We really could go back to the beginning of time to trace our love back to the first conception because we're Mormon, and we have the resources. But we'll skip all the hairy details, mostly to save time and partly to keep you interested.
the beginning...
In 2007, Kynslie needed a roommate and so she she turned to craigslist. Email after email and phone call after phone call, she stumbled upon the VERY southern voicemail of Jamie Giddens. She was instantly charmed, naturally. One thing led to another, and they were united as two roommates (and also with a couple of other cool girls, and one totally crazy one.) As they grew to be friends, Jamie had mentioned a couple of times that she wished Kynslie could date (marry) her brother, Taylor. Kynslie was flattered that Jamie liked her enough to want to keep her for forever, but shrugged off the comments, knowing full well she would probably never meet the guy.
Fast forward to 2009, it's August, and Kynslie is on an airplane headed to Atlanta to visit her beloved Jamie. The flight gets in late, around midnight, and Jamie picks her up from the busiest airport in the world (or whatever), and the first stop, (by Jamie's choice) is the apartment of an unsuspecting Taylor Giddens.
And so they meet, and as you can imagine, it was completely anticlimactic. Taylor took some pictures, played the guitar, and Kynslie was disgusting and jet lagged. (I assure you, I would have made a little more effort to freshen up had I known I was meeting my soul mate that day.) And they parted ways with a half hearted hug. A couple of days later, Taylor called Jamie needing help with some moving in business. So Kynslie and her headed over. And one thing led to another and without any warning Taylor ended up straddling her in his office chair, to startle Jamie when she walked in. It didn't phase her at all.
And when Kynslie left Atlanta, she wasn't given the chance to say goodbye to Taylor. But she was ready to go home and deal with some unrelated drama, and so it was the furthest thing from her mind.
We're sure you're tired of hearing about things not blossoming, but you're in luck, things are about to get good.
Between August-October, the two shared a few light hearted facebook interactions. And it was this website, http://www.everythingisterrible.com, that really got the ball rolling.
Particularly http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2009/10/snogging-101.html
that video.
that video.
Anyway, one night Kynslie was at home, doing a staggering amount of procrastinated laundry when she got a phone call, to her surprise, it was Taylor, who had just called to chat.
So they talked for a couple of hours. And probably flirted a little. And then these phone calls became more frequent. And 3 hour phone calls turned into 8 hour skype video chats. And crazily enough, those 8 hour video chats started to make Kynslie think seriously about moving to Atlanta, since, she needed a change anyway. And one night she jokingly asked Taylor if he loved her yet, and he paused and said, "I actually think I might."
Taylor decided that he did love her, and thought he should probably ask her to be his girlfriend. Which surprisingly, surprised Kynslie because she wasn't used to someone so unafraid of commitment.
So they began their "relationship" and then Taylor came to visit Kynslie in Utah and they had their first kiss in the airport. And if you ask Taylor, he'll tell you, that she jumped the gun, and made the first move herself, contrary to what he had hoped for.
In January of 2010 Kynslie started off the New Year by leaving her old life behind in Utah, and starting her new life in Atlanta with the love of her life.
In January of 2010 Kynslie started off the New Year by leaving her old life behind in Utah, and starting her new life in Atlanta with the love of her life.
And almost exactly 12 months later, he proposed.
