Jauary of 2005: During my second year of college I transfered to Indiana State University from Purdue University. Second Semester of my second year I had to take a class called PE 101. EVERYONE at ISU had to take this class it is one of THOSE classes. Well THis was the first time I ever met my future husband... he was my instructor for that class. Did I know we'd be together in the future at the time? Nope. He was a grad student and in my head that would be like an 8th grader dating a Senior in high school....rarely happens. And to be honest he was always kinda grumpy so he was just an instructor to me. LOL. Come to find out later, he noticed me. He talked about me all the time to his advisor and friends. He was going through a rough break up during the semester....that is why he was always grumpy.
August of 2005: I changed majors and needed a new advisor. Dr. Finch, (Jesse's advisor) having heard about me for a while, Decided he would be my advisor as well. And everytime I had a meeting with him my old PE 101 instructor would drop by to let Dr. Finch know "Hey, I left that thing you let me borrow on your desk in the lab." I often wonder if there ever was a "thing." Dr. Finch would thank him and ask if me if I knew Jesse. I would inform him that I did because of being in his class and I was never aware of the fact that this was an attempt at a subtle set up. LOL. I was cluless and that must have been frustrating.
October of 2006: I was in Dr. Finch's Biomechanics class and I had just broke up with a crazy guy! I was talking about before my Bio lab started and Jesse and his friend over heard. I then get an invite to a party to celebrate Jesse having finished his thesis. We totally hit it off! We never wanted to be appart. It was then I found out about how he had been talking about me for over a year. and they were glad we were finally together so that they could discuss other things. LOL The rest of the semester I was in a great love bubble!
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| First picture as a couple |
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| Dr. Finch aand Me |
December 2006: Since Jesse was done with his masters at ISU he moved on to get his Ph. D. at the University of Illinois. I still had a semester left at ISU. We spent that semester long distance dating. It was Awful! I missed him so much. Half way through the semester I decided that I'd move to Illinois after graduation to do my internship.
May of 2007: After graduation I moved to Illinois and we moved in together. It was awesome! We were poor and we didn't care......at all.
June of 2007: June 16, 2007 to be exact: Jesse Proposed! It was a dream come true. We spent the next year planning our wedding.
June 2007-May 2008: We soon decided on a themed wedding. We would do a Roman theme and everyone would wear TOGAS! We decided that we would get married in the same place he proposed, a place called The Sunken Garden at Allerton Park. I hand made all the togas. We decided that I would be carried down the isle so my jesse and his older brother built the carrier for me. We got Jesse best friend ordained online so he could do our wedding. Instead of a unity candle or the mixing of sand which seemed to be exteemly popular at the time, we each poured "wine" from seperate glasses into one larger glass and then we each took a drink. My mom hand painted fans to look like palm leaves for the guests. She also printed out the invites herself. It was a very DIY wedding. We are so happy thaat we made it ours! Totally unique. Very Us!
Now 4 years later!: Where are we now. Well we are no longer in Illinois. We live in North Dakota. Jesse got his Ph.D. and we moved here so he could work at the University of North Dakota. We have the cutest little 2 year old, Samual. We are expecting our second little boy, Jacob, in August. And we are still CRAZY, WIERD, and so very much in LOVE!
awesome post, Becky! happy anniversary to the both of you.
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