We often make mention of random milestones in our relationship – meeting in NYC, moving to Virginia, etc. – and we realized that the timing of all those events probably isn’t always clear. So we figured Wedding Week Dos was the perfect opportunity to chronologically recount how boy met girl, they fell in love, moved to the south, got a chihuahua and started a blog. You know, your typical love story…
2004
- June: I start my job as Assistant Account Executive at a New York City ad agency.
- August: Sherry starts her job as a Copywriter at the very same ad agency a month later.
- September: Sherry gets assigned to write commercials for the account I manage. We meet, but rarely interact.
2005
- January – May: Sherry keeps getting assigned to projects with me. We bond over watching bad reality TV and begin spending more time together outside of work, moving past “coworkers” to “friends.”
- July 7th: A casual after-work party turns into an unofficial first date. We cap off the night with a kiss (and although none of our friends believe it, I actually kissed her first).
- Late July: Just weeks after beginning to date, I invite Sherry on a trip home to meet my family in Virginia (!), giving Sherry her first official taste of life in VA. Here we are touring my alma mater UVA:
- October: We take our first vacation together to drive the California coast (from San Diego to San Francisco) with my cousin Travis. It’s one of the best trips either of us have ever been on.
- November: I spend Thanksgiving with Sherry’s family in New York (our first official family holiday together).
- December: We make the decision to move to Virginia together after just six months of dating with zero hesitation.
2006
- January: We interview for jobs at the same Richmond ad agency (we like working together since it’s the way we met). After a bunch of undercover research, I buy an engagement ring.
- February: Our new jobs at the same agency don’t come through. Employers won’t take us seriously until we live in Virginia, so we decide to make the move and find jobs when we get there. Scary!
- February 25: We leave NYC in a minivan (after snapping this photo), arrive in Richmond and move into a new apartment together (which we furnish with mismatched hand-me-downs).
- March: Within two weeks, I land a new job at a downtown ad agency (were I still work to this day). Sherry builds up a client roster and decides to write commercial scripts and magazine ads as a full-time freelancer from home (lucky girl).
- March 18: I propose. Sherry says “yes.” More on that later…
- April 22: Our first weekend of casual house-hunting turns into buying our first home (a little brick ranch that needs a lot of love).
- May 25: We close on our oldie-but-a-goodie house and begin the moving in and renovating process (three years later we’re still at it).
- July 7: To celebrate our one year anniversary of dating, I surprise Sherry with a trip to the Outer Banks.
- October: We take a second vacation together and this time it’s back to California, just the two of us. We marvel that we don’t even fight after a week of non-stop hanging out. Life is good.
- November 28: After months of dog-hunting, we finally find a funny looking chihuahua that needs a good home. Hamburger (aka: Burger) joins the Petersik family.
2007:
- January – June: Crazy wedding planning and prep fills every spare moment and we quickly realize that we like teaming up and DIYing out hearts out.
- July 7: The backyard wedding goes off without a hitch. Travis (the guy who joined us on our first California road trip) officiates the ceremony. “I do”s are exchanged. Happily ever after begins.
- July 10 – 16: We honeymoon in Alaska. A certain small dog joins us for this “family” road trip full of adventure and goofiness. More on that later…
- September: With wedding expenses out of the way, we decide to put a bit of our savings towards a kitchen remodel.
- September 24: I write the first post on a new blog that I suggest we call “Young House Love.” Sherry begrudgingly warms up to the idea of blogging about our home improvement projects in our spare time. The rest, as they say, is history.
Pretty much every milestone after that is documented right here on this blog. We know it may seem fast moving to a new city, getting engaged and buying a house within our first year of dating, but each step felt so natural and we didn’t feel rushed at all. We must admit that now we look back with a bit of amazement! But I guess when you know, you know.
Do you guys have any interesting relationship timelines of your own? Did anything happen super speedily or perhaps quite the opposite? Did you and your bf/husband meet at work or at play? It’s always fun to hear all the different ways we come to the decision to be with a certain person for the long haul, so share and share alike.
