Tag! I'm it...

Janalyn tagged me. I didn't know what it meant to be "tagged". But it just means that she did something on her blog and wants me to do it now. So, here's my first post...
THE COUPLES QUIZ. :)

Husband's full name: Bryan Jack Densley

Who asked who on 1st date: Tya. :) I worked with Tya and BJ has known her since high school. She had BJ come in and pick her up to go to lunch so I could see him. I thought he was cute. So she set up a lunch date between the 3 of us and then we started going out every week or so.

Who said I love you first: BJ did. He was leaving my house one night and he kissed me and said "I love you." I said, "I know." And then I hugged him. Ah ha ha ha ha. He didn't like that so much. But then I told him back.

Who kissed who first: These questions are in the wrong order. Kissing usually occurs prior to the I love you. Well, he kissed me. It had been like 4 months of dating and I knew he didn't want to kiss and start a physical relationship, so I just went along with the flow. (It was really nice to go out with a guy that wasn't in my ward.) But then he took me to lunch the day he was heading off to a volleyball tourny in Las Vegas. As he dropped me off at work, I hugged him and thanked him for lunch and then he just dove in. It was the best kiss I've ever had. I was on cloud nine for the rest of the day. But then I started wondering if it really happened, and just my luck, he was off in Las Vegas for 3 days.

How long did you date: First date was in June. Then we got engaged in November and married in January. So we dated for 6-7 months.

Tell about the proposal: As Janalyn said about Craig, BJ was so sneaky! For my family Christmas party that year, we were doing a "Festivus Film Festival," meaning that each family in my family was in charge of making a 5-7 minute video. As I was the only single sibling, I needed a helper with my video and it just so happened I was dating BJ. So I asked him to help. I was really busy with life - I worked full-time and taught 17 piano students. So he said he'd take care of it. He told me he was going to illustrate a book and have some props to go along with the book as we read through it. So he told me the story line (a night at the Dollar Store to buy presents for each other) and I thought it was great. So the night of the filming, he had to stay at work late so he could finish the illustrations (yes, stick figures.) So he finally showed up and we had to go buy the props at the Dollar Store. We had decided I would buy him a Sudoku book, but didn't know what his present to me was. After scouring through the Dollar Store, we decided he would buy me a bag of cotton candy. Mmmmmm But as we were standing in the check-out line, I saw "grab bags" - brown paper bags with random toys in them, you buy the bag and get surprised with whatever is in them. So I thought that would be great because we'd be filming and neither of us would know what was in the bag. So that's what we got. Alas, we put the cotton candy back. So, we went back to my house to film the video. At the end of the story, we exchanged Christmas presents. As he handed me the grab bag, he told me I had to answer a question before I could keep my gift. (This was unrehearsed of course so I had no idea what was going on) and I found the wedding ring in the grab bag and he proposed. I said yes and asked if my parents knew. No, he hadn't asked my dad. So I told him he had to go ask my dad. So, he went and told my dad he was going to surprise me and propose that night (yes, a little white lie) and my dad said ok. :) I thought I hate surprises, but it was so nice that we hadn't even talked about gettting married, but I didn't have to freak out about getting married, so it was perfect.

Who Eats More: Depends on what we're eating. I can eat more snacks, he can eat more meals. We both can down a bowl of popcorn in 3 minutes flat. ;)

Who's Taller: I am. But he makes me walk all scrunched over because he doesn't like being with a taller woman. ;)

Who's Smarter: Depends on what we're talking about. I think we're pretty even. I can beat him at a crossword puzzle and math problem, but he can do sports trivia and entertainment trivia and computer stuff better than I can.

Who Cooks Dinner: Depends on the day.

Who does Laundry: Depends on who's out of clean underwear. :)

Who does dishes: We do pretty well at taking turns. No, I'm not a bad wife. While we're both working full-time, we can both cook dinner, do laundry, and do dishes.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed: In bed looking up at the ceiling, I do. Standing at the foot of the bed, he does. Reasoning is that he's closer to the door and can protect me from people who are rummaging through basement bedrooms looking for someone to kill...

Who mows the lawn: Given our past living situation in an apartment, we've never had to mow a lawn. We'll find out who does it in a month or so...

Who wears the pants: Neither of us, really.

Who drives when together: BJ. I don't like to drive.

Who Pays the Bills: BJ took charge of the bills in our apartment. Now lots of the bills are paid directly from my mom's banking account so looks like I get to take care of it now.

Who has more Siblings: You be the judge... I have 6 siblings, BJ has 2.

What have I left out: Come now, we barely touched the surface of life with the Densleys. ;)

Here's where I'm supposed to tag someone. I'm not going to, but it's kinda fun to look back on how we fell in love. I'd bet it's more fun when the wedding wasn't only 1 year ago. Feel free to tag yourself. :D