Alex wearing the Ring I gave him while working on a service project in Africa
About a week after he got back
Christmas 2009
Summer 2006
My beautiful baby on the way from the lake
On the way from the lake pre mission
After a Guyana Festival
My graduation Party
Double date with Maggie and Ben in Atlantic Station
Senior Year in the parking lot
My sister's graduation from College with my brother and Alex
Starrs Mill Prom: The very first picture Alex and I took together..
That's only a small glimpse into the Alex/Haley Festival.
So I know that only my family and a few friends read this, but I was feeling grateful for the amazing relationship I have with Alex and just wanted to give a quick synopsis of the past 3 1/2 years.
I met Alex when he sat behind me in Biology class. I don't remember meeting him really, but he said the first thing I ever said to him was "Hey, smell my cast..." hahahhaa...i had cast on my broken wrist for 6 months..and it smelled awful..and I guess that is when we first spoke. I remember that a few "popular" girls in high school thought he was a hottie, so I remember asking him to be my partner for our Biology Lab...We called each other DOC for the entire year after then and talked about how we would be rich doctors one day and be best friends...At the time, I had a boyfriend of about 2 years who was 2 years older than alex and I . I remember going into the gym to see Matt (my boyfriend at the time) and Alex was in there and matt said, "this guy is so strong, he benches as much as me..." and i remember thinking.."he is pretty cute..." but i never really thought anything of it....So I find out later that it was the beginning of Sophomore year that Alex claims to have had a crush on me...but that's besides the point. So sophomore year Beta Club awards ceremony rolls around and alex and I are standing 2 people apart, and I lean over and say hey and that was it. When i sat down my mom and mimi said "oooooooooooh haley who was that boy you were talking to..he looks like NICK LACHEY!!"...i was like...umm who??? and they said that boy with the curly hair! So...I said, "oh that's alex, he's in my class, he's so nice..." and literally from that moment on, i looked at him, and thought, wow he is soooooooooooooo attractive, and such a nice guy. So you could say my feelings started for alex when i was in 10th grade. I didn't see him all summer, and pretty much all junior year I just dated around and would casually see him in the halls. I did make him locker decorations for football because i CHOSE to do his locker :) We would always say hey or talk at lunch but my crush just kept up. I remember before Starrs Mill Prom me and Brittany were washing cars outside of Chikfila and she said, "call alex! see if he will come.." I called him and we talked on the phone for the first time....if you dont know alex has always had a weird accent that i thought was just adorable, so i was so excited. He couldn't come cuz he was getting a tux but he said we would meet up at the prom. When we got there, we did just that and we sat at a table and talked a little about my date, his date, and our nights as a whole. We took our first picture together and went our separate ways. I think my date actually got mad at me for talking to him or something but I didn't care. So as senior year comes, we meet again at the football/cheerleading picture. Of course we just both happen to be next to each other, so I end up sitting on his shoulder for the picture, which is now framed in my home. I ask him to come swimming, and that's how he gets my digits. A few weeks go by, and we are both in relationships with other people and are simply friends. As we are walking to lunch we begin talking about the pros and cons of having serious relationships....as we are at lunch talking about it with our friends, he leans over to me and tells me he is no longer in a relationship...and that's when everything changed.... Some time later, Alex called me and asked me to go to mcdonalds with some friends...and of course i went...then, I would visit his car every morning and we would talk or hang out....Remember i have a boyfriend....so at this point, we were both in a situation where we never spoke about feelings...so one morning, i get in the car (his car) and say...."So I broke up with ******* last night..." and alex, the oh so humble Parsons said..." "wow are you okay.." and i said.."yes." and he proceeded with .."so what are you doing tonight!?" This begins our dating and I don't think we even knew we were dating until probably Thanksgiving or so...We called each other Beyonce and Jay Z because we wouldn't admit we were dating to ourselves or others, and i found out he saved ALL my locker posters since junior year...:). We didn't kiss until nearly December maybe a little before, and then have been dating ever since. His mission was an interesting time. i did go on dates, but my heart always was hoping for alex. When i saw him in the airport, everything rushed back to me....as i was hugging him and just looking from a distance i saw what we had before and what i had to look forward to....I wasn't POSITIVE how he felt only because I had gone psycho and stopped saying I love you for a few months...but as we walked outside, he casually grabbed my hand for a split second and looked at me, and I knew things would work out. It's been nearly 6 months since then, and I am heading out to Provo tomorrow.
Still taking a day at a time, but loving every second of it.
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