PS: For a photographic look back at our life’s timeline (even before we met) you can check out this Flickr set, an electronic version of the clothesline “slideshow” we displayed at our wedding.
babs says
Your blog is adorable. I will definitely be using some of the wedding tips :) i’m planning a wedding (Nov 20, 2010) in AUSTRALIA! I definitely agree with the statement–sometimes you just know. I met my Aussie while living in DC at the end of 2006. He started saving for a ring 3 wks later. We’ve spent the last 3 years living 150 miles apart while I’ve been in law school. He drove down every weekend and never once complained. Love is absolutely amazing.
LR says
This is lovely! Been married for 12 years now and seeing how cute you two are with your anniversary gifts, it really has inspired me to do more ‘special’ things for which we currently don’t take the time to do. We mostly spend our time at home and with our 4 legged furry kids (total of 5!)
Our birthdays are coming up (mine is the 20th and his the 16th), can you give any birthday suggestions? I am so horrible at this kind of thing. Your blog has definitely inspired me to get creative and make our house ‘a home’. Right now we are trying to save as much as we can (recommended to save 3-6 months worth of living expenses, yikes!)
Joel says
Awesome DIY couple. Love the story, images, and the DIY attitude towards life. You guys are awesome.
Hannah says
Wow, I absolutely love this blog! Its a great inspiration for our own DIY which is just beginning!
My husband and I got married just a mere 5 weeks ago! :o) We moved into our first house a little Air Force rental just 3 weeks ago and are itching to decorate. As a rental we’re limited as to what we can do but we’re doing what we can whilst saving our ideas up for when we find our perfect house!
Our love story is pretty epic, if I do say so myself. It starts in 1992 when I’m just 6 and a newbie to the town. I met Andrew who was 7 at the time at church and we didnt exactly become friends until a good 7 years later when I was forced to become friends with him in our youth group as I was the only girl and I needed someone to talk too!
That sparked it all off and we got to be close friends before he asked me out at aged 16 on Christmas eve 2002. It was all cuteness after that until 2005; the year of change. Andrew joined the Royal Air Force and I left to travel the world. University, living on RAF bases and tours of duty all kept us apart after that meaning most of our relationship has been long distance!
In Feb 2009 Andrew proposed up a mountain and I said yes! :o) We planned our wedding (and I began to secretly plan our house interior) for a year and a half before getting married on August 7th!
Its been a crazy summer as just before we got married I finished my degree and Andrew finished an intense course. We had trouble finding a rental house and it all seemed a bit insane. But now we’re in it and the boxes are unpacked the decorating can begin!! :o)
Mary says
We got engaged in 10 Days! That was 10 years and two children ago. Oh, and I even wrote a book about it. Love your timeline. You are a great couple.
Kaitlyn says
October 6, 2006–Husby and I meet at a mutual friend’s birthday party hosted in my college dorm room.
October 16, 2006–Husby and I start dating.
May 22, 2007–Husby and I set out on a cross-country road trip from Cincinnati, Ohio to Memphis, TN to Amarillo, TX to Durango, CO to Big Bear Lake, CA. Husby spends summer as a camp director, I return home.
August 2007–We’re back together in the same time zone again and agree a long-distance relationship is not good for us.
2008–Continue to date and travel. In March we fly to NYC with our professor to present research at an international conference.
February 21, 2009–Husby proposes at our university’s charter day ball. The ring was on back order though, so he uses a ring from my jewelry box as a stand-in.
February 24, 2009–I get my real ring!
May 8, 2009–We move into a one-bedroom apartment in a neighboring town.
May 9, 2009–I graduate from college and join AmeriCorps, and Husby leaves school to pursue a new career in the medical field. Our parents tell us how crazy all of this is.
October 2009–Husby gains certification as an EMT-Basic.
January 2010–We meet with a lender and decide to look into buying a house.
February 4, 2010–We put an offer on a charming cape cod that we love. Our parents tell us how crazy we are.
