Lucky in Love...3 Finalist!

Lucky in Love Contest Rules...

Read the 3 following stories and choose your favorite love story; "the lucky in love" couple will receive a free engagement session valued @ $475! Please vote only once and place your vote in the comments section for this blog story. 

No anonymous votes to keep this fair. 

Please only positive votes- no negative comments. Voting will continue for through April 12th. The

 winning couple will be announced via my blog Monday April 13th!

Good luck couples!!!!

Couple #1- Erin & Clay

Back in high school I had the BIGGEST crush on the “guy in the silver truck.” The only thing I knew about him at the time was that he was way hott and waaaay too old for me! My girlfriends and I would just drool when he passed the front of the school. One day I finally spoke up and declared that they all “mark my words…I’m gonna make him my boyfriend one of these days!” The response was “in your dreams, he’s way too old for you and you’ll never have a chance.”

My first year out of high school (a couple of years later) I was dating a total DOG, but little did I know that he would lead me to Clay…”the guy in the silver truck.” He happened to be friends with Mr. “Silver Truck’s” sister and boyfriend at the time. Once I had gotten rid of the jerk I had been dating I mentioned to a mutual friend that I was interested in Clay. Long story short, he was newly single and we met up in a parking lot where we talked for hours with our friend. At the end of the night I gave him my phone number, but the little booger waited like 4 days before he FINALLY called!

He asked if I would like to join him for a drive in the desert, so for our first date he took me up to the top of a mountain to what we now know as the “big foot” mountain. We hit it off and have been inseparable ever since and that’s been over 6 years! The day he proposed he took me for a drive to

 the same place we went for our first date. I didn’t think anything of it because it is a special place that we like to go together, but this day was different, he agreed to a picnic lunch! He also insisted that I take our

 camera so we could take a picture together when we made it to the top of the mountain. 

We reached our destination and before he dropped down the hill to the “big foot” he stopped and said he wanted to climb and take our picture. We climbed up the hill and took a few pictures. When I thought we were through he told me that he wanted to take one more and for me to stay where I was. He set the timer and ran back over to me and right when the camera clicked he proposed!! It was the most romantic set up ever! He timed it perfectly with the most beautiful shot of the valley in the background. The picture is priceless!

Couple #2- Jeff & Chris

Although my fiancee Jeff and I have been together for almost two years, and have gone on plenty of dinner dates and movie dates and shopping dates, it wasn't until this past Sunday that I really had a new sense of Jeff and our relationship. Over the past couple of months we've discovered that we both had an itch to become parents/guardians to his little niece Jayleen. We both knew that we wanted to be someone special in her life and give her a life that she otherwise might not be able to have, so we decided to do a

 "trial run" to see how our parenting skills would be, and to see if we could calmly take care of a two year old and still have our sanity. So what else could the both of us do to try our patience, but to go to the happiest place on earth. I know that I probably had the most anxiety about the day, and Jeff seemed to be the most patient of all. And let me tell you, I probably couldn't have had a more peaceful, relaxing and actually a very romantic date. 

When I say romantic, I don't mean because there were flowers or wine or a very expensive dinner, but romantic because it was so nice to see my fiancee in a role that I haven't ever seen him in. Jayleen was absolutely mesmerized by everything her eyes could take in at Disneyland, and Jeff and I were so caught up in the moment of being parents that the day seemed to flow seamlessly. It seemed that we had a new appreciation of each other and what we could actually achieve in our relationship. I think the whole day caught us by surprise because it was something we both want, and

 something we both wanted to do with her. Because of that day, and the way that we saw each other in a new light, I think that we are well on our way of becoming the parents that we've wanted to be. 

Couple #3- Melissa & Chas

Chas heard me singing one night for a group of friends. He didnt exactly see me but he heard my voice and wondered who that was! Having a cocktail with a neighbor of mine, my name was brought up in their conversation. "Oh thats Melissa. She lives on the first floor and sings many nights with her friends". It may sound cheesy but Chas knew that he had to meet me.

A couple of weeks later Chas was enjoying himself at the pool with friends and barbequing! I heard from my balcony the Police playing (which I love) and told one of my roommates that we needed to go check out what was going on at the pool. Chas and I met at the barbeques! When I introduced myself he was so happy that he was meeting the Melissa that sings! He let me know that he had heard me singing one night and that he really enjoyed it. That is where we began. We stayed up and talked all night. It was the beginning of our beautiful love for one another and the amazing friendship we have built. I am so blessed to have him in my life and am thankful that things happened the way they did! We are so lucky!