Our Perfectly Awkward First Valentine’s

This picture was taken 11 years + 1 day ago. Valentine’s Day 2015.

We’d never been closer to each other than a side-hug before we took this picture. We had JUST sort of decided to start dating and sort of betrothed ourselves. (There’s a whole story there.) The missions base I was living on was hosting a Valentine’s dinner. I decided to make things as awkward as possible by inviting Chris to the cheesey, over the top celebration. To my delight and Chris’ horror, we realized we were matching when he arrived for the dinner. I could have changed. Instead, I told everyone we had planned it. Then I danced the night away like I was the queen of Valentine’s Day. Chris stood at the back talking to the other people acting like adults, watching me with a side eye and wondering what exactly he had signed up for.

And this is the story of Chris and Kacy’s first Valentine’s Day.