The Lehi Round Up Rodeo is a special time for Tay and I. Yes, the bull riding, cowboys, and feel is great but that's not why its so special. In June 2012, that was the first time we actually met. Taylor came up to visit my cousin, his good friend, Jake. We met and got along really well. We went on our "first" date fourwheeling but we don't count that as our first date. Taylor was a crazy fourwheeler and me, holding on for dear life, got huge blisters on my hands. NO I was not very fond of him after that and swore this kid was crazy.
Well Taylor wanted to go on a double with Jake and a date, and me being the only girl he knew in Utah, he asked me out. This was Taylor's first rodeo and I saw a different side of him that night. My annoyance of the blisters he left on my hands went away. We laughed and had an amazing time! We took Taylor down to the dirt for the dance after the rodeo so that he could get the feel of what "real" rodeo ground feels like. We shared a dance, sang along and just had a really good time. We consider this our first date.
So our story goes afterwards. Fall and winter pass, I head out on my mission. We dated two weeks before my mission, it was the hardest thing I did by leaving him but the Lord had something in store for our obedience. I came home in June, a week before the next rodeo (imagine that). Taylor and I went on our first date after me coming home that day. We went up to the Brigham City Temple and as dorky as it sounds, Tay told me that he wanted to date me and he strongly felt that we were going somewhere. The rodeo followed after that.
And the year passed on... Now we are married and we got to enjoy the rodeo once more together, this time as husband and wife. New family tradition? I think yes.
Yes he got me flowers for year number 3. Can't let Mr. Hunsaker take a picture of Mrs. Hunsaker without laughing.
