Love Tag

Where did you meet your husband?
I remember the first time I saw him. I was 12 and there was a stake dance that we were allowed to go to. A lot of my friends were older and had been going to stake activities for a while and knew a lot of the other kids throughout the stake. One of my good friends had a crush on him or something like that. I'm pretty sure that he came to the dance with a girl that apparently none of us thought was cute enough for him because we were talking about him the whole time.



What was the first thing he said to you?
We went to the same High School but he was 2 grades ahead of me. I'm pretty sure I was a Freshmen and of course didn't have a licence or a ride home from school that day. By this time he had already dated a few of my friends and my brothers didn't like him because he took one of their hats out of the seminary room at church. So my thoughts on him were not very nice. Anyway, I was walking home from school, and I lived far, wearing a short skirt and totally mad that no came to pick me up and then a white Chevy truck pulls beside me and a voice says, "Wanna ride?" I knew I didn't like the guy but there was no way I was going to pass up a ride home.



When was your first date?
Unofficial first date... I was a Sophomore now and had been hanging around his sister for a while when Rick got his licence suspended. He and his sister are only 1 year apart and pretty good friends, so he started hanging out with her a lot because she had her licence. We went to a girls basketball game, where his x-girlfriend was playing and my best friend was also playing. After the game we went to In-N-Out with a big group of us and I talked to him the majority of the night. I already knew, EVERYBODY knew, what a player he was so I was trying to keep a safe distance. Everyone was teasing me that I liked him. I denied it, for fear of being ridiculed, but really, how could any girl resist him. He was too smooth. We went to the movies after and I sat by him and kind of got a little closer than I should of because I was hooked.

Official first date... I asked him to the Winter Formal dance at our school. I was 15 1/2 at the time so I wasn't allowed to date yet, but my mom was in love with him (like most moms were) so of course she would let me go. We went to Las Brisas in Laguna before the dance to have dinner. It has become one of our special occasion spots.



When was your first kiss?
I can't remember which came first, so here are both of the stories...

Rick became friends with my brother Tommy. My family was going to Las Vegas for a little trip and had invited him to go along. He was there to hang out with Tommy and I was still only 15 1/2, so when I went to bed they were just getting ready to "paint the town". I was laying on a pull out bed, just brushed my teeth and put in my retainers, because I thought they had left the room already, when he came on over to the side of the bed and stuck his tongue in my mouth and gave me this big huge kiss. Not expected at all and I'm sure it was as horrible for him as it was for me.
I was at his house with his sister and it was around Christmas time. There was Mistletoe hanging above the door and someone dared him to kiss me. I had never "french kissed" before and was not expecting a tongue in my mouth. But there it was. Another awful attempt at a kiss.
So... I don't know which one was the first, but needless to say, one of those was my official FIRST kiss. With anybody.



Long/Short Courtship/Engagement?
This is where it gets very interesting... So after the Winter Formal, he got back together with his X. Nothing really ever escalated with us so it wasn't that big of a deal for me. I was also kind of expecting nothing from him. I went on with life and school. I became good friends with his girlfriend. They broke up eventually and she started dating my brother. She then cheated on my brother with Rick, they broke up, and then she got back together with Rick, again. I got a steady boyfriend by the beginning of my Junior year, and Rick was long gone. I was super happy in my relationship but was always a little bitter that she used me to get to my brother and then cheated on him with Rick Jackman. So now at this time I had been with Mickey for 9 whole months, and in the summer before my Senior year. Rick was still with the same girl and had become friends with my older brother Nick. Nick had been dating Rachel for a bit and they were going to the beach with Rick and his girlfriend. Mickey was supposed to come home from hanging out with his friends so we could spend our "anniversary" together but never showed up. Rick showed up with no girlfriend and here was my mom again telling me to go with them. So I went. Rick and Nick surfed while I got to know Nick's girlfriend Rachel a little better. She was asking me questions about Rick, and I kept telling her to stay away from him because I was sure he would try something. He was ruthless with cute girls. After the session, Nick and Rachel went somewhere and Rick and I went to Taco Bell in Huntington on Main. We talked for a while about the going's on in our life. He teased me about my boyfriend. I told him his girlfriend was an idiot. So on and so on. He drove me home and when we were in front of my house, he dared me to kiss him. I was thinking "Great! Now I can get him to cheat on the girlfriend that cheated on my brother". So we did. He was such a good kisser. I couldn't resist, again. After that, we would go to the movies on school nights in cities that were far enough away that we thought nobody we knew would ever see us. We both still has significant others. It was fun being sneaky. I went to school the next day after one of our dates and one of the guys that hung out in our group asked if I had been to the movies with Rick Jackman the night before. I denied it of course, but everyone kind of knew. Rick's gfriend started hearing stuff and we kind of fizzled out.

After I had graduated, I broke up with my boyfriend. I some how started hanging out with one of Rick's roommates. We became really good friends, that was it. I still didn't care for Rick's crazy chick and started hooking up with him again while they were still together. I would be at his apartment for parties that she would have no clue about. She thought they were going to get married one day. HA! I don't know if she broke it off with him or vice versa, but they did break up, again. I started spending more and more time with him, trying my hardest not to fall in love with him because I knew sooner or later he would screw me over. So I pretended not to care what he did and never let on that I was falling for him. Until one day, I became an emotional girl, and left his apartment in tears. He called my cell a couple of times before I answered and asked me to come back to talk things over. He said he knew exactly what I was upset about. And he did. I liked him a lot but didn't want to. I for sure I didn't want him to know that. Too late. So the sneaking around stopped. We became "official" in November 1999, got pregnant in December, found out January 2nd 2000. Then planned a wedding for April 2000.

So, long courtship, short engagement. And that isn't even the half of it....

When did you get married?

April 29, 2000 at his parents house in Whittier, California. We were then sealed in the San Diego Temple March, 2002. He proposed to me at that temple and said one day he would take me there. He made good on his word.

Where did you Honeymoon?

Oahu, Hawaii. We had an awesome time. Maye that's why we can't get enough of that state???

Here we are, almost 8 years later, 4 and 1/2 kids later, living in Utah and totally in love. Did I mention he was the best kisser EVER!? Once you go "Rick", you never go back.