March 20, 2010–We get married!
May 22, 2010–We’re parents! We adopt two 15-year old cats from a friend. Our friends/family tell us we are crazy.
May 28, 2010–We finally close on the house.
May 31, 2010–Our lease at our apartment ends.
July 2010–Husby gets a new job in an ER. He works crazy hours.
September 2010–I start graduate school. I never sleep.
And that brings us to here! We’re slowly but surely renovating and making our house our home.
Holly says
Our relationship happened super speedy x10!!
Early 2006 – I’m a flight attendant for United. He is a baggage brat for United. Ew he is not even in my class of “people to date”
Feb. 2006 – I had a bad day. He listened. Truly listened. I fell head over heels in LUST with this scruffy, hair everywhere, baggage guy!!
April 2006 – officially dating (after I cleaned him up a bit and he didnt look so werewolf like!!)
April – November : traveling everywhere together, having a BLAST!!!
November 2006 – We are pregnant!! WHAT!?!
August 2007 – Baby bean #1, Cameron is born!
August 2007 – We move from Richmond to Pittsburgh for school.
November 2007 – We are married.. At a courthouse. For 80 bucks! Best day ever, best money spent EVER!
November 2007 – December 2008 : Put husband through college, rough times, hard times, times I didn’t think we would make it through! Love raising our son! But life is tough!
Jan 1st 2009 – Find out we are 8 weeks pregnant. Hubby graduates from college!
Feb 2009 – move home to Richmond to be with family and my baby doctor!
July 2009 – (2 months before baby bean #2 is born) Hubs has to go to Oklahoma City for his final “checkout” to be an air traffic controller.
August 23, 2009 – Baby bean #2, Audrey is born… No hubby!
August 27, 2009 – Move to Portland, Maine! YUCK!
Love it in Portland, way too cold in the winter.. Missing my family!
Feb. 2010 – Move to Baltimore
And here we are!! And in May 2011 we will be moving back home to Richmond!!! YAY!!!
I love my life and all the craziness that it brings me! I am proud of us and who we are and how far we’ve come!! It truly is amazing!! And a miracle!!
Ana says
Jan 2005 – Shea and I met while doing an internship at Disneyworld. We didn’t like each other.
Feb 2005 – Several lunches together make us start hanging out and we become friends.
March 2005 – We start officially dating.
May 2005 – We get unofficially engaged. Meaning, he and I decided this was the real thing.
Aug – Nov 2005 – I go back to Mexico to finish college and Shea goes back to Atlanta to finish college too.
Dec 2005 – I graduate college in Mexico. Shea comes to see me and meet my family. He officially proposes!
Jan – Mar 2006 – We start planning our wedding (long distance – I was in Mexico and he was in Atlanta) for January 2007.
April 2006 – I visited Shea and his family in Atlanta. We decided that the long distance is too hard and therefore we want to get married sooner, July 2006.
May 2006 – July 2006 – We go crazy planning our wedding!
July 30th, 2006 – Shea and I get married. I moved to the US, leaving all my family behind!
Four years later, we are so happy to welcome our first daughter, Ana Sofi. Life is good.
Christi says
Ours is like yours:
1) June 1999 meet at work – start dating
2) May 2000 – move in together
3) Sept 2001 – buy first house
4) Oct 2003 – buy second home (HUGE PROJECT)
5) March 2010 – sell home and move to ABQ
11 years, four homes, two dogs, two cats and a wealth of memories… we are so lucky to be happy and love each other more than in 1999 at work!
Jennifer says
Haha, thats so much fun! My hubby and I actually dated about 6 1/2 years before getting married… I know…
We met at church in early highschool and then started dating the summer before our senior year. So yes, we went to prom together for both schools (we went to different schools), and I went to his homecoming.
