I found this MEME originally on Beth’s site a year or so ago. I played along then on a previous blog, and have decided to post it over here in honour of James and my upcoming anniversary! 
1. Where did you meet your husband?
We met in an online chat for people of the LDS faith. It was called YChat and it was a great place to meet people and hang out online . . . I still have some very dear friends that I met there . . .
2. What was the first thing you said to your husband?
Other than “hi” . . . I have no clue. He says he remembers me from when I first hopped onto YChat in February 1998. I don’t really remember him until summer 1998, when I had more consistant access . . . (didn’t have ‘net access from late February until May-ish).
3. Where was your first date?
Our first REAL date was 11 February 1999. Since he was living in Kelowna, BC, and I was living in Salt Lake City, UT . . . our courtship was mainly online and phone calls . . . but I was able to visit him (no I did not stay with him!) in Kelowna for Valentine’s Day weekend.
Our first date . . . yeah . . . lol . . . There’s debate about this. Thursday (11 February), the day I arrived in Kelowna, we went for Chinese food with James’ best friend Neil (yes, Kimberly’s Neil) and his then girlfriend Denise. That is what I say our first date was.
James says our first date was the next night, 12 February. He took me to supper, proposed to me and then we went to a YSA Valentine’s dance. He says the other one doesn’t count because there were other people there?
Even got me in trouble with that one! My aunt threw me a bridal shower before I left Utah, and called James to get his answers for a few fun questions. The game was that I was supposed to answer the questions how HE would answer them. Imagine my utter flustration (yes folks, just coined a new word!) when I said the first date was something other than what HE said! 
4. Did you have a short or long engagement?
We had a short-ish engagement, a long-ish “understanding”. In November 1998, we decided that we would marry each other and even set a tentative date. We did not “officially” get engaged until 12 February 1999, and got married 22 May 1999.
5. Where did you get engaged?
As mentioned before, James took me to supper before the Valentine’s Dance. In between supper and the dance, he took me for a scenic drive around Kelowna. Kelowna has a good stretch of beach (borders Lake Okanagan), and there’s one specific “park” called Gyro Beach. He took me there (and since it was too cold), and we sat in his car talking for a bit. He gave me a Valentine’s card and I opened it, read it and said “that’s nice hun” or something like that. He looked at me, exasperated, and said, “turn it over”, meaning the last page (you know how some cards have velum “inserts” to make them nicer). He’d taped my ring behind the last velum sheet. He then said he would be honoured if I would be his wife, and I said I’d be honoured to be his wife. He never really ASKED . . . and never got down on one knee . . . but, this year for Valentine’s Day, he offically asked . . . 10 years “after the fact”!
6. Where were you married?
We were married in the Cardston Alberta LDS Temple.
7. How did the reception go?
We had 2 receptions. The first one was in Lethbridge, Alberta, for most of my extended family, and the few friends who had come to the actual ceremony. We had a sit-down luncheon of roast, potatoes and the works . . . had a short program, including a ring ceremony, and the various other things like cutting the cake, tossing the boquet, and gift opening. It went very well I think! My favourite part was when my nieces and nephews sang “I Love to See the temple”, one of my favourite Primary songs.
The second reception was held almost a week later in Kelowna, for James’ friends. It was more casual, though we did have supper there as well. Gotta love KFC! LOL We had a dance at that reception though . . . and that was really fun. Also did cake cutting, bouquet toss, gift opening.
Funny story about the bouquet toss. The same girl caught the bouquet at BOTH receptions! It was almost as if I aimed for her . . . (I didn’t!) LOL
8. How was the honeymoon?
Isn’t that a bit personal? LOL We spent our honeymoon meandering back to Kelowna from Alberta. We had planned on staying up here in Edmonton (had heard great things about the West Edmonton Mall), but ended up not quite having the funds to do so. Our first 2 nights of married life were spent in a small little motel in central Calgary. Then, we drove to a little place in the Canadian Rockies called Radium Hot Springs, in BC. It’s a little town, but oh-so-peaceful . . . The weather was gorgeous and we just loved it there. That is where I say we had our honeymoon . . . and I’d love to go back . . . We stayed there for 3-4 days, and then drove back to Kelowna to begin our “real” married life . . .
And now, with our 10th anniversary on Friday, I’m more in love with my beloved James than I ever thought possible!
