July 4th weekend

July 4th was a memorable weekend! July 3rd is the day the road tripped started. Zach got off work around 2, which gave me about an hour to pack, which is so hectic for a girl to pack! Especially for a weekend with his whole family, I go to make myself look good! Our plan was to leave Powell by 3:30, Zach, his dad Sid, and I. Buuuut Sid got a call for a death in Cody and so Zach and I had to wait for 3 HOURS for his dad. Oh Sid. Oh Sid. Well Sid finally got home and Zach and I loaded up the guns as Sid packed. We head out and of course we had to take another stop in Cody for Sid to buy ammo. I completely blame Sid for how late we were;) We finally drive off to Idaho Falls. Before we even got into Yellowstone, Sid started complaining how it was so hot in the back seat. Zach and I looked at each other as if... well Sid was our kid. Now both Zach and I love Sid don't get us wrong, but him and I were just a tad grumpy. We arrived in Idaho Falls at Zach's grandparents house, with Zach almost killing us once. We unloaded our luggage and figured out where we are going to sleep, Zach's cousin and his girlfriend and Zach and I went to get a Redbox movie and dinner. We couldn't find a maverick anywhere so we thought our next best chance would be Wal-mart. We goofed around in Wal-mart looking for food to eat and got our movie. We didn't want any food there so we thought we would go to a fast food joint. But of course the night before the 4th of July everything was closed. Well except for Burger King! It was nasty but at the time it was delicious! We went back to the house and watched the movie. After the movie we got up and everyone went to bed. The next morning we woke up and it was the 4th of July and we had a big day ahead of us! After breakfast we headed over to a parade which was super fun. I met the rest Zach's family. We went to Pizza Café, took a nap, went to sonic to get a slushy, and tried to eat dinner after a buffet of pizza at lunch. We went to a firework show which was so much fun! we played around in a park with your whole family and got to watch fireworks when it got more dark! After the show we went back to the house and decided to pull an all nighter and play Mario kart. We successfully did that till 5 in the morning. We got yelled at a few times for being a tad too loud.. Mario Kart is to be taken serious though ;) We had to wake up 3 hours later for Zach's cousins, Alerga's baptism. It was an exhausting day and there were quite a lot of naps in between everything we did. We shouldn't have stayed up till 5, how dumb! The next day was our last day and Zach and I went on a mini date before we left Idaho Falls. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings which is my favorite restaurant. Zach is so sweet to take me out before we had to drive 6 hours!

 It was a memorable weekend and the first trip with Zach and meeting his family. I will never ever forget this weekend!

Our first month

So far Zach and I have been dating one month. It has been a really great time! Honestly better than I expected. Zach was a sweetheart. He always opened his car door or any door for me and he always put his needs before mine. It was a week before our one month and Zach was down in Houston, Texas boar hunting and shark hunting. Zach and I had a bet that he would not catch a shark. I bet him $10 he wouldn't catch one and he bet $10 he would. Unfortunately Zach did catch a shark! It was adorable how excited he was that he caught one. (Still to this day, I have not payed him his $10).

It was our one month (April 25th) and Zach has gotten his wisdom teeth out the day before. The swelling in cheeks did not go down. I was going on a date with a cute swollen chipmunk. He picked me up at my house, which is not close to town) and he had brought me a rose and chocolate. I gave him a big hunk and a drink and wrote on a piece of paper "Thanks for being my hunk." We got in his dad's truck and we drove over to El Tap in town. It's a small Mexican restaurant with very good food. We were there for about an hour and we went over to his house and watched anchorman 2 super sized addition. It sounds like a plain date but it's never boring when I'm with Zach. He's always cracking jokes and making me giggle. It was only a month but it had been a great month so far!

Who Asked Who Out?

After Zach had asked me out on our first date, we hung out quite a bit. We mostly went on double dates and watched movies. I was having a bad week and Zach didn't like how mood swingy and grumpy I was. We pulled into the school parking lot and he text me and told me to meet him at his car, I was so nervous I ignored his text and kept walking into school with my friends. That wasn't okay with Zach, so he got out of his car, yelled my name and ran over to me and brought me a Ghirardelli Chocolate Bar. Milk chocolate bar filled with caramel. My favorite! He taped a note to it, and it was so adorable. (Its attached below) He is just the sweetest! I was so nervous to open and read the letter that I went to all my friends and was freaking out. My friends Josie told me to just open and so I did. It put me in the best mood the rest of the day.