For undergrad, I stayed local in Ft. Lauderdale, he semi-local to West Palm Beach. Even though it was about 45mins-1hour away, I didn’t see him much. He was in honors, cross-country, ran a soup-kitchen, worked at the library, and his major had a lot of work – including learning old time hebrew and greek! So, we would take the train to see each other or he would be down for holidays or hurricane days. (He also made frequent trips to Bolivia with a team working w/ a boy’s orphanage. The longest he was down there w/o much of a phone was 3 months. That was a long summer! :)
Finally, he graduated 2008! He moved to KY and went to school for his Masters for the 1st semester, came back home and we were married Dec. 20, 2008. I followed him back to KY, and now we are in Texas (school is a better fit for us here).
:) It’s been 2 years married, about 7 dating, and I figured for our 5th year being married, it would be our 10th year dating! I told him to plan something good :D
Karen says
I love your website and your story! My husband and I share your anniversary (7-7)…but we married in 1985 and just celebrated 25 years of marriage. I have a 21 year old daughter, though, and I hope that she finds someone as perfect for her as you two seem to be for each other. As for me, I met my husband in the parking lot of a gas station in Ft. Deposit, AL while I was home with a friend from college who said “you won’t expect anything to happen since you’re from a small town…” Yeah, except meet my husband. I was in Georgia and he was in Alabama. I ended up moving to another college an hour away from him and we married right after I graduated.
Jenn says
I stumbled across this blog a few weeks ago when I was searching for creative ideas for remodeling. My husband I just finished our exhausting house hunt and closed on a rather cute 3-bedroom split foyer (complete with original 1958 kitchen, bath and paneling).
I actually met my husband twice and didn’t know it until we’d been dating for a couple months. I worked at a gift store in the mall and he had come in as a customer. Later, he found me on a dating website, thought I was cute and emailed me. After corresponding via email for a bit we moved to phone where I thwarted all of his advances for a week or two before finally agreeing to a dinner date (this was the first week of April, 2007). I moved in about 6 minutes later and we were engaged by mother’s day that year.
Exactly one year after our first date on April 5, 2008 we were married. Two months later he received a job offer in Maryland and we started packing.
Reading your speedy relationship timeline hit a note with me because people are always shocked when we tell them that we were pretty much engaged the entire time we were dating. But as we always say, when you know you know. You know?
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, yup, we know!
xo,
s
Megan says
I love your blog. Little bit late with this comment seeing as how the last one was in 2009. There is nothing wrong with your timeline. My husband and I started dating in August, got engaged in September and Married that January. We had our first child 1&1/2 years later. Funny thing though, we went on 4 dates 2 years previously and didn’t like each other at all.
Sarah says
Great story! Sounds familiar as my husband and I met in NYC working for a marketing software company. Then moved to Richmond (where I’m from) a year later. We recently eloped in Maui but will definitely take advantage of your DIY wedding decoration ideas for a party we are throwing for friends and family :)
Margaux says
This is really cool…I agree with above comments, GREAT idea. I need to do this, Josh and I have known each other since high school! We’ve now been married for over 5 years and expecting our own little “bean” lol. But we call ours “peanut” :)
It’s funny, I think we have a lot in common, we love chihuahuas (we have 3 of them), and we enjoy DIYing…thanks for your posts!
Wendy says
This is my first time visiting your blog and I love it! You are truly an amazing couple with so many great ideas…I’m so inspired! Thanks for sharing! :)
P.S. That pic of Burger’s soooo cute! :)
Beth says
Not sure what I clicked to end up on this page today, but I’m stuck at home sick and this goes right along with the rom-coms running non-stop on tv. I’m a total sucker for time-lines – we used the one below on the back of our wedding program. We officially met Freshman year of college during a “Dawson’s Creek” viewing where Steve-o was (wisely) the only male in a room of females. Bold move, Steve:
1989 – Beth declares her first crush to be Ryan Lambert from Disney’s ‘KIDS, Incorporated.’
1991 – Steve begins combing his bangs up in front to impress
the ladies.
1993 – ‘KIDS, Incorporated’ ends, along with Beth’s crush.
Fall 2001 – Steve starts watching Dawson’s Creek (once again, to impress the ladies.)
