Our 1,095th Day

Four years ago last week Jff and I walked up a mountain in the rain and he asked me if we could, sometime in the future, get all dressed up, take lots of pictures, and get legally bound to each other.... So three years ago today we got hitched. We had an amazing time and to be honest, the fun still hasn't stopped.


Since July 15th, 2006 we have had many adventures together. Jff graduated with his master's degree, under went a massive job hunt and in the fall of 2006 landed what would become his dream job. He is still at it. I began living a dream where in which I began my slow departure from the world of high school education, I taught part time while returning to grad school. We continued to travel, play outside, and do many sports together. We updated our kitchen, updated many other rooms in the house, built a deck, and started to remodel our basement. I quit teaching altogether and found a job in higher ed while finishing my master's degree. Jff began publishing his work papers left and right, with requests to speak and travel to different places to share his expertise. We traveled for three weeks in Europe visiting Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany, France, and Iceland. I was given an oral history project to run at work. I wrote my master's thesis. Jff and I found out that we were expecting our first child. I landed my dream job. Benji was born and is almost three months old.


All of these adventures have been scary, crazy, and amazing, but most of all a wonderful part of our life together. Every day I feel incredibly lucky to have met Jff when I did. And the best part of three years together? I get to see him every day. I get to watch him be an amazing father, grow professionally, and to do great projects at home. I get to be his playmate and his biggest fan. I get to disagree with him and I get to discuss the matters of the world with him. I get to ride next to him in the car, wake up next to him in the morning, and end my day with him every night. I get to cry with him and do a ton of a laughing with him. I get to raise a child with him.

I would be remiss in writing this whole blog post with out mentioning how both of us owe our continued happy and wonderful life to many of those around us. We are blessed with a terrific network of friends and relatives who every day enrich our lives as we enrich each others' lives. We have great friends to go on adventures with, to discuss matters of the day with, and make light of our ups and downs with. We have family who love us and share their lives with us in ways that make our life together better. Most of all? We are lucky we have people who will babysit for us when we go out for our anniversary! Happy day, Jff!