The Arrangement!!

The Promise Ring and Yorktown Beach

On March 8, 2008, Daniel brought Laura to Yorktown Beach on the pier and told her a short little story. He said that he adored her, that he loved her and that she was someone that he would love to spend the rest of his life with. It was here, in almost a complete surprise that Laura received a ring on her finger, a promise ring, with her birthstone (a sapphire) and two diamonds on either side. The ring was dainty, just perfect for her size four fingers, and he put it on her hand in the windy air. The picture above was taken the day of the promise-proposal (promosal : )), and when Daniel asked her if she would be willing to wait for him to go on his mission, she said that she would love to. Two weeks later Daniel got his mission call to Frankfurt, Germany and it said that he would enter the MTC in August. Thus, this goodbye was not goodbye once more... happily! The two spent spring break together at Daniel's home and had just the greatest time with his family and friends.
The Last Time We Saw Each Other..

was in May, at the end of Maymester at SVU. Daniel came back to visit me for all of about 7 hours on a Saturday to say goodbye in person. We went to Panther Falls and did some pretty sweet hiking! The day over all was pretty amazing - and it is one of the only dates we don't have pictures from. Mainly because I didn't want to drop my camera in the falls! The one thing I learned that day is that Daniel can totally jump off of high things successfully. That was way interesting. Nonetheless, it was our last day together!

The Last Time We Talked: Our "See you later, not goodbye!"

If you're asking the last time we talked without static that was at the end of July before I left for China. We didn't think that we would be able to communicate in China so we said goodbye then. One of our habits was to talk on the phone about the most random things. It was actually kind of nice to start e-mailing, there was a little less petty bashing! In the end however, we talked the night before he got set apart and he read me D&C 132:18-20 and D&C 42:22 which he read as:

I (Thou) shall (shalt) love thy future wife with all thy heart, and shall(t) cleave unto her and none else.

And that was our last goodbye. As we hung up the phone/computer it mutually ended in our phrase "I'll see you in white," followed by his "you better," and now the waiting/mission/China trip/etc. has began! Daniel was set apart on August 17, left for Utah on the 18th and entered the MTC on August 20!