our li'l story

Welcome to our blog!

If you know us, then you probably already know everything in this little intro already, but in case you don't know us yet, here is a little bit about how we met and who we are:

We were introduced by a mutual friend in early April 2011 while Olivia was attending BYU-Idaho...just one month after Dalin had returned from serving an LDS mission in San Diego. The first time we spoke was through Facebook thanks to our friend Marisa. Weird, I know. Here's that story. 

After dating for just two short months, (much of which was long distance since Olivia was in Rexburg and Dalin was in Provo) we knew we wanted to be together forever.

Dalin proposed in Provo Canyon on May 28th, 2011 after calling and asking Olivia's father in New Hampshire for his permission. They both said yes!

We set the date for August 19, 2011. It was a long 3 months for us. We were sealed for time and all eternity on August 19, 2011 in the Boston LDS Temple. We believe that families are forever.

Tenley ReNae Gunnell was born on August 12, 2013! (Read more details here). She is a beautiful, calm, wonderfully happy baby and we are more in love with her than we ever imagined! We are so blessed to have her in our family!

We are thrilled to share that our son, Declan Brent Gunnell joined our family on January 30, 2015. He is quite advanced as he follows His big sister Tenley is 18 months older than him. We hope the two will be best friends:)

A few more things about us:

Dalin is from Caldwell, Idaho and enjoys reading, football, baseball, tennis, golfing, being outside, Fantasy Sports, and being with the little dear (a.k.a. me ;) and the even littler dear (Tenley), and now our new little man (Declan). 

He received his bachelor's in psychology from Brigham Young University. He works full time with a group of teenage boys at a residential treatment center and loves it. He is currently looking for opportunities in a similar field back east.

Olivia is from Gilford, New Hampshire. She enjoys reading, writing, painting, crafts, camping, fishing, nature, the ocean, tennis, BEING A WIFE & MOM!, and spending as much time as possible with her cutie husband and little girl and boy.

Olivia has a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University. She graduated from BYU in August 2015 and is excited to take a break and enjoy her little family as a stay-at-home mom. 

Our goals include having (hopefully) lots of children, working hard for our family, serving each other and others, traveling as a family, and becoming the very best we can be.

We are both anxious to move on to the next stage in our lives. We can't wait to learn where we will end up together!

We love the Lord, our life, and each other.
Welcome to our little blog! :)

Want to read more about us?
For some random fun--albeit random--facts about us, click here.
For the first blogged version of our story, click here.

We hope you will follow along & stay a while! ;)