A Little About Us (Without Kids!)

Well if you are ready for a love story with a once upon a time beginning, then we have got one for you! Once I dreamed of the life only revealed in the imagination of stories and films, but now I get the real thing and it is even better too. For in stories there is always The End written on the last page or a scroll of credits, but I get to wake up to a new page every day. But enough mush! Jason and I met the summer I graduated from high school and he was five years older and a high school teacher. We still joke about the fact that he could have been my teacher, but hey, it was a match made in heaven! We had a summer filled with the most unusual dates I had ever experienced. I don't even think we went to one movie. Jason scored high points in the creative, fun date department. We dated five months and then were married 3 months later. Some may call it hasty, but when you know, you know! Soon after we were married, we moved so that Jason could finish his masters degree. We spent 3 years in sunny CA and had our first two boys, Caleb and Brock. We had little money while he was in school but that only increased our devotion to each other and built up good time management habits. Little does the world know that being poor can be a blessing if there is love in the home! After graduation, we moved back home and bought our first house. We both enjoy projects and turned our house into a special retreat for our family. Not too long after that came our other two children Marc and Dawson. I enjoy watching Jason with the boys so much. He truly is a wonderful dad and husband. He never forgets or neglects his family, even when life gets crazy. We have now been married for almost 9 years and I still feel like a newly wed. Well, that is not completely true. Like the adage goes, some things just get better with time, and that has been true with our relationship. I am saying this too, not as a way to boost our good side, but as a way of encouragement. It is rare to have a relationship that is real and lasts, but I say this so you know it is not impossible. As we raise our children, we hope to model this truth and also teach them to be self-less and others focused, so that one day they too may have such a relationship. It is something that is a life long process that comes with a reliance on God for strength, love and direction.