Spring 2002 – During a viewing of ‘The Jerk,’ Beth dubs Steve one of her best friends. Steve is not content with this title.
Fall 2003 – Steve and Beth are in “Physics for Scientists and Engineers” together. Nerd admiration begins.
Spring 2003 – Steve shares his highly coveted caf-to-go sandwiches with Beth who is so sick she misses all of April 23, 2003.
Valentine’s Day, 2004 – Steve tells Beth he likes her. Beth doesn’t talk to Steve for 3 months.
3 months later, 2004 – Steve and Beth’s first kiss.
October 26, 2008 – Steve proposes. Beth’s legs go numb.
December 9, 2009 – Beth’s ankle breaks. Steve earns
“Fiancé of the Year” for completing the holiday shopping solo.
October 30, 2010 – Steve & Beth are still best friends, Steve’s bangs are combed up, and they’ll share another first kiss.
YoungHouseLove says
So cute!
xo,
s
Sneha says
Nice timeline.. Love the blog so much ..
Best wishes always for the lovely couple !!
Jordan B says
(Nov. 2007) My boyfriend John and I met in the Vail Valley of Colorado a mere 3 days after I moved there for a seasonal job, and proceeded to spend pretty much every day together after that.
(Dec. 2007) About a month later, I was offered a “year round” job and accepted it, thinking that I liked this guy and wanted to see where this was going to go.
(Feb. 2008) John is offered what at the time he considered his “dream job” at…wait for it….King’s Dominion, in Doswell, VA. He accepts the job, and (yes, after only a 3 months of dating) that I will make the move as well. Yikes!
(Mar. 2008) He moves to VA
(May 2008) I move into our apartment (living together, her wwe come!) in Glen Allen, VA.
(June 2008) We adopt our rescue dog, the sweetest ever English Setter, Colby. Can’t imagine life without him!
(June 2010) I get a job at a new Hospital about an hour north and we buy our first house in Fredericksburg, VA.
(Jan. 2012) An opportunity for us to move back to Denver, CO (which has been our dream and long-term goal the whole time, added to the fact that we were muuuuch closer to family and friends) pops up, John applies, is offered the job, and we put in our notices.
(Feb. 2012) We make the move half-way BACK across the country (will never move ourselves again!) and here we are.
The BIG difference in our story is that we are still only dating (yep, 4.5 years later, not that I’m complaining…much…) but we are very happy and know that it will happen when it is meant to happen.
I happened to come across your blog not too long after buying our house in Fredericksburg, and I only wish I would’ve found it sooner. LOVE what you guys are doing!
Cheers!
kim g says
i have msg’d you guys before and told you how wonderful your blogs are. I love your adorable timeline of how you two met and how burger came into the picture. <333
Dalynn Cook says
Aww.. It’s so true! When you know, you know. I’m getting married in 4 days. I met my future husband a little over a year ago, we started dating in September, engaged in April, and married this September! So excited!
We’ve had fun looking at your home adventures and embarking on our own in our first house. Thanks for the inspirations!
Stephanie says
I love this!! been a long time reader but must have missed this post! You two are such a sweet couple!
My hubby and I met on the school bus when we were 15. we had both moved onto the same country road that summer and met the first day of grade ten. We started dating a year and half later, graduated together, prom together, college in the same city (but different schools), moved in together, graduated together again, got married, moved cities, got jobs, traveled, got pregnant, now moving to England (in a month, baby due in February). Hard to believe we’re only 25 and have known each other 10 years.
I agree that “when you know, you know.” my grandma and grandpa married just three months after they met. He asked her to go on a road trip with him the day after he met her. She quit her job and went with him. Absolute madness. They were madly in love and embarrassingly affectionate with each other until the very end.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, so sweet.
xo,
s
Sharon says
I met my husband on eHarmony. We were married 9 months after meeting in person. If it were up to my husband, we would have been married sooner, but I had a knee injury I was hoping to have cured first, so I could dance at our wedding. I moved in with my husband on our wedding day (we lived an hour away from one another). We had baby #1 16 months later and here we are 4.5 married years later and we just had baby #2.
sara says
Completely relate to this post! My husband and I did a lot of our big steps in the first year. We were engaged after 8 months together and bought our home together just a week after our first anniversary, and were married on our 3rd anniversary of our first date. Going on 5 years together so we must have done something right. Thanks for sharing.