Zach didn't come to school one day but he decided to bring me lunch to school. He brought me two cheese quesodillas and we sat in his car and talked. He slowly brought into conversation about him and I. This is his exact words, "So where do you think this is going?" (He thought that was asking me out) I told him I wanted to take it slow because I didn't want to rush anything after my past relationship and it not working out. He wasn't very happy about it and started calling me his "make-out buddy," and if I wanted to date him, I had to ask him out... I dealt with "make-out buddy" for about 3 days and I thought to myself that I would rather be known as his girlfriend than his make-out buddy. But I still wasn't sure what I wanted. It was March 24th, a Monday and after dance i went and hung out with Zach at Billy's. We hot tubbed and watched a movie and he made me so happy. But when I got home I felt uneasy about dating him. So I text him and was hoping he was asleep so he wouldn't get the text till morning but he wasn't. I just let him know I was uneasy about him and I and didn't know if I actually wanted it to go anywhere. He was super upset when he received the text and was not happy. He told me I had to make a decision by tomorrow or he was gonna be done with me. So the next day rolls around and I pull up to the seminary building and Zach was already there. He text me to go get in his car and talk and I text him back and said "Hold on I'm eating breakfast" I honestly was too nervous to go talk to him. After I ate I went into his car and we talked for a little bit, and we stopped talking for about 30 seconds and then I said "Zach will you go out with me?" Probably the lamest way to ask someone out but i didn't want to risk my chances at losing him because he was the sweetest guy I have ever met. 

About two weeks after dating it was General Conference. Zach came all the way out to my house, 15 minutes away from his, and picked me up to watch it at his house. On our way back, we were heading into Ralston and we got pulled over! I couldn't stop laughing and Zach was freaking out. We come to find out that he got pulled over because the tint on his windows is illegal. It was a waste of 30 minutes. Anyways, Conference was wonderful as always and its when Zach and I took our first picture together as a couple!

The First Date

I kid you not the day after, we started snapchatting all the time. On the 29th of February Zach was at state wrestling. While he was there he bet me a kiss that he would win state. I took the bet because well... I knew he was going to win state. He snaps me after his big match and HE WON. I owed that boy a kiss. I have no idea what day it was but I went over to his house to pay him the debt I owed him. We watched a movie and he leaned over twice and asked me "Are you gonna kiss me now?" each time I replied "I don't know, when are you going to kiss me?" The second time I said that, Zach leaned in and kissed me!
After our first kiss he asked me out, This was his whole plan. That's what operation "Walking on Sunshine" was all about. To convince me to become single and then Zach ask me out on a date. And boy did it work. I was so nervous about the date, I hadn't been on a real one.. ever. He was the first guy to take me out on a dinner date, pick me up, and pay for me! It was March 8th and we went to the sushi restaurant in Cody with our other two friends who were in a relationship, Billy Baker and Sydney Neville. He picked me up, came to the door to get me, and opened his car door for me. We drove to Cody to meet Billy and Sydney. We waited for them to get there, and as we did Zach swung his arm around, meaning it to go to the head rest of the seat, and smacked my eye. He still managed to lean into to kiss me while I was telling him he had ruined the movement! I laughed for so long, I still laugh when I think about it. We went into the restaurant, got seated, and ate dinner. At the end of dinner we got fortune cookies, as always. I go to open mine up to read my fortune and it says "Ms. Day go to prom with me?" of course I said yes, I was so excited! He took me home, and he never let me touch a door handle or knob the whole time. It was the perfect first date.

The First Step

After the crush developed I didn't do much about it. But one day Zach invited me to go to lunch with him and his friends, of course I went and almost everyday after that I went to lunch with them. Him and his friends would give me advice about what I should do in my current relationship and I would vent and vent and vent. I also let the guys get to know me for me, they acted like a bunch of toughies but they supported me and wanted the best for me. One day we were all sitting in the library and Billy and Zach started talking about this operation hey had called "Walking on Sunshine" I kept asking them what the operation was about but they would never tell me. All I knew is the boys hinted at Zach asking me to prom, so I figured it was something about me. Everyday for about 3 weeks they tormented me to end my relationship with who I was with and to go for Zach. But I wasn't sure about it at all. Valentines day rolled around and there was a Powell Varsity basketball game and I had gone by myself to meet up with friends. As I was walking into the school I noticed Zach's 06 deep red Chevy Malibu pull into the parking lot. I kept walking in to meet my friends. I walked in and it was the end of the JV game and I went and sat with my friends Laura and Haley. I sat with them only until the Varsity game because they were both the managers. After they left to sit with the team I went and sat on the gym floor, next to the bleachers, one step below Zach. They game went on and we stood with our friends and we both talked for hours.
That was probably the second best part about this Valentines Day. My current boyfriend didn't get me everything or do anything special. I was honestly my last straw with him, but I figured there had to be an excuse.
At the end of the game I became so hungry. Zach was so sweet and offered to take me to Maverick and get me some food. Which was my favorite thing about that day. As him and I were walking out Laura and Haley were standing there and told me to kiss him. I couldn't because I was in a relationship but if I weren't in one, I would have taken every chance. We arrive at Maverick and I chose to get a Naked juice and a Snickers. And no Zach did not pay but he did drive me there which was still sweet! He took me back to the High School to drop me off at my car. Him and I Sat in his car and we talked about my relationship. I told him everything. How I was being hidden and not acknowledged at all. He told me I needed to end it but I didn't want to hurt anyone. I knew he was right but I stuck with it... For the next 4 days I kept replaying what Zach and I talked about that night and finally I got up the courage to end my relationship...

