HAPPINESS IS BEING MARRIED TO YOUR BEST FRIEND

Tony and I met in 2002 at Jeff and Cynthia's ward garden. I was running scared ( after all, I'd only been divorced a short 13 years!!) so when Tony asked me out, I came up with a lame excuse as to why I couldn't go. He was patient (one of the many qualities I love about him) so he waited and waited and waited...... In February of 2004 I went to a wedding reception for Jeff and Cynthia Chandler's son, Aaron. I was thrilled to see Bob and Joyce Haverfield there. I grew up with their kid's in Missoula Montana. Their oldest son Dave was married to my best friend, JoDell. All of a sudden, I see a handsome man walking towards me and I was thinking, "where have I seen him before?... He looks so familiar!" Then it hit me, it was Tony Norton...the man from the garden... the one I lied to when he asked me out! I put my tail between my legs and high tailed it out of there! Well Joyce and Lynn (the sisters) put their heads together and decided we needed to hook up so they called JoDell and asked her to work her magic! JoDell promptly called me and asked if I would go out with Tony. I emphatically said NO! Well, JoDell is dang persistent and would not hang up the phone until I conceded to go on a date! (Some magic huh?) I finally told her I'd go just so I could get off the phone! I did have my own stipulation though and that was "Only if she and Dave would come to Boise and go with us." They were there that very week end! Our 1st date was March 19th 2004, we were engaged April 30th and married June 26th 2004!