Our story

I will never forget the night I met Jon, not because I was so impressed with him, but because of what he represented to me. One night when I was at the rock climbing gym (peek the suggestion on the "Things to do" page) I noticed a guy who was obviously a first-timer. He was loudly fumbling his way up the wall so I decided to offer some tips since I had been climbing for a couple of years at this point. After giving some pointers he introduced himself to me. Jon Smith Now PRAISE GOD I have a filter because what came out of my mouth was to be expected, "Oh like Pocahontas!" But what was going on in my head was far less welcoming and far more bizarre. I suddenly had a flashback to when I was younger (I am estimating about 6ish) and I was telling my mom one day how much I hated my name; I didn't like my first name because it was an old person's name, my middle name was a boy's name, and Smith is so boring. Looking back I now realize it was rude to tell the woman who named me that she did a bad job, but I was young, give me a break. Well, my mom must have had it with my shenanigans because she got angry at me and quipped back "You know what Michelle, you are going to end up marrying a Smith and you're going to be a Smith forever!" (I am sure you see where this is going) After hearing Jon's name and remembering that memory I immediately thought man this guy is my literal worst nightmare. Followed by hum... this sounds like something Jesus would do... crap, I am going to end up marrying this guy. Now I did not actually think I would marry this guy but I found the thought humorous. After finishing up at the gym I went home to tell my friend Jenn the story of Jon Smith and from that point on my hypothetical future husband was henceforth known as such among the Green household.

From the start I was attracted to Michelle. I had talked about her with my roommate Tim, so when he came with me climbing he tried to play wing man. We ended up inviting Michelle to go to On the Border with us for dinner after climbing. This night mostly just turned into Michelle and Tim holding a conversation while I sat there not talking. Now looking back I realize that I was probably nervous because I was attracted to her and she had mentioned during dinner that she wasn’t really in a spot where she was looking to date at the time. The summer went on and we kept running into each other at the gym growing our friendship and climbing. That summer after her mission trip to Honduras, Michelle and I sat on the mat at the gym talking about her outreach experience and Jesus for about an hour. This was kind of a turning point for me because I began to see her as more than a friend. I felt we shared similar values and connected on a more meaningful level and I really wanted to pursue her. I had known Michelle since April and asked her out on a date the week of Thanksgiving. However, Michelle declined my offer not once, but twice. I persisted and asked a third time, I figured if she said no to that I would let it go and just enjoy our friendship as it was. That’s not what happened though, as you can see Michelle gave me a chance. The day before Thanksgiving I went to the movie Wreck it Ralph; Ralph Breaks the Internet with her and her friend Megan. After the movie I asked Michelle to go to dinner with me and we went on our first date to Q39 in mid December. Michelle had plans of letting me down easy on this date but I guess I impressed her enough for a second date… and a third… and we officially started dating on January 4th 2019. All of this totally was the Lord because what I didn’t know is He had been softening Michelle’s heart towards the idea of dating again and I stepped in right at the perfect time.

You are dedicated! Lol, I'll be impressed if anyone chooses to read us ramble on about ourselves this much. Jon and I are so grateful that we have so many amazing people in our lives that care so much about us. Please let us know if you want to know more because we have plenty of stories. We love sharing but we prefer to do it face to face (or over a Zoom call) because then we can catch up with you and hear your stories as well. Shoot us a text, or give us a call because 2020 happened and we probably have a lot of catching up to do. As far as stories on here, sorry, this is all we are writing. We've got other wedding details like food, decor, ceremony details, etc, that are keeping us busy. Love you all!