we’ve finally made it to round two of our cutest couple contest, and i couldn’t be more excited about it! jessica + travis are our first couple, and they’d like to share a bit more about their love story! to help jessica + travis win free wedding portraits, comment on this blog post, “like” the post on facebook (as well as “liking” anna gleave photography), pin a photo from this website, or share one of anna gleave photography’s photos.

so without further ado… here’s jessica and travis’ love story from both of their perspectives!

Jessica:

Travis and I have known each other for over 7 years now. When I moved to Utah we were in the same ward and I remember the day I walked into my first Sundayschool class with my cousin. I remember seeing him, and thinking he was SO  good-looking. We were awkward little 15 year olds, and I refused to date before I turned 16, so nothing happened then and I became interested in other guys in high school. I totally hurt his feelings then and did again when I gave him a little bit of a chance again when I was 17. After that we were just friends. When we started hanging out and I realized I wanted to date him I was TERRIFIED of his reaction. So terrified that the night I told him I thought we should date I struggled between silence and stuttering for at least 45 minutes before I got out what I wanted to say. The best line from him in that conversation, “I don’t really believe you Jessica, because we have been through this before, but I am willing to try it” haha Good thing he gave me a second chance!!!

I love how helpful and fun Travis is! One of the first things I noticed about him as we started dating is that he is always the first to help with everything! He also makes me crack up basically all the time, which if you know me, isn’t super hard to do, but he is better than anyone else at just getting me. We could be doing the most boring task but he makes me laugh through it all haha He also is very good at calming me, I am a very Type A personality and am really good at filling my schedule until I physically can’t take on any more (for example: right now I am a full-time graduate student, have 2 jobs, am training for a half marathon…. and planning a wedding). He helps me to recognize what is important and necessary in my life.

Travis:

Jessica is the girl of my dreams 🙂 really she is the only girl that could ever make me shy and awkward.  I wanted to get to know her from the day we met.  I would even sit awkwardly with her and her two friends during lunch in high school just to try and sneak in a bit of conversation.  After she rejected me a second time I put up the necessary walls and tried to move on.  I dated a lot of other girls but I never could find that same spark that left me speechless and awkward.  After my mission I had gained a lot of additional confidence and had dated enough girls that I knew if I could get Jessica alone, i’d have a chance to charm her.  She was very good at inviting me to only group activities and the chance never seemed to come.  Finally one Saturday night we were both looking for something to do so we decided to hang out and she suggested a movie.  We were alone and the rest is history.

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