April 22, 2010
Marcus and Christiana are introduced through a friend at the new student orientation; Get Connected.
April 24, 2010
Marcus and Christiana sit next to each other at the new student talent show.
April 30, 2010 Friday
Meeshell and Christiana go to Marcus' apartment to flirt with the guys. We end up playing a few card games with Marcus and his roommate and sort of get the guys to invite us to do baptisms for the dead the next morning.
May 1, 2010 Saturday
Meeshell and Christiana go on a double date with Marcus and his roommate after telling a temple worker to somehow get the guys to take us to breakfast for a date. Later that night Christiana has a dream about Marcus.
May 2, 2010 Sunday
Marcus and Christiana sit in an over-sized chair together and sing hymns with some friends...Marcus puts his arm around Christiana.
May 4, 2010 Tuesday
Marcus calls Christiana to make sure they sit next to each other during devotional. During devotional Marcus invites Christiana to go on a group date to see Iron Man 2.
May 5, 2010 Wednesday
Christiana writes in her journal "This could be the beginning. Marcus and Christiana."
May 7, 2010 Friday
Marcus and Christiana go on their first official date that was supposed to be a group date but everybody else "bailed" out. Christiana rests her head on Marcus' shoulder, and he lets her use his jacket. Christiana invites Marcus to be a volunteer with her at the Special Olympics.
May 8, 2010 Saturday
Christiana can picture being with Marcus forever but feels like she needs to keep it a secret since they just started dating. Marcus joins Christiana for Special Olympics.
May 9, 2010 Sunday
Marcus holds Christiana's hand while dropping off some dinner for a friend.
May 11, 2010 Tuesday
Christiana runs into one of Marcus' roommates while at work and he invites her to a birthday dinner and she tells him to tell Marcus to call and ask her. Later that night Marcus calls and asks Christiana to go to the dinner.
May 14, 2010 Friday
Marcus and Christiana become a couple, officially.
May 19, 2010 Wednesday
Marcus leaves Christiana a love note on her front door inviting her over for dinner. They have dinner together that night and Christiana asks him to kiss her...he gets nervous and chickens out.
May 21, 2010 Friday
Marcus and I go on another date to a concert and he walks her home and leaves her with a delicate last first kiss on her doorstep.
May 28, 2010 Friday
Christiana told Marcus how crazy she was about him and that she was starting to fall in love with him after he told her he wanted to transfer to BYU-Provo. Marcus is now conflicted because he feels the same way about Christiana.
June 1, 2010 Tuesday
Marcus goes to the temple and prays about his future. He joins Christiana for lunch with a bunch of their friends. When the friends leave Marcus tells Christiana he wants to marry her.
July 5, 2010 Monday
After getting pulled over for speeding and going to Barnes and Nobles, Marcus officially proposes and Christiana says yes. The ring is simply beautiful.
Sometime in August
Christiana drives up to Washington to see Marcus.
September- November 25, 2010
We spend the semester separated; talking almost every night. And Marcus flies out to see Christiana for Thanksgiving.
December 21, 2010 Tuesday
Marcus and Christiana and sealed for time and all eternity in the Los Angeles, CA Temple.
June 2011
The Thackeray's find out they are pregnant!
March 2, 2012
Madeline is born!