Katie C. says
I love this timeline! I always joke that my husband moved in on our first date, and it’s not too far from the truth. David and I met online and went to dinner and a movie for our first date. I invited him back to my place for some video gaming on my Nintendo 64. (This was 2008. I just really like old video game consoles.) He asked to stay the night because it was in the wee hours of the morning, and he worked closer to my home than to his home. (How did I fall for that one?) After our first date, I think he spent maybe two nights at his place before officially moving in with me 6 months later. :)
Maia says
A friend of mine shared one of your blog entries and it led me to the rest of your wonderful blog. Let me tell you, after reading your timeline, you really made my day! My boyfriend and I have been long distance friends for 5 years and have only been dating (still long distance) for 5 months, but I’m moving to Colorado in 3 months…and we’re moving in together. We’ve already traveled together, met each others families and friends, and confidently and comfortably talk about getting married…soon. I know it may seem crazy to other people, but when you know, you know! You guys are a great inspiration for DIY and a happy family!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw that’s so sweet Maia! Best of luck to you!
xo
s
Allison Quintanilla says
I think your story is incredible. I don’t think you guys are crazy for moving forward in the way you did. Like you said, when you know, you know. My current fiance I have known for almost 6 years and he has always been my best friend. During our whole friendship, I was oblivious to his feelings for me and he was waiting for his chance to be with me. When I finally got the hint and we started dating, he proposed a month later because he knew I was who he wanted. I got a lot of crap for it but we started rooming together 3 months in and now it’s been a year and we are still happily engaged :) Keep sharing your story, it is a beautiful one.
Gretchen in Tennessee says
Awwww! I was just re-reading old blog posts and I saw that you got married on 7-7-7 – how adorable!! My husband and I got married on 10-10-10. Neither of us can ever forget the date – thank goodness! ;)
Congrats again on the new house – so excited for you! Can’t wait to read all about its transformation.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much Gretchen!
xo
s
Jenn says
I’m only just finding this page and reading it, I keep saying, woah, woah, woah! I claim Yorktown, Va. as home, my sisters both went to UVA (as did probably a third of my high school class). I was living in Alexandria before moving to Montana to be with my boyfriend.
So, fun story. During my last semester of college, I was applying and interviewing for jobs in Montana. I took an internship in Fredericksburg, but kept trying to get a job in Montana. I had signed up for a volunteer trip with the Continental Divide Trail Alliance, but then ended up taking a job in Alabama.
There, I met a guy. We dated for a year and a half, including a six month Iraq deployment. We broke up a few months after he got back. The whole right people, wrong time thing I guess. I moved back to Virginia. He got stationed in Montana. We were both dating other people. We both broke up with other people.
He got back in touch with me and somehow convinced me to try again. We dated long distance for a year before I finally decided it was time to move to Montana, where I now work at the newspaper I interviewed with five years ago.
A few months after I got here, he saw a house he fell in love with, got me on board and we close on Thursday.
We don’t kid around with life change!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, I love all these stories guys! Thanks for sharing!
xo
s
Blanca says
Hmmm, I don’t know if you’ll be about here or just answering comments on nowadays stuff (I know there’s a lot going on with the new house), but was just wondering…
Here says that John, on the 24th September 2007 “write the first post on a new blog that I suggest we call “Young House Love””, but the other day, I following a link from A day in da life post, I got to a blog where they “interviewed” Sherry to see how a day of her life was as a blogger, and the links, algthough redirected to this site now, are actually linking to the domain thisyounghouse.com, so I thought maybe the blog started as (and was name at the beginning) This Young House.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, it was called This Young House but when we changed the name we had to change it everywhere on the site (it was part of the agreement) so we used this “substitution program” that basically changed all the places we had written This Young House on the blog into Young House Love. That program just did it on auto-pilot for us since we had agreed not to use the old name, even in old posts :)
xo
s
Blanca says
Hahaha, ok, sorry ;)
Well you can delete them you want these comments. Or tell that girl in the other blog to change that ;)
I just came across it and thought it was funny to know before hand you had another name, and when I read I got all confused. But that was all hehe.
