the past 8 years

Just a little look into the past 8 years of my life with Chris…I cannot believe how quickly time is flying by!  We were engaged on our 4yr dating anniversary and married a little over a year later.  We’ll hit our 3yr wedding anniversary this June. :)

It’s fun to look back and remember how everything started and how if you would have made 1 decision differently, your life could be completely different.  If I didn’t decide to enter in the architecture program exactly when I did, I wouldn’t have met Joe, Chris’s old roommate.  If I didn’t meet Joe, I wouldn’t have met Chris. 

This is our very first photo together, in the “very nervous to be around each other” stage.  It obviously wasn’t a planned photo.  What am I doing to my ear?  Chris looks 14, but we were both 19 in this photo. :)

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This is about 3 months later.  Chris, Joe and I went on a trip to Killington, VT to snowboard.

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The first time Chris asked me out, we went snowboarding together + then out to dinner.  You could say we both have a love for the outdoors!

This was our first trip to Colorado together, our junior year of college.

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Graduation for me!!

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First camping trip with puppy Dakota.  Her ears are just as big now, as when she was a pup!

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Another winter trip to Colorado.  Steamboat Springs this time!

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Asheville, NC…a few months prior to our engagement.

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Las Vegas with the family.

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Engagement day!!!  Charleston, SC

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Engagement photos at Chagrin Falls in Ohio.

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Backpacking in North Carolina.

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Snowboarding in Utah a few years back, before we moved to Colorado.  We went with a big group of friends and Chris’s bro + wife [the one’s that live in CO].

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Half marathon day!

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UNC Charlotte – Masters of Architecture graduation

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Wedding daaaaaaaay!!

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Honeymoon to Ireland…amazing adventurous trip!

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Northern Ireland.

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Visiting the parents in Cleveland.

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First Colorado New Years Eve.   

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Climbing at the rock gym!

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Chris’s 27th bday!

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Freezing our butts off a few short weeks ago. :)

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Happy EIGHT years to US! 

I can’t imagine my life without you. 

love,

the wifey