Rod Lavers

(Fancy shoes.)

I remember our last fast Sunday in the Mirror Lake singles branch pretty well. We each stood to bear our testimonies and to express our gratitude for what we had learned there. I know we were both so excited to start our new lives together and were on a sort of spiritual and happy high.

I also remember before the meeting ended our branch President, President Alsup, stood to say a few words and teased Jeff asking, "So Lindsey, are you going to get Jeff in some real shoes for the wedding?"

We both got a good laugh out of this, as Jeff has been perfectly happy in his tan corduroys and brown Rod Lavers each Sunday for quite some time- and this is exactly how I found and fell madly in love with my sweet husband.

But today, as he was putting on some new church clothes he got for Christmas, I think there were some opposing forces trying to stop the change from happening...

First, a billion tags needed to be removed. Then there was something in the back pocket. One of those needle/ink things. Thank goodness it was not attached= pants still good to go. THEN Jeff noticed some "Velcro...or something" in the pants. It was in fact Velcro- someone in the military with the last name Forte is missing his or her name tag:

We were laughing with each other at this point- this was turning out to be one complicated process.

In the end, I was holding hands with one handsome guy at church.

And I snuck a picture.

I hope I didn't embarrass you too much. Please forgive me. :) I love you. xoxo