Sorry again!
And thanks for replying! ;)
xo,
B.
Sarai says
Your timeline rocks!! After seeing your blog and moving to a new city in Virginia as well just not fancy Richmond I told my husband we should totally do a blog! Well, he is afraid of posting too much private info online. Have you guys have had any problems of this sort?
YoungHouseLove says
I think you just have to come up with your level of comfort on what to share. We like not sharing our address (no photos of the number on our mailbox, no pictures of boxes in the background with an address label on them, etc) but are fine with sharing our full names because that stuff is all public record and also necessary to share if you’re featured in a magazine or newspaper or anything. We also feel a lot of peace of mind from having an alarm system (there haven’t been any incidents at all, but it really helps knowing it’s there) and we don’t share where Clara goes to preschool or what days she attends, just for her safety (we also have a few extra precautions in place at her school in order for someone else to pick her up). Hope it helps!
xo
s
Jessica says
I was surprised to see that you two got engaged so quickly. I met my husband when we were teaching English in South Korea. We got engaged about 9 months after dating (2011). We then spent the next year teaching in China. We are now living together in the UK (where he’s from) and are very happy. We hope a house will be on the cards soon so we can utilize your blog!
Ana says
What a beautiful site! Love your story! Am amazed at our Lord’s artistry–He builds perfect mosaics of life. Blessings!
Ayan says
Hi! love your blog and have been following you guys for quite some time now. for some reason i never read this page. o.m.g!!! my hubs and i also met in 2005, within 6 months, we moved in together, adopted a puppy, got engaged and got married (civil marriage and no one knew). our big wedding day was also 7-7-7!! sometimes when i read your post, it’s crazy how you guys are so similar to us in terms of decision making and how we make things work. and now i find this page. thanks for the inspiration!!!!! that’s it, just wanted to say that before i sound like a stalker. lol. xoxo to clara and burger.
YoungHouseLove says
So funny! I love all the similarities. Thanks so much for the kind words Ayan!
xo
s
Niki Morin says
I absolutely love your blog. Your DIY wedding tour is so helpful! We live in Hampton Roads, Virginia and are holding our wedding in a relative’s backyard. We may just steal some of your ideas! Coincidentally, my fiance and I also work together. It’s both challenging and enjoyable. Best of luck to you both.
Jessica says
I just want to say that this love story is adorable! It gave me the butterflies! The fact that your wedding day was on the day you first kissed is just downright charming. I can’t get over it.
As for the blog, its fantastic! I could spend hours on here! Thanks you guys for all your dedication, fun ideas and tips! :D
<3 Keep being magnificent!
– Annabelle
Nicole says
I love your story! Found you while searching for backyard wedding idea’s, and thought your wedding was almost exactly what I was looking for (just insert Hawaii…where I grew up). My fiance and I met after I took a picture with his Hawaiian cousins (who I’ve known all my life) and his cousin put the picture on facebook. He asked her to introduce us via facebook (he is from Germany). After 8 months of messages on Facebook and a few calls, he cuts a Hawaiian vacation short, and flies to Vegas to meet me. He was MUCH cuter in person! We were a couple about 10 hours after we first met. We met in person Aug 15 2011, we’ve flown back and forth about 20 times, he proposed March 2013. We are getting married October 11, 2014. My first thought about dating a guy from Germany… “He’s too far, that would be too hard!”, but I have to say, this guy is worth it!!!
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so sweet Nicole! Congrats!
xo
s