Our story

I haven't quite decided which topic I want to do for my next post, so I decided I would take some time to introduce you to our story. So here is the story of how I became Mrs. Seth Welch :)

First off, both my husband and I come from large, wonderful families. I am the youngest of 5 children and Seth is the youngest of 4. We love every aspect of being apart of large families and are looking forward to having a large family of our own one day.

I'm originally from a small town in Virginia and Seth is a born and raised South Carolina native (a southern boy, just the way I like 'em hehe).

The summer going into my junior year of high school, my family moved to SC for my dads job. I was the only sibling that was still in school and I was NOT a happy camper about moving. I loved our home with lots of acres in the country, I didn't want to leave my friends, and I had an amazing Christian school I didn't want to say goodbye to. I was quite content where I was and had my whole future planned out. I thought for sure I'd hate Myrtle Beach, my new school and my new home. Well, I was wrong. Surprisingly I loved my new school, made tons of amazing new friends, and even liked our new house. Things were looking up and that was just the start of it.

Seth is originally from Florence, but when his dad was called to start a church in Myrtle Beach, their family uprooted and began their new journey here. I believe he was around 12 years old at that time. Him and his sister and two brothers went to Calvary Christian School. It is a small school, but a great one.

Seth graduated from Calvary in May of 2006 and I started at Calvary in August of 2006. So, we never actually went to school together, but we both graduated from the same school. Any who, I had heard all about him and the rest of Welch kids, in all the funny stories of previous years at school. He had heard about the new girl in school, also. But, we still hadn't met each other.

Actually, the first time we met was in Walmart (how romantic, right?) He was with a friend and I was with my sister. He didn't say much, but I remember he was in full camo attire, haha.

In the summer of 2007, one of the guys I went to school with (also, one of Seth's friends) called me. Seth happened to be with him that night and somehow Seth and I ended up on the phone with each other. We didn't really know each other, but we completely hit it off. He picked on me and I picked right back. He says that I was funny and that's what caught his attention. (I wonder if he still thinks I'm funny? haha). We seemed to have a similar sense of humor and he made me laugh, a lot! It felt like we ended up talking forever that night. Since he was talking to me on a friends phone, he asked me if he could have my number and if he could call me the next night. I, of course, gave him my number. We ended up talking on the phone every night, for hours on end, for 2 months straight. That right, for two months we talked on the phone and never hung out. I was a chicken. Poor guy tried to hang out with me and I gave him excuse after excuse. I really, really liked him, but I was nervous to hang out with him and confused on how I could like someone I've never hung out with. It's kinda weird, right? Well, that's what I thought at the time.

Finally, after trying and trying, for two months, to hang out with me, Seth gave up. He felt I was pulling him along. I wasn't, but I can see why he felt that way. Now, you think I fought for him and finally agreed to hang out with him, once he told me he was done trying, right? Wrong. I let him go. We went from talking every night for hours, to not talking at all. Pretty dumb of me, huh?

Two months later, we had a fall festival at school to raise money for my senior class. Seth showed up with his brother and some friends. I remember looking at him and thinking how dumb I was for letting him go. I didn't really talk to him much, I was kinda embarrassed, really. When I saw him heading to his truck to leave, I knew I had to do something. I quickly text him and told him I was sorry for everything. He ended up not leaving and came back to talk to me. We (more like "I") decided to finally go on a date.

On November 21st, 2007 he picked me up from my house and we headed to the movies. For whatever reason, there were absolutely no good movies showing (and he was not about to cancel our date) so we ended up watching the Disney movie "Enchanted", haha. He asked me to be his girlfriend, that night, and we've been together ever since.

That was 5 years ago, and I can honestly say I'm more in love with him now, then I was when we first started dating. He is truly my best friend. He's the first one I call, the one I want to share all the exciting things in life with, and the one who I want to grow old with. I am so thankful for the journey we have already taken together and the journey still ahead of us. As I tell my husband all the time, I still have a major crush on him, and I believe I will until the day I die.

We've been married for a little over a year and a half now, and we are living our "happily ever after". <3


--Try looking back on how/when your relationship started, doesn't it bring back the same feelings you had when you first started dating each other? A wise man once told Seth (who then told me), whenever things get tough, go back to how it all first started..that should change your perspective a bit.

Have a great week!! :)