The beginning...

Let's skip forward 5 months! That's when this story gets real and exciting! It was January 2nd 2014! A great way to start a new year! Some background information, Zach and I are Mormon and I wouldn't have it any other way😘 A priest/Laurel activity was set up by our stake! All the priests and Laurels from all the wards met up at a ranch in the mountain to do some fun snow activities and stay the night! My friend Lexi Garcia was staying with me and I brought her with me! We made it up the mountain, settled into our cabin, and had a buttload of fun sledding down a hill! Oh and we also went shooting! It was starting to get cold and dark and so we all went into the main cabin to eat dinner, play some cards, have a devotional, and have a small dance. The 1st ward (the ward Zach was in) wasn't to the cabin yet! As we were playing cards Zach and the rest of the 1st ward walked in. When I saw him my heart jumped! (Now in the 5 months I skipped, I built up this impression about Zach that he was not a nice guy and very arrogant! But for some reason I felt so happy Zach was at the ranch!) I yelled "Zach! Come give me a hug!" I was shocked I yelled this, but Zach came over and gave me a hug and then jumped in line to get dinner! We had a devotional, and then started the dance. During the dance Zach and I talked for 3 hours... 3 HOURS!! Want to  know him, Lexi and I talked about? How he should just be friends with his girlfriend... But to tell her that in the nicest way possible. When he told me he didn't want to be mean to her, I knew then he was a softy! A big ole softy☺️ he was telling Lexi and I how he wanted to find someone who is fun to be around! I was giving him names after names if girls who would be fun to be around! I was even trying to set him up with a girl a few months back! But he was too stubborn, he had to find the right girl! I went off to dance with someone and Lexi and Zach started talking, I was currently in a relationship, and not the best one! Zach was mentioning to Lexi how I wasn't treated right. And Lexi knew then, Zach and I were gonna soon date. We all went back to our cabins to sleep and Lexi and I stayed up talking!

She mentioned to me that I should dump who I was dating and go for Zach! I thought she was crazy and told her no after no after no, she kept telling me I should and I said "have you seen his eyebrows?" (Can't believe I ever said that!!!) I knew it was rude coming out but I never thought Zach and I would work so I came up with excuses to not date him. I was pretty much the dumbest girl ever! That weekend changed me... It changed my opinion about how I felt about Zach, I was starting to develop a crush!

(Let's keep in mind, I never ever notice his eyebrows anymore I think they are adorable, it must be true love😉)

The first day I saw him.

The first day I saw Zach, It was August 26 2013, it was my first day at Powell High School as a junior and Zachs last first day as a senior. I saw him first thing at 8:05 in our pre college algebra class, I immediately thought he was a cutie! Mr. Hildebrant, our teacher, went down the list of students to call attendance. He came across my name "Allie Day!" "Here.." I was obviously nervous because it was my first day in a new high school. After I spoke,  Zach, who sat in the back of the class with all the jocks ;) said with a smirk on his face "Ooo a new girl?!!" I looked back at him with a flushed face and shot him a smile! that class ended and we carried on our day till 5th period! I walked into Graphics and took a seat, still not knowing anyone and I see Zach walk in! Everytime I saw him I always thought to myself "he is adorable.." He sat with all the "cool" people and I sat with a friend I knew from my dance studio. We took some notes, and surprise surprise, Zach didn't take notes! and he called out across the room "Sweetheart!" "Hey Sweetheart!!" Little did I know he was calling me! I turned to look at him and he gave me a smirk and said "Sweetheart can I copy your notes?" I thought to myself "Can't he copy off his friends next to him??" But as nice as I am... I let him copy my notes! And this is just the beginning to Zach and I's love story!