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sure! I loved his eyes and how much he made me laugh from the get-go. He was so easy to talk to and was completely himself right from the start!

WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR FIRST DATE?

HIM: I took Melanie to my favorite place- Snowbasin ski resort. I had a truck at the time and filled the truck bed with a couple egg crate mattresses and TONS of blankets to keep us warm while we stargazed. We talked all night about our life and really got to know each other. Eventually, it got too cold and we ran out of snacks, so we went back to her brother’s house. I couldn't say goodbye yet so Melanie invited me in and we turned on a movie and continued talking for hours. HER: Before we even went on a date, he asked if I wanted to come over and hang out at his house while he was helping his dad work on some basement remodeling. I’m a really awkward person and didn’t want to meet his parents yet, so I said, “Noooo way”. Hahah. I’m glad that didn’t deter him, because then he asked if he could come pick me up and take me to one of his favorite places instead. So he picked me up in his truck and we headed up to Snowbasin. We sat in the bed of his truck stargazing and talking.. laughing..for hours until we were freezing cold and couldn't take it any longer. So then we headed back to Jake’s house. Neither of us wanted the date to end so we watched a movie at Jake’s but ended up chatting through all of it so I can’t even remember the movie. haha. It was the best first-date I’d ever been on and I’m so glad that it’s how I ended my last, first-date. (:

WHO INITIATED THE FIRST KISS?

HIM: ME!! I did! The mood was just right. :) HER: He did. And oh, boy!.. It was a good one. (: haha

WHEN DID YOU TWO BECOME OFFICIAL?

HIM: hahaha “official”. My family was having a barbeque with some neighbor friends, so I invited Melanie to come so she could get some food and meet the rest of my family. At the time, we hadn’t talked about whether or not we were boyfriend or girlfriend yet. I had just got off work and was helping to get the food ready. Melanie was driving up separately, so I waited for her call to tell me when she had arrived. She was nervous to come in, so I walked her in and we went outside to get the barbeque going. Ryan was manning the grill right outside the door and he asked me who my date was. The first thing that came out of my mouth, in front of everyone, was, “This is my girlfriend Melanie”. Hahaha I looked over at Melanie and her face was bright red! Haha. Later on that night we talked and that is when we officially became BF & GF. HER: We were bbq-ing with some of his family and neighbors and Colton introduced me as his girlfriend to everybody. I was surprised because we hadn’t talked about it, but I was giddy in my stomach when he introduced me as such. Haha. I tried to keep my cool (dkdnt workI went red) and stepped away to help his mom in the kitchen and that’s when I noticed a picture of me and him taped to his parent’s fridge. Anybody who knows momma Val, knows things that make her happy get taped to her fridge. So needless to say, by this point I was a pile of mush and literally ran to their bathroom to call my sister! Hahahah. After I composed myself, I went back out to join the fun. We had been dating for a few months by this point but later that night, as we were going on a drive, Colton asked me to be his girlfriend and I happily said “OH YEAH!”

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO SAY I LOVE YOU?

HIM: Melanie was the first. I had been thinking of the best, most opportune time to say “I love you,” but I took too long. After one of our many goodbyes from hanging out, I could tell Melanie had something to say. So I asked her what she had to