also BTW, I haven’t written anything about my family yet, so I guess I’ll just use the blog names HSF calls everybody. I think I’ll refer to my husband as “Piano Man”.
1. WHERE DID YOU MEET YOUR HUSBAND? We were lined up by a friend. I had known this friend in high school, and Piano Man knew her and her husband from his childhood. My friend’s husband and Piano Man were in a rock band together at the time. I was 21 and he was 24 when we met.
2. WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU SAID TO HIM? I can’t really remember because it was almost 30 years ago! Time flies! Probably the first thing I said was “Hello” because I met him when he came to the door the first time. This is not very interesting, is it?
3. WHERE WAS YOUR FIRST DATE? We went to dinner at the home of the friends who had lined us up, then to the Utah State Fair. The dinner was fun, except my friend was about 4 months pregnant and her button-up-the-front shirt kept popping open, and it took her a while to notice. Oh my. We rode the ferris wheel at the fair and he put his arm around me. Ooh-la-la! Our first kiss was about 3 weeks later. It was the Saturday of October Conference, and we went on a picnic at the Alpine Loop between sessions. We walked around the camping area, then sat on a picnic table and he kissed me. Unfortunately, it was a funny little peck because he didn’t move his lips, so I had to help him a little. 
4. DID YOU HAVE A SHORT OR LONG COURTSHIP? Pretty short, I guess. We were married exactly a year after we met. Now that I have kids who are marriage-able age, that seems pretty quick! The fact that we are still best friends, still like each other, and still have a happy, strong marriage makes me think we were pretty darn lucky!
5. WHERE DID YOU GET ENGAGED? In the car, sitting in the parking lot under the old Hotel Utah, which is now the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. At that time, Hotel Utah had two or three big, beautiful ballrooms where dances were held. The night we got engaged, we went with a group of friends to dinner at The Heather, then drove to Hotel Utah to meet up with our friends again at the dance. We later discussed how it might have been much more romantic for him to ask me either at the restaurant or at the dance, but the ring was burning a hole in his pocket and the car was the only place we were alone that evening.
6. WHERE DID YOU GET MARRIED? In the Salt Lake Temple on September 8, 1978. We had our wedding breakfast at The Lion House. Our reception was also at the Lion House. We just got to stay downtown all day!
7. HOW DID THE RECEPTION GO? It was great. We had the lower floor of the Lion House, with it’s beautiful antique furnishings, draperies, and carpets. Our colors were maroon and pink. Piano Man wore a white tuxedo and the shirt had white ruffles. Remember, this was 1978! Our refreshments were standard reception food: cake squares, chicken salad on sandwich puffs, fruit kabobs, and raspberry frappe. Why can I remember this, but I can’t remember what I said when we met?!?!?
8. HOW WAS THE HONEYMOON? So fun. We stayed the first night at Hotel Utah, just 1/2 block away from the Lion House. We had a large suite on the 9th floor and it was beautiful. The next day we drove to Lake Tahoe, then on to San Francisco. We stayed a couple of nights at Pacifica, in a little motel on the beach. Then we drove up the coast to the Redwoods, but I can’t remember where we stayed. When we got back to Utah, we spent one night in The Milkhouse at The Homestead in Heber City. We might go back there for our anniversary this year. We’ll see.
This was fun to reminisce. thanks for tagging me, HSF! So I know any bloggers who are married? Hmmm….I guess I’ll remain tagless.
