Welcome darlings to my thoughts. As is the custom of newlywed Mormon wives I have decided to start my own blog. Joking.:) But it does seem that way! LDS ladies are very on top of the blogging lifestyle. :) I love reading peoples blogs. I guess they're just interesting, seeing into the life of someone in a diary like way. So I thought why not. It's for my benefit and others may enjoy it as well. :)

Who I Am

Born Ellen Shaver Schilt in Albany, GA. June 21st, 1995.
Moved to Mesa, AZ. July 1997.
Attended Red Mountain High School 2010-2013.
Wonderful mother. Incredible father. Sweet step-mom. Five siblings. Two nephews.

Eric & Ellen

So it's no secret that I'm totally crazy about my husband. He really is my best friend, and I love talking about how we met. :)

So we can start with 17 year-old Ellen. During my senior year I started attending singles ward with my friend Tyesha. My friends were mainly non-members and I knew that once we graduated from high school they would go off to enjoy college and I knew that I wanted to start on the path towards the Temple (better late then never!). I was living with my Dad at the time and I didn't really enjoy attending his ward because the young women were very off putting and I felt extremely isolated. So my friend Tyesha invited me to go to singles ward. I wasn't suppose to go, being in high school and under aged but I didn't really care, even though I knew other people did, but basically my whole attitude was "I do what I want." Typical teenager I guess. :)

So then being in singles ward I started dating return missionaries. I never liked having boyfriend's in high school just because I wasn't in that state of mind. Plus I knew that if I dated a Mormon boy he would go off on his mission which I know would be heartbreaking for me when he would leave and I just wasn't sure if I was the kind of girl who could wait for someone. I know a lot of women who do wait for their missionaries and I am amazed by them and in a way envy them because they are so sure of their missionary that they have the will power and the patience to wait, and they have incredible marriages in my opinion. :) I also knew that if I dated a non-member it wouldn't last because I knew I wanted to marry in the Temple and I never wanted someone to get baptized just to marry me, and I know that there could have been the chance that they would love the church but 17 year-old Ellen never thought of that! :)

Anyways fast forward a couple months after I first started attending YSA ward and after my second RM and I broke up Tyesha invited me to a bonfire where I met Eric and his group of friends "The Sexy Six". Hilarious, I know. I ended up actually dating one of Eric's friends but after a month or two I didn't see marriage at the end of the tunnel. We were still friends and hung out, and that's when I started getting closer to Eric. He was cute, funny and tall and wasn't afraid to be himself. Confidence is a very attractive thing in a man, I think every lady can agree! Anyways one night Tyesha (Tyesha is always around I've noticed!), Eric, his friend and I were hanging out and I asked Eric to scratch my back. So this was basically the first time Eric really touched me except for hugs and...I felt lots of shivers and butterflies which was...well just wonderful! Two days later he invited me over to play Call of Duty at his house and that's where he first kissed me. BOOM and just like that we were dating. Our relationship started with a kiss. We kept ourselves a secret at first because he didn't want to hurt his friend which I understood. He asked me to be his girlfriend on May 5, 2013 on top of the abandoned overpass over the Red Mountain freeway. Keeping the relationship to ourselves was fun. We would sneak away to be alone, he would hold my hand in the car, and wink at me from across the room. I loved it, but after a month it lost its glimmer. I wanted everyone to know that Eric Hunt was mine I was his! Plus I was really falling for this guy. Finally on June 5th, Eric, his friend Holden and I and my friend Niki were hanging out at Holden's house. Eric and I were being friendly, still being secret and just laughing and being us. After Niki and I left Holden said to Eric, "Dude, I think Ellen likes you! You should kiss her!" Funny because we'd already been kissing for month, but it finally gave Eric the support from a friend that he needed to go after what made him happy. So he kissed me!;) And we started publicly dating. His friend found out, obviously, and was upset for awhile but eventually got over it, starting dating someone new, and Eric and him were best friends again. Funny thing is that his friends new girlfriend became one of my best friends!

So after a wonderful summer of dating and getting to know one another Eric was getting ready to leave to play basketball at California Baptist University...and I was a wreck! At this point I knew I was head over heels in love with this guy and the day he left he took half of my heart with him. I have never cried so much then the day Eric left. Whenever people tried to talk to me I cried because I just couldn't hold it in. I was such a baby. I went over to his house before he left and helped him finish his packing which actually made me feel better. After he drove away I just went home and laid in my bed. But then I got a call from Eric and we just talked his whole 5 hour drive to CA which was much needed. He settled in, and started school and I just started distracting myself with friends. Then my mom offered to give me her employee info at US Airways so I could fly to visit Eric. How lucky is that. :) And so we continued dating. I would fly to visit him as much as I could, went to everyone of his games, and started getting to know his family. I knew I wanted to marry Eric, I knew he was the one for me, and luckily he he fell in love with me too. :)





So on the night of December 26th, Eric and I drove up to the overpass where he first asked me to be his girlfriend. It had become the place where we would go to be alone so I didn't expect him to get down on one knee and ask me to be his best friend for time and all eternity. When he asked me to marry him I didn't even say yes, I just nodded while I cried hysterically. I was so excited! I was going to be a wife! His wife! So while Eric was in California I planned every thing, not by myself of course, I had a lot of help! Not only did I fall in love with Eric I fell in love with his family. My in-laws are my best friends. I adore my extended siblings and my mother and father-in-law. They are incredible people and I just couldn't believe how blessed I was with the amazing family I was marrying into. As the day of the wedding approached I was at a high level stress but that was to be expected. The only thing that really made me sad was that I was doing all the planning because Eric was at school and preoccupied with basketball. He helped as much as he could but I still wanted him to be a bigger part of it. But hey! That's life and as we got closer and closer to being man and wife, I stopped caring. All I wanted was to be together, that's what was important. :)


May 2nd, 2014. FINALLY! Eric and I were sealed in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. It was extremely surreal and it was the most beautiful thing. Being surrounded by the people you love while you are sealed to your eternal companion is something that I want everyone to experience. After a year of dating I was finally Mrs. Hunt, and it was a welcome change. The day went by so smoothly thanks to my mother-in-law. Eric and I ended up taking a three hour nap between the sealing and the reception. It was awesome. And so I began my wife life. Eric and I spent a wonderful summer enjoying each other before we began our adventure in California. We also started our family with our puppy Skyler Mae, a beautiful German Husky with blue eyes, who's loving and talks back. We love her dearly. :)

August 16th we made the drive with our belongings to Riverside, California where we had a small apartment waiting for us to make into a home right down the street from CBU. Being married to a college athlete is a lot of fun. I love cheering on my hubby and having him wink at me from the court. Is it funny that he still gives me butterflies? :) It's difficult at times because to his coaches I come second to basketball but that's just the way it is, and I'll only have to put up with it for a couple more months. I'm lucky that I have a husband that always makes me feel like I'm the most important thing in the world.



Well that's life right now. You're welcome for the history lesson. I know I enjoyed reminiscing . :)