How it began.

I returned home from my mission in Washington D.C. about a year ago. I served proselyting and at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center. I loved serving and I think about my people and my experiences every day. It's hard to explain the love you feel when you serve. The love I felt changed me and I'm grateful. Three weeks after returning home I moved to Utah and soon thereafter found my current job, which I absolutely love.

About a month later I met Jon at a CES fireside, classic. I had to take a call from my sister and he walked in fashionably late just after I got off the phone... perfect timing. He asked me if the fireside had begun, obviously it already had, nice pick-up line babe. We met in early October and didn't begin dating until early March. We both knew very early that we would get married. I had never felt so peaceful and certain about anything. Jon surprised me with an earlier-than-I-expected proposal at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, one of my all-time favorite places. He proposed in one of the gorgeous and romantic ballrooms after a delicious dinner at The Roof. When we walked into the ballroom I saw the rose petals leading to a dozen roses and a small ring box, but thought it was for someone else. I told Jon we had to leave so we wouldn't spoil someone else's engagement experience. He took my hand and said, "Mindy, let's just take a look." It was then I knew, this was all for me. After he proposed we danced to my favorite song "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole. Talk about romantic!

Life with Jon is simply wonderful. For many years I've heard my friends and family talk about their husbands in adoring ways and I never quite understood how they must feel until now. Jon is my best friend and I adore him completely. We just love being together. I know that Heavenly Father knows us so perferctly that He knows who we need in our lives. I think He allows us to come in contact with those people to feel a small portion of His eternal love for us. Jon is perfect for me and I'm so grateful to have him forever.