A Little Love Story

A little Love Story....

I've always been such a sucker for a love story! And so enjoy hearing how people met, the love stories of loved ones I know...even the love stories of ancestors I never met!

My parents met at Snow College way back in 1953.  My dad had a carpentry class and had been building a Hope Chest.  He invited my mom to a dance and she accepted his invitation.  He saw her on campus a few times and actually took her over to the woodworking shop and showed her the project he was building. He told her at the time that he was going to give that to the girl he wanted to marry.  A few months later, on Christmas Day, mom was down in Monroe at her parents house and saw dad arrive in a truck, backing in so he could unload that finished Hope Chest. When she saw it she squealed real loud and Grandpa and Grandma came running to see what was happening. Mom said she knew what it meant the second she saw it.  She was so excited!

They got engaged on Christmas Day and married in the Manti Temple on June 7. 1954.