Becoming a Black

Last week Clancy planned such a fun date ( I love how good he is at planning things) Here was our day:

-Picked me up and drove down to Manti
-Stopped and had burgers and a shake and Clancy's favorite place
-Went and did baptisms for the dead at the Manti Temple
-Had a little panic moment while we thought about being at the Manti temple in 3 weeks for our wedding
-Went to Uncle Gary's place where we had food and fun

It was such a great day, we drove home exhausted and every once in awhile I'd lean over and tell Clancy thanks for such a great date. What I didn't know was there was a grand finale in store. We got home and set up on the table was a stack of the best wrapped gifts I'd ever seen, two plates(for the yummy dessert he made), and candles lit.


I opened them to find an Oregon State orange shirt, Oregon State hoodie, and Oregon state shoes with KTBlack on the side of them! What a lucky girl! For everyone who knows Clancy, what a lucky guy.

Early on in our relationship I learned the importance of the color orange in Clancy's life. I'm pretty sure he talked about orange on our first date and has probably mentioned the color every day since. This was his gift to me to make me an official Black. I never knew to become a Black I had to wear orange, but as I was putting it on and seeing Clancy have probably the biggest smile I've ever seen on his face I felt more like Mrs. Black.

It's coming quick this whole Katie Black thing. I'm so excited and Clancy loves the idea of it too, but I'm glad Clancy knows that even though I'm becoming a Black, I'll always be a Curtis Girl (love ya Ju and Tee!)