We're Getting Married...

I met Travis my first week of my first year of SPC (college). I was standing in line waiting to purchase my taquitos and orange juice (lunch of champions) when I realized I had no where to sit. I began to nervously scan the student center as I waited to pay out. That's when I locked eyes with the most gorgeous guy ever. In that moment I knew I was walking straight to that table and introducing myself. (Something I don't regularly do). As I paid out and made my way to the table I quickly began to loose a bit of my confidence, but I was still determined. I finally made it to the table only to turn to his friend and ask to sit down. Yes, I chickened out, but I still planned on getting to know this guy that was weirdly frowning at me. (Yes, he frowned at me! ) We would spend the next few weeks going to movies, flirting over games of pool and meeting each others families, yet still not sure if the other liked us... I'm not the mushy type but, when I first saw Travis not only did I think he was ridiculously attractive he also looked really familiar as though we'd met each other before (very possible in the hub city area), and during these past 6 years of dating, and trying to pin point how we may have known each other prior to the not so smooth introduction. I truly believe that my heart recognized him before I had actually met him. And I'm lucky enough to have experienced love at first sight... Another situation that leads me to believe that my heart knew way before my head was a few weeks later Id accidently tell him I love him without realizing it came out of my mouth. But that's another story that I'm not obligated to tell...

When Xaunviayer tells the story she says we locked eyes and it was love at first sight. This is somewhat true, because being the anti-social nerd that I am, I don’t think I ever made direct eye contact with her until 3 weeks into knowing her. I remember sitting there in the SPC cafeteria sitting with Joe and John (Two of my groomsmen) and as I sat there I noticed the most beautiful girl I had ever seen walking around in the snack bar looking slightly confused. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her, and to my surprise she walked right out of the snack bar and stopped right next to our table, and for some reason looks directly at John and asks him to sit at our table. She would later tell me that he looked like our “table leader”. Obviously she was mistaken, and had just overlooked me. From this day on we have been inseparable. That moment she sat down at the table my life changed for the better, and it was like I could finally breathe.

It is extremely hard to find a beautiful place in Lubbock, so once Travis and I actually did we decided to spend every free moment there (when we weren't at Hastings of-course). It was this little park surrounded by huge beautiful homes we aspire to own ourselves one day. We would ride our bikes out to it or take our dinner and eat under the gazebo. So when we arrived at the park on a December morning over holiday break, nostalgia hit me immediately. But I was confused as to why we were there since the days plan was Christmas shopping. Travis explained he had written a new song and wanted to see what I thought, so we made our way to the gazebo. He sat across from me and began to play. It was such a good song I began to think to my self how good this song was and how successful this song could be on the radio. It was a really beautiful song. I was so wrapped up in the song ( and I still assumed I was listening critically.) It took me a second to realized the lyrics "Will you be my wife?" were meant for me. My heart began to race and I began to put the pieces together in my head and I noticed he was getting down on one knee. I exclaimed "Oh? OOOHH!" (finally understanding what was going on). Although the answer I would reply with was obvious and I was over the moon with excitement, my very first thought was "Oh lord, I'm wearing green pants and a crop top!" Now on one knee, he asks again, and behind a huge smile, I respond "Yeeesss!"

I asked Xaunviayer's parents for their blessing around thanksgiving, but I didn't propose until December 23, 2016. For the month in between asking her parents for their blessing and the proposal date. I knew I wanted to ask her in Lubbock, so if she said yes we could celebrate our engagement with our families, But their was a problem, Lubbock is not the most beautiful of places (this is only my opinion, anyone who feels otherwise, I do apologize) So I was wondering where I was going to do this and how to make it special for her. So I thought about all the places we hung out during our time in Lubbock and I kept coming back to this little park we would always walk to. It was sandwiched in between a bunch of parade of homes houses, so it too was pretty fancy. In situations like this I can tend to get nervous, but on this day, and for this girl I decided to break out my acoustic guitar and shun my nerves and propose to her while singing her a song that I wrote for this very occasion.