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Getting Married

For many of us, getting married is the one event we look forward to most. It's the moment we launch our lives alongside another. For Krista and I, July 19th is that moment. We are excited and ready.

Krista and I laugh often how frustrating it was to be single through most of college. While many of our friends in college found the person they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with, both of us graduated without hearing wedding bells. We saw apparently "weird" people fall in love and yet neither of us could find a relationship worth staying in. I went off to graduate school and Krista went to another state to teach. Four years later and after a lot of growing up, a mutual friend set us up on a blind date. We can't thank that friend enough. We would be lying to say that it was love at first sight. It wasn't. It took time for our love to grow. But as we dated and got to know each other, we realized how much fun we were having. And this you know, is how true love grows...slowly, with great sensitivity and selflessness.

We hope this BLOG is one that will allow our friends to be encouraged in their own marriages and let our friends know how to pray for us along the way.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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Planning a wedding is hard work! Krista has taken the lead with the planning and has done a great job so far. We keep telling ourselves that it will be worth it on the day of, and we believe it, but there is a lot that still needs to be done. During our pre-marital counseling tonight we told our counselor, "We are just ready to be married." These days are long. The three months until the wedding doesn't seem like enough time to get everything done but at the same time, it doesn't seem to come fast enough. Between buying a house, planning a wedding, attending to busy jobs and having a meaningful relationship with each other, God and our friends, life is very full these days. We find joy in just being together during our down time!