With Crismon doing a semester abroad in China the past 4 months, he and Danielle continued their relationship over Skype. They met their Freshman year in a Folk Dancing Class. She helped him learn the Mexican Hat Dance out of class one day. They both came away with a feeling like, "That's the kind of person I'd like to marry." Crismon remembers thinking, "Whoever marries her will be one lucky guy!" Danielle served a mission to Japan while Crismon was serving in Australia. They both left their missions with a love for the Asian people.
Before leaving for China, Crismon went to Aspen, Colorado to visit Danielle who was attending a summer Music Camp performing with the orchestra there. They asked a random tourist to take their picture, never knowing it was going to be the picture they used with their wedding announcement! Thanks to photo shop, they were able to change his shirt color and take out the person in the background.
Technology made it possible for them to continue to development ties with each other, spending about 3 weeks worth of time on Skype! Crismon returned from China just 6 days before their marriage. By the time he got to Utah, he had Danielle had just 3 1/2 days together before their wedding day.
Finally back together they could get some official engagement pictures.
Crismon's ability to speak the language grew and he felt the experience was extremely valuable in many aspects of his life. He also came away with the feeling that he didn't want to take his family to live in China, but possibly teach Chinese and the Chinese culture in the states. We're grateful our grandchildren won't be living